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

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It was 2007 and 2008. I pitched it to my manager at the time, Steve Carmody, who is my Regional Sales Manager. It doesn't matter how well-trained the sales team is or how good the evidence and the economics are. He is doing the direct sales model, distributors, and field visits. What year was this?

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Deep Career Insights And A Side Of Orthopedics With Eric Ford Part 1

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I had the formal training from pharma on advertising perspective, and then my grassroots selling at Sears allowed me to build an exceptional resume leading up to my senior year. In October of 2007, I had a former offer from Johnson & Johnson, and it was a leadership development program. I didn’t even realize it at the time.

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