Corporate Marketing Experience

Gary Heebner, Ph.D. is president and owner of Cell Associates, LLC. He has over 20 years of marketing and management experience in the area of scientific products and services and has been responsible for marketing and sales programs with Baxter Scientific Products, Precision Scientific, and Sigma-Aldrich Corporation. Major accomplishments include:

• Implemented a market-driven approach for sourcing and launching new products, which increased new product revenues while adding fewer new products.

• Organized and managed a start-up Project Management Group. Developed the project management model used by the group to manage several critical projects.

• Opened USA subsidiary office for a German-based chemical manufacturer. Responsible for establishing dealers and directing the sales and marketing program.

• Established successful consulting business in January of 1999. Increased sales and profits in the double digits consistently year after year.

Professional Speaking Engagements

• Presented technical seminars to laboratory directors world wide on a novel biotechnology-related system.

• Trainer for Time Management courses.

• Presented several courses on Stress Management and Interpersonal Skills.

• Present regular seminars on Starting Your Own Consulting Business for local business community.

Education

Attended the University of Illinois – Champaign-Urbana, Illinois for his undergraduate studies and received his Ph.D. in Life Sciences at The University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School - Chicago, Illinois.

Specialized Technical Training

Most Recent Courses Taken:

• Strategic Planning, Competitive Analysis, and Competitive Strategy by The American Management Association.

• Market Driven Product Definition by Roundtable Management Group.

• Strategic Selling by Miller-Heiman.

• SNAP Survey Software by Mercator Corporation.