Raleigh, NC -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/13/2010 -- SalesForce4Hire® (http://www.salesforce4hire.com/) has announced that Managing Partner Kevin Schimelfenig will present at the AdvaMed 2010 Conference on Monday, Oct. 18 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Schimelfenig will speak at an afternoon workshop titled “Entrepreneurship in the Medical Device Industry: A Half-Day Boot Camp for AdvaMed 2010” and address the topic of building revenues as a virtual company through creative distribution and sales strategies. During this session, CEOs and general managers of pre-revenue startup companies can expect to gain important insight to ensure the success of their innovative technologies reaching the market quickly. Participants will learn about opportunities to keep overhead costs at a minimum while earning revenue and increasing the value of their company.

The AdvaMed 2010 Conference is the premier MedTech Conference for CEOs, executives, policymakers, financiers, and media and industry stakeholders from around the world. It is the only conference in North America that provides the opportunity to network with more than 1,500 key MedTech executives from companies in every sector of the industry. This event brings together experts and insiders for critical dialogues on subjects ranging from regulatory affairs and reimbursement to intellectual property and business development. SalesForce4Hire® will network with medical device firms who have commercially ready products, non-performing, non-focused assets and/or products acquired into portfolio due to merger and acquisition.

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“This is an extremely important conference for the medical technologies industry, and I am honored to have the opportunity to share my own insights that may be helpful for those seeking to build revenue in this booming industry sector,” said Schimelfenig. “SalesForce4Hire® is currently aligning, connecting and building business relationships with medical device firms that are looking for innovative ‘shared risk-shared reward’ business partnerships, and that have an interest in creating custom and scalable sales solutions

DETAILS:
- AdvaMed 2010 is a three-day conference that runs from Oct. 18-20, providing unparalleled learning and best practice forums. There will be more than 35 educational panels and more than 160 industry leaders in attendance.

- Conference keynote speakers include: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick; CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric; U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg; and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke.

- Plenary speakers from Capitol Hill will talk about the new Administration’s health care policy.

- In recent years, plenary speakers have included Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, leading FDA and HHS officials, and more.

- With extensive business development and capital formation opportunities, AdvaMed 2010 delivers a world-class medtech partnering program and company presentations. Last year more than 600 pre-scheduled meetings took place on-site, and some of the industry’s most innovative medical technology companies met with and presented to dozens of investors and venture firms.

About Kevin Schimelfenig
Kevin Schimelfenig is the Founder and Managing Partner of McGeever, LLC and its subsidiary, SalesForce4Hire, LLC. He recently served on the Board of Directors for Great Lakes Pharmaceuticals, is a member of the Ohio Tech Angel Fund, the North Coast Angel Fund, Wilmington Investor Network, and Research Triangle Angels and is an active investor in several early stage medical companies. As the leader of SalesForce4Hire, he has developed and executed the proprietary Sales Accelerator System® which has consistently proven its value in multiple life science and medical device markets. In addition, he was responsible for the evolutionary Sales Prototyping® Process, now deployed in several companies of distinct magnitude. Schimelfenig has been a guest speaker at the National Business Incubator Association’s annual meetings, the Angel Capital Association, and AdvaMed discussing subjects ranging from investor “Show Stoppers” for early stage company capitalization and best practices for launching disruptive technologies into acute care settings. Prior to founding the firm in 2001, Schimelfenig enjoyed a distinguished career in the medical products/services industry. He has played lead roles in creating new businesses, turning around underperforming companies, as well as achieving record revenues and profits with established enterprises such as Johnson & Johnson, STERIS, along with several other start ups. Schimelfenig’s educational background includes a B.S. in Business Administration from Marywood University, Scranton, PA. He currently resides in North Carolina, with his wife and four children.

He has participated with the AAMI, the American Diabetes Associations, the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, and Dare to Dream programs. Schimelfenig had his first patent issued in the fall of 2004.

About SalesForce4Hire, LLC
SalesForce4Hire, LLC is the premier full-service source for custom sales solutions in the medical device, life science and healthcare industries, from investor-driven start-ups, to multi-billion dollar global segment leaders. Clients include Alcatel-Lucent, BD, Kimberly-Clark, Gojo (Purell Surgical Scrub) and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The SalesForce4Hire business model is one of “shared risk – shared reward,” long-term success and profit sharing. The unique Sales Prototyping® strategy of SalesForce4Hire helps its clientele increase the value of their assets by determining if products are worth pursuing and by providing real-world feedback that accelerates the sales learning curve prior to a product’s full-scale launch. A holding of McGeever, LLC, SalesForce4Hire is headquartered in Cary, N.C. For more information, visit http://www.salesforce4hire.com.

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