!!!Leitner, Karin

Born February 8th, 1963 in Vienna\\ 
Austrian nationality, Swiss C-permit\\  \\ 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE\\ [{Image src='Karin_Leitner.jpg' height='270' class='image_left' alt='Karin Leitner' width='206'}]

2011 – 2015	Independent Executive Coach and Consultant\\
	Finalized Trainings / Examinations for the International Coaching Federation\\
	Study of global ethnical and leadership diversity\\
	Consultant for medical technology start-ups\\
                                 Intensive French B2 Course\\ 

1998 – 2011	MEDTRONIC INC\\
	World's largest independent medical technology company. \\
	Revenue for the year ended April 2012: $16.2 billion. \\

2007 -  2011          Business Director Diabetes - Central Region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)	            Switzerland\\
$80 Million Revenue, general management assignment, full P&L responsibility\\
	Turnaround from negative growth back to solid double digit\\
Leading organization with total staff of 60 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland including 12 direct reports: business managers, direct and distributor sales and marketing, R&D and clinical, reimbursement, public relations, and customer services including patient 24 hour hotline.\\ 

Achievements:	Due to 4 consecutive quarters of negative growth I was asked to take over
	After 6 months turnaround from negative growth back to double digit 
	Integration of former Minimed company into Central Region GmbH (finance, policies)
	Change of 80% of country leadership teams 
	Execution of scaleable territory alignment and account segmentation
	Cooperation of indirect and direct channels \\
                   	
2004 - 2007        	European Business Director Neurological	\\ \\		                          	               Switzerland 
	$200 Million Revenue, 5 different businesses, full P&L Responsibility
	Leadership of 350 international people including 16 direct reports: 12 country business managers, marketing, clinical, reimbursement, and customer services.\\
Alignment of Head Quarter functions with country needs (marketing and clinical)\\
Development of account segmentation, targeting and strategic account planning\\ 

Achievements:	Double digit growth and 5% higher EBIT growth\\
	Reorganisation of EU Business Leadership Team with external hiring of 6 country leaders\\
	Initialization of leadership development programs\\
	Alignment of US/ global strategies with EMEA needs for evidence based medicine, pricing, marketing\\
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2002 – 2004	Business Director Neurological - Central Region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)	\\                

1998 – 2002	Business Manager Neurological – Austria	v				               Austria
	P&L responsibility for 5 different independent businesses including acquisitions\\	

1989 - 1998	HEWLETT PACKARD, MEDICAL PRODUCTS GROUP\\
	American, multinational, hardware & software corporation. \\
 		
1996 - 1998	District Manager HP Medical Austria and Switzerland\\
1994 - 1996	Country Manager HP Medical Austria\\
1991 - 1994	Sales Ultrasound in Austria and Central + Eastern Europe\\
1989 - 1991	Clinical Application Specialist Echocardiography Austria and Eastern Europe\\

EDUCATION

1981 - 1989	Graduated as Medical Doctor \\
	University of Vienna\\
	International assignment at Tel Hashomer Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel\\ \\
                      	 
1980	International Baccalaureat \\
	Brussels v
		
1968 - 1980	Childhood and Schooling in Vienna and New York, Lusaka, Johannesburg and Brussels during various IBM assignments  \\                   

TRAINING\\

2011          	Solution Oriented Coaching tested by International Coaching Federation\\
2007 - 2011            NLP Master, Trainer and Coach\\
2010	Global Medtronic Leadership Development Program\\
2008	Finance for Executives at INSEAD, Singapore\\
2006           	Leadership Course IMD, Lausanne\\
2004                        	Strategic Marketing Course Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania\\                                                                     1997	Young Managers Program at INSEAD Fontainebleau\\
1989 - 1995            Negotiation Training, Management and Coaching within Hewlett Packard\\
1980 - 1989	Medical University Vienna including medical assignments in various disciplines\\

AWARDS	\\
	Performance rating exceptional in 8 out of 12 years with Medtronic\\
	HP European Achievers Club, HP Presidents Club\\

LANGUAGES\\	
	German and English fluent\\
	French and Italian colloquial \\

STRENGTHS\\
		International Negotiation and Sales\\
                        	Development of multifunctional teams   \\                  
                      	Cross Cultural Communication\\
                       	Innovation\\
                       	Drive for sustainable high performance\\
	People Management\\

__Home address__\\ 
Rue de la Grand Vigne 7\\ 
CH-1169 Yens\\ 
karin.leitner@live.com\\ 
+41 (0)79 77 05 732

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