Sterling Simpson-Johnson

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Could a more efficient international medtech market lead to a higher degree of innovation at local health institutions?

Process for inter­national medtech expansion

Foreign medtech producers

Source of potentially unkown niche medtech products.

Intermediaries

Chain of personal networks, necessary for executing international commercialization process, potentially causing barriers of entry and selection for demanded medtech products.

Local Hospital

Demand for medtech products, both foreign and local.

Barriers to entry for foreign medtech products in local markets.
Decreasing opportunities to present products due to market barriers

Barriers to entry

Barriers to selection for local buyers of foreign medtech.
Decreasing visibility to find products due to market barriers.

Barriers to selection

Foreign medtech producers

Source of potentially unkown niche medtech products.

Local Hospital

Demand for medtech products, both foreign and local.

Barriers to entry for foreign medtech products in local markets.
Decreasing opportunities to present products due to market barriers

Barriers to selection for local buyers of foreign medtech.
Decreasing visibility to find products due to market barriers.

Intermediaries

Chain of personal networks, necessary for executing international commercialization process, potentially causing barriers of entry and selection for demanded medtech products.

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My experience

Panama City, Panama

05.2015 – 12.2016

Philips Latin America

Bank reconciliation process execution and improvement, with outsourcing teams in the Philippeans and India, for Mexico, Argentina, and Uruguay - involved Lean principals, SAP, and VBA-macros

USA | Germany

04.2017 – 10.2017

ProGlobalPartners

Market entry research and buyer search as external sales rep for US-based medtech producers.

Hamburg, Germany

10.2017 – 08.2020

University of Hamburg, M.Sc.

Health Economics and Health Care Management

Hamburg, Germany

03.2018 – 08.2018

Michael Page

Active search via LinkedIn and Xing, and telephone interviews for Sales and Clinical Specialist positions in Germany for medtech producer specialized in therapeutic solutions for coronary and strucutal heart diseases.

Düsseldorf, Germany

11.2018

U.S. Commercial Services (MEDICA)

Distributor screening for U.S.-based medtech producer specialized in heater-cooler patient temperature control technology used in cardio­thoratic surgery.

Hamburg, Germany

10.2018 – present

Galenos Health Network

Project lead for recruiting foreign physicians for German hospitals – involving active search via LinkedIn and Xing, social recruiting via Facebook, and telephone interviews as well ­as research on process for attaining German medical license.

USA | Germany

12.2017 – present

www.sterlingsimpson-johnson.com

Research international expansion process for US-based medtech producers specialized in theraputic and diagnostic technology to treat neurological disesase

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

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Experience

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e-mail: hello@sterlingsimpsonjohnson.com