Thomas Dodson
About
Thomas Dodson is from Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Thomas works in the following industries: "Machinery". Thomas is currently Director of Sales at MAKEiT Inc., located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. In Thomas's previous role as a Regional Sales Manager at DATRON Dynamics, Inc, Thomas worked in Riverside, California until Sep 2017. Prior to joining DATRON Dynamics, Inc, Thomas was a Vice President of Sales at Inter-Tool LLC and held the position of Vice President of Sales at Corona, California. Prior to that, Thomas was a Business Development Manager at Upstream BIOMED, based in Vista, California from Aug 2008 to Jun 2013. Thomas started working as Senior Product Manager at Caldera Medical in Agoura Hills, California in May 2007. From Sep 2004 to Sep 2006, Thomas was Director of Emerging Technologies at St. Jude Medical, based in Plano, Texas. Prior to that, Thomas was a Director of Business Operations at HandyLab, Inc., based in Ann Arbor, Michigan from Jun 2000 to Aug 2004. Thomas started working as Senior Business Analyst, Eaton-Aeroquip Incubator at Eaton Corporation in Ann Arbor, Michigan in Jul 1997.
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Thomas Dodson's current jobs
Develop and execute successful sales strategies; oversee all sales in Southern California; oversee the development and execution of new business and existing business growth and penetration.
Thomas Dodson's past jobs
Datron provides innovative high-speed CNC machining, work holding, tooling, dispensing and automation solutions. We are building the company by offering customer driven products. We serve the world's largest and most respected companies. I am humbled and proud to be a member of the team.
Inter-Tool is a private company that manufactures and markets innovative surface preparation equipment. Responsibilities: Drive the company’s turnaround. Conduct sales calls to distributors and end-users. Engage with and train distributors. Conduct market research to identify value propositions, improve marketing materials and streamline operations.
Upstream is a privately held management consulting firm focused on assisting organizations with sales, marketing, strategic planning, and turnarounds. Responsibilities: Sell and perform consulting services for startups, investors, and university technology transfer offices. Services focus on guiding the inventor with needs finding and screening, concept generation and selection, marketing and stakeholder research, business plan development, and financial modeling. Serve as strategic advisor to private equity firm. Served as temporary Sales Manager for Inter-Tool LLC during its turnaround phase. My specific interests include commercializing innovative technology, lean startup methods, incubation management, consultative selling, turnarounds, and the environment.
Caldera Medical is a privately held medical device company. Their focus is on minimally invasive implantable devices for urology and gynecological indications including stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. Responsibilities: Lead upstream and downstream marketing initiatives including market plan development and execution, product launches, specific new product development and process development initiatives, instructions for use (IFU) documentation, proactive sales support and employee training.
St. Jude Medical’s Neuromodulation Division is focused on commercializing neuromodulation devices to treat intractable pain of the trunk and limbs and other neurological conditions. Responsibilities: accelerate the commercialization of emerging neuromodulation indications. This included gaining management consensus on which emerging indications to incubate, developing marketing tools to advance patient recruitment, developing relationships with key opinion leaders, attending trade shows and conferences, summarizing clinical studies, obtaining voice of the customer data, identifying clinical endpoint data, and working closely as a team to advance the pilot study and pivotal study for each indication. Teams typically were composed of personnel from emerging technologies, clinical research, regulatory, manufacturing, quality assurance, and engineering.
HandyLab was a privately held venture-backed startup focused on using microfluidic-based lab-on-a-chip technology to revolutionize the molecular diagnostic industry. Becton Dickinson acquired the company in 2009 for $275 million.
The Aeroquip incubator was a corporate funded venture focused on developing new business in non-traditional markets. The business "beacons" included electronics, medical, safety, and the environment. My responsibilities were to provide business consulting for internal startups, acquisition consulting for established business units, and competitive intelligence to the VP of Business Development.
New product development for life science and industrial that incorporated microporous membrane.