About Chris Barys

I have been in Sales, Marketing and General Management for the past 27 years. During this time I have demonstrated a strong track record of significant achievement with increasing responsibility including leading and managing one of the largest sales organizations in the interventional business. During my tenure at Cordis Cardiology (Johnson and Johnson Company) I led a commercial organization that grew its top line revenue from $500 million to upwards of $1.32 Billion.

My experiences over the past 27 years has been very progressive and diversified from a development standpoint. To this point, over the past 15 years I have transitioned my developmental focus from leading commercial organizations into general management and leading organizations operationally. The depth and breadth of my experience spans from being COO of a startup (FlowCardia Inc.) to running franchise businesses as General Manager for Edwards LifeSciences, Kimberly-Clark, Medtronic and Philips Healthcare.

Specialties and areas of Expertise: Sales and Marketing Strategy, Market Development, Healthcare Economics, Building and Developing High Performing Sales and Marketing Teams, Operational Leadership, Global Strategy and Commercialization, Sales Force Effectiveness, Senior Leadership Development, Marketing/Clin/Reg and Quality.

I have been in the medical device field for my entire career and find that this is where my strengths and passion play to the best of my abilities. My strength has been and continues to be building high performing teams. Todays healthcare environment is changing fast and to this point I have always been one to stay ahead of the curve and have made all of the companies, teams and products that I have represented relevant in their respective spaces.

My current interest is to obtain a position as President and CEO