THE TEAM

​​​Yukio Nakajima, Managing Director

Yukio Nakajima consistently and enthusiastically led research and development and marketing of medical devices from a global perspective. He has continuously been successful in understanding and appreciating the needs of healthcare professionals, especially key opinion leaders in the world through research and development, strategy creation, product planning, new business and new procedure development, project and cross functional management, global process of new product launch, which strengthened each decade in Japan, Europe and the USA,  He has established and maintains an international network of extensive and productive relationships / networks with healthcare professionals, thought leaders and industry partners.
Yukio excels in cross cultural business leadership and is fluent in English and Japanese. His genuine sincerity in helping others brings a special humanness in assisting and supporting the focus of his clients.

​Rick Harbuck, Executive Advisor

Rick Harbuck has extensive experience in building and leading accountable sales and marketing teams, profit and loss ownership, developing commercial marketing strategies, merger and acquisition (M&A) exposure and integration of M&A sales and marketing resources. Rick focuses on customers and staff, leading change management by demonstration and consensus. Rick is a very effective communicator, with skills in international collaboration with Asian and European business leaders, developing plans that improve global marketing strategies. Rick has consistently demonstrated high achievement regardless of challenges and works collaboratively with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and deliver results. Rick is also highly respected for his leadership and integrity.

​​John Temple, Executive Advisor

John Temple is a passionate health care executive with over 28 years of medical device industry knowledge and experience assisting health care providers, institutions and the corporations that sell to, serve and support them.
Empowering the health care providers with efficiency analyses, asset management best practices and cost reduction techniques, along with patient outcome review, improvement & overall satisfaction in the ever-evolving health care environment.
Offering expert advice with business planning, sales and marketing implementation and change management vision and ideation.
Insights into sales, clinical and support personnel, defining of responsibilities, training and deployment for start-up, growing and/or challenged health care companies.​​

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