gerald russell

Combining the Industry leadership of Abbott (Industry sponsor) with the educational expertise of Central Queensland University to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate the EP-CRM content in a novel undergraduate degree for cardiac technicians.

Provided leadership support to Field Technical Manager role

Responsible for mentoring, training and assessing competence in other staff and maintaining the highest standards of technical and clinical care. Ongoing responsibility for sales messaging and execution. Planning, Implementing & Evaluating customer education initiatives

Responsible for growing market share & building on existing customer relationships in designated territory area. Consistently overachieved sales targets. Awarded "Rookie sales person of the year" in first 12 months - an award given to one TM across the entire organisation who demonstrates excellence in sales execution.

Responsible for providing technical expertise during pacemaker, defibrillator and cardiac resynchronisation device implantation and follow up

Responsible for providing leadership to a designated team of technical specialists with additional responsibility for providing sales mentoring & coaching to a designated Territory Manager. Consistently overachieved sales targets. Awarded highest award in the ANZ organisation (Managing Directors award) for recognition as outstanding contributor across the ANZ business and as role model for others in the organisation. Experience gained in coaching & development of teams with diverse skillsets and all aspects of people and team management (recruitment, selection, performance management). Member of numerous cross functional teams in both ANZ and Asia Pacific (working with sales management, Marketing, HR, Clinical, Regulatory, Education, Finance, customer service) on projects including product launches, clinical trials, customer education initiatives, sales target setting, job & team analysis, management of regulatory alerts & updates, management of inventory and resources etc