Mike DeMars

Medical device sales

Detroit Metropolitan Area

About

Pivoted to PPE isolation gown sales during Covid pandemic. Responsible for National and international sales. Sold $16 milllion in 8 weeks. Set up National distribution .Promoted six times in career.President club winner ( Four times).Thousands of vascular, cardiovascular, surgical , endovascular, cath lab,interventional radiology cases observed. Cardiovascular/ vascular specialist.Completed comprehensive surgical and medical training classes provided by manufacturers. Multi task master. Multiple sales awards. Worked my way up from rookie sales rep, Sales Manager, Vice President of Sales,Owner of 2 distributors (Life Systems, Orion Medical).15 years at one company .Commission driven. Relationship laden. 3rd job out of college. Atherectomy, OBL, Vascular, PAD , laser specialist. Plastic surgery, hand, ortho, general surgery, ENT specialist. Currently owner of independent surgical contractor (Medical Dynamics).20 years Representing Large manufactures and start ups. Operate on 100% commission. Revlon cosmetics regional manager, President club winner., (2nd job out of college)Sold into 2 national drug store chains. Local and 8 state region. Responsibilities include selling in promotions, opening new stores . Promoted to Meijer account manager. National account manager. Kmart, Perry drugs, F and M drugs. IBM/Xerox business machine sales person. First job out of college. Rookie of month winner. Two time board member and 20 year member of Great Oaks Country club. Rochester Michigan

Experience

  • Medical Device Sales Specialist at Medical Dynamics Inc
    Aug 2004 - Present · 21 yrs 11 mos

    Surgical specialty independent sales rep. Representing several companies in the surgical, OBL, Cath lab ,interventional radiology space, Relationships, Longevity, Game changer. CEO, C suite, inventor, entrepreneur connections,100% commission sales

  • National Sales Manager at Joyson Safety Systems
    Mar 2020 - Sep 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Sell, market, design, forecast, research, survey, set up national and international distribution. Negotiate pricing contracts,This is for the Joyson reusable isolation gowns, Level 1 and 2.

  • Ramed laser territory Manager at Ra Medical Systems, Manufacturer of DABRA and Pharos (NYSE:RMED)
    May 2019 - Nov 2019 · 7 mos

    laser catheter for CTO, atherectomy, OBL, cath lab

  • Vice President Sales at Life Systems
    Jun 1998 - Aug 2004 · 6 yrs 3 mos

    Promoted to Vice President of sales and obtained a stake in company ownership. I also opened up a second vascular graft distributor . Researched new products /companies . Hired, trained, worked with sales reps in field. Main liaison with manufacturers. Helped grow company from 10 million to 20 million. Established multiple start up companies.

  • Life Systems (Michigan)
    • Regional Sales Manager
      Jan 1992 - Feb 1998 · 6 yrs 2 mos

      Maintained personal territory. Hired and managed several sales reps. Researched and added new product lines. Expanded and promoted my responsibilities to include 6 states 7 reps. My region always finished first in sales and profit margin. Commissioned based.

    • Sales Specialist
      Jan 1991 - Jan 1994 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Sales territory, established new accounts with new companies and new products. Established solid relationships. Promoted to senior sales rep with 100 percent commission