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Sharon Keating MHA, BSN

North Liberty,Iowa

Summary

Multiple award-winner with over twenty years of pharmaceutical sales experience skilled in clinical selling, training, relationship building, and medication access to maximize provider prescribing and patient access to appropriate medications. Proven ability to innovate, perform, and lead with passion and vision. A high degree of adaptability and willingness to learn. Strong initiative and adept at critical problem-solving. Recognized leadership, and achievement, and demonstrated results

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

EXECUTIVE ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL SALES

ASTRA ZENECA PHARMACEUTICAL
Wilmington, DE
06.2022 - Current
  • Engage with key stakeholders within hospital accounts in Iowa to provide clinical and scientific information for a specific antidote/biologic for patients taking Factor Xa inhibitors who are suffering from a life-threatening or uncontrolled bleed
  • Successfully added reversal agent to formulary in ten hospitals in Iowa within one year of employment including a large IDN encompassing three states (30+ hospitals in total)
  • Expanded depth and breadth of networking with key internal stakeholders within the accounts to gain commitment for formulary approval
  • Instrumental in providing in-services, education, and training to ED nurses, doctors, and pharmacists on the administration of antidote
  • Part of a highly skilled, collaborative cross-functional sales team that includes Medical Affairs, Market Access, and IT Analytics
  • Facilitated educational training for providers and nurses on the utilization of reversal agent
  • Responsible for increasing awareness around the expansion of protocols to include any trauma bleed for a patient on Factor Xa inhibitors
  • Collaborate with market access and medical science liaison colleagues to share clinical and market access updates on product and gain commitment for formulary approval

EXECUTIVE HEALTH SYSTEM BUSINESS SPECIALIST

BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
Ridgefield, Connecticut
07.2016 - 03.2022
  • Direct full responsibility for working with the Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee members to acquire approval for new products
  • Successfully added therapeutic portfolio products for COPD and Type II Diabetes to all four of my hospital accounts in 2019, 2020, and 2021
  • Presented GPO pricing and contract information to pharmacy directors and buyers in each hospital
  • Instrumental in providing clinical information and evidence-based guidelines to key internal stakeholders on the Cardiovascular Service Line and Heart Failure Clinic resulting in portfolio product being added to inpatient and outpatient heart failure protocols
  • Present clinical and product information with key stakeholders, medical facilities, pharmacies, and private clinics on approved patient treatments and medicines
  • Promote new and leading medications with hospitals, primary care clinics, and specialty offices
  • Member of a highly functioning collaborated account team designed to help customer achieve desired outcomes while identifying opportunities for the company's therapeutic areas
  • Initiated training and education programs for supporting healthcare staff on population health management initiatives for COPD, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, specifically, heart failure, to improve patient outcomes as it relates to the Quadruple Aim.

SENIOR CLINICAL SCIENCE CONSULTANT

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
Ridgefield, CT
05.2010 - 06.2016
  • Served as a portfolio consultant focused on providing services and support on large Integrated Delivery Networks (IND) throughout Iowa
  • Tasked with improving the way critical diseases were managed and presented innovative strategies to improve diagnosis
  • Focused primarily on COPD, Diabetes, and A-Fib education, assessment, and treatment options in the healthcare industry
  • Collaborated with respiratory therapists, quality departments, medical directors, anticoagulation clinics, and key stakeholders to instruct educational in-services and training.

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

MERCK AND COMPANY, INC
Kenilworth, New Jersey
04.2004 - 01.2009
  • Provided customer-focused education to healthcare providers within the hospital setting at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Swedish American, and Rockford Memorial Hospitals including Cultural Diversity and Asthma Disparities presentations
  • Consulted with participating hospitals to improve CMS scores and Quality Care Initiatives through the utilization of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved presentations.

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

PURDUE PHARMA
Stamford, CT
11.2000 - 10.2002

· Established fruitful collaboration with residents, fellows, nursing staff, and other health care professionals at the University of Iowa on pain management education.

· Provided in-services on pain management for hospice staff, outpatient surgery, orthopedics, and oncology.

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

INNOVEX
05.1999 - 11.2000
  • Established fruitful collaboration with residents, fellows, nursing staff, and other health care professionals at the University of Iowa on pain management education
  • Provided in-services on pain management for hospice staff, outpatient surgery, orthopedics, and oncology
  • Co-promoting women’s health products for Wyeth & Co
  • Utilized vast clinical experience to develop rapport with key decision-makers in targeted hospitals and clinics
  • Ranked in the Top 15% of representatives for combined product sales
  • Ranked in the Top 20% of salesforce nationally for sales revenues across three promotional products through September 2000.

Education

Master of Science - Health Administration

University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ
05-2016

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
12-1997

Skills

Account Management

Management Development

Sales Leadership and Training

Population Health and Patient Advocacy

Strong organizational skills

Quality Process Improvement

Medical Education

Healthcare delivery systems management

Leadership Development

Management Training

Accomplishments

· December 2023 – Recipient of the Excellence in Performance Yearly Award 2023 for most Formulary Wins

· October 2023– YTD Metric: 59.64% to Goal – Nation Rank: 70/95

· March 2023, - YTD Metric: 89.23% to Goal - Nation Ranking: 25/85.

· December 2021 – YTD Metric: 105.59% to Goal – Region Rank: 3/27 and Nation Ranking: 41/170. Finished in the Extreme Colors - Silver

· October 2021 - YTD Metric: 108.56% to Goal - Region Rank: 3/27 and Nation Ranking: 30/175

· February 2021 - YTD Metric: 107.02% to Goal - Region Rank: 4/27 and Nation Ranking: 15/176

· December 2020 - YTD Metric: 123.65% to Goal - Region Rank: 1/27 and Nation Ranking: 15/165. President's Club Winner

· December 2019 - YTD Metric: 124.17% to Goal - Region Rank: 2/27 and Nation Ranking: 22/161. Finished in the Extreme Colors - Gold

Certification

Licensed registered nurse in the State of Iowa

Affiliations

Sigma Theta Tau International

Timeline

EXECUTIVE ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL SALES

ASTRA ZENECA PHARMACEUTICAL
06.2022 - Current

EXECUTIVE HEALTH SYSTEM BUSINESS SPECIALIST

BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
07.2016 - 03.2022

SENIOR CLINICAL SCIENCE CONSULTANT

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
05.2010 - 06.2016

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

MERCK AND COMPANY, INC
04.2004 - 01.2009

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

PURDUE PHARMA
11.2000 - 10.2002

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

INNOVEX
05.1999 - 11.2000

Master of Science - Health Administration

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Iowa

Licensed registered nurse in the State of Iowa

Sharon Keating MHA, BSN