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Pharma Sales To Med Device CEO: The Jeff Smith Story Part 2

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I visited the Philippines in 2005. I pitched it to my manager at the time, Steve Carmody, who is my Regional Sales Manager. In Philadelphia, it was my first North American Spine Society in 2005. We are up to 30 quota-carrying direct reps and sales managers. How did you fit that in?

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The Orthopedic Sales Rep Life With Joe Testa

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When I started at one company, I had a guy named Patrick who take me under his wing who had, at that time, already fifteen years of sales experience. I remember when I first started in 2005. My path has been pure dumb luck of almost falling on good mentors. That’s the direction it’s going to continue to go in. We will see.

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