David L. Gardner
Duxbury, MA ***32
781-***-**** h / 781-***-**** c / acd05l@r.postjobfree.com
Sales / New Business Development
Accomplished sales professional with proven ability to identify and develop
market opportunities, access and build vital working relationships with key
decision makers, and achieve agreements in highly competitive healthcare
and insurance markets. Demonstrated ability to present to C-level
executives of Fortune 500 companies and large hospital systems. Extensive
expertise in assessing needs, presenting effective solutions, and executing
strategically to maximize revenues. Consistent track record of exceeding
challenging revenue and profitability targets with a true passion for
business development through relationship building. Effective
communicator, individual contributor, and team player. Valued member of
multiple management teams.
Account Development / Management Business and Client Development
Sophisticated, Solution-based Sales
Sales Closings / Contract Negotiations Customer Focus Business
Partner Product / Market Development
Strategic Sales Planning / Execution Internal / External
Relationships Presentation / Product Knowledge
Consistent track record of delivering high revenue streams in new markets
and services
Selected Achievements
Developed and maintained strategic relationships with key corporate
insurance and hospital decision-makers, establishing large-volume,
profitable accounts with excellent levels of retention and loyalty.
Identified markets and business opportunities and trained a high-level
sales force to compete and service in the insurance and healthcare
marketplace.
Managed national sales team to grow company from $8MM to $80MM in gross
revenues through insurance and healthcare services.
Developed, managed, and grew sales of new healthcare third party liability
collections division. Continued year-to-year growth in insurance
subrogation and earned premium services.
Professional Experience
KBMO Diagnostics, Hopedale, MA 2012-Present
KBMO Diagnostics is the sales organization of Brendan BioScience, a start-
up manufacturer of a patented reagent component useful in the area of
Delayed Food Sensitivity research and testing.
Executive Vice President of Sales
Market and sell The FIT Test, a reagent component used to detect delayed
food sensitivity to physicians throughout the Northeast.
Utilize natural relationship building skills, understanding of marketing
and communication drivers, and professional sales abilities to contact
potential clients and present product capabilities.
Support and develop teamwork environment to foster overall sales success,
working closely with company founder. Develop and revise weekly sales
goals and strategies.
FrontRunnerMD, Plymouth, MA 2010-2012
A start-up company specializing in technology designed for automating
revenue cycle processing within the medical billing industry.
Executive Vice President of Sales
Conducted premarketing of products with hospitals and insurance companies
to gather information on market demands as FrontRunnerMD expanded its line
of service with products boasting enhanced feature sets for automating
refunds, claims, and more.
Successfully found several beta site hospitals and connected with all major
insurance companies to electronically process third party liability claims.
David L. Gardner 781-***-**** h / 781-***-**** c /
acd05l@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Experience (continued)
The Hartford / Trumbull Services, Hartford, CT 2006-2010
A division of the Hartford specializing in Business Process Outsourcing
(BPO) for both policy administration and subrogation, and professional
support services for the insurance industry.
Vice President of Sales
Directed national sales of subrogation software and multiple business
process outsourcing solutions for the Property & Casualty Insurance
industry.
Developed marketing and sales strategy for the top 50 insurance carrier
nationwide. Sold software to process subrogation claims.
Oversaw all aspects of sales and business development of Trumbull Services
for SaaS/ASP services. Worked cross functionally to define market segments
and pricing models for multiple new services.
Initiated the introduction of our software to healthcare markets to find
and recover on third-party liability claims for hospitals and health
insurance companies.
Credit Collection Services (CCS) / Claim Assist, Boston, MA 1996-2006
Company specializing in commercial debt collection services for the
insurance and healthcare industries.
Vice President of Sales
Launched Claim Assist, a national healthcare third party liability service
for hospitals. Positioned new venture for tremendous growth in revenues.
Managed and marketed personal lines premium and subrogation collection
opportunities for property and casualty insurance companies.
Directed sales for insurance and new healthcare divisions. Successfully
grew the insurance division to over 60% of market share and over $3 billion
in primary placements.
Attended numerous industry trade shows.
General Electric Corporation, Boston, MA 1992-1996
Senior Account Executive
Sold new subrogation claims service to prospective Property & Casualty
insurance clients in the Northeast region.
Developed #1 territory in the country.
C.E. Health, London, England / Rollins Burdick Hunter, St. Louis, MO
1981-1992
Sales Executive / Marketing Manager
Education
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Bachelor of Science in Economics, 1981
Professional Development
Liability Brokerage, Lloyds of London, London, England
Casualty Underwriting, Fireman's Fund
Professional Affiliations
Attended and presented at numerous conferences and tradeshows as a member
of:
National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP), Healthcare
Financial Management Association (HFMA),
and American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM)