Stephen Leshe, who has held numerous roles in medical device sales over his 30-year career, is one of four new regional Vice Presidents of Sales at CoreLink LLC. Leshe’s career has included distribution for early stage medical technologies as well as established spine companies. CoreLink, based in St. Louis, Missouri, says that it is expanding due to aggressive investments in new product development and a commitment to its surgeon and distributor partners.
“I understand the challenges that face independent medical device distributors. My experience in strategic sales and marketing, contracting, negotiations, operations, intellectual property, and compliance will serve me well in this new role,” said Leshe.
“Steve ran a multi-state, highly successful independent distributorship; he uniquely understands the challenges that face independent medical device distributors in the rapidly evolving medical device space. His experience in strategic sales and marketing, contracting, negotiations, operations, intellectual property, and compliance will serve CoreLink well in our growth objectives,” said Derek Kuyper, vice president of CoreLink.
Leshe commented to OTW, “I am looking most forward to partnering with our distribution team and surgeons to implement our technologies in order to help improve patient outcomes.”
“While the COVID pandemic has lowered elective case volume across the industry, CoreLink has invested in new product development, strengthened internal processes, and continued to rapidly grow customers. We believe expanding our Sales Management Team during this time is a great opportunity to increase market share in a rapidly evolving market,” said Derek Kuyper.
The company anticipates several product launches over the next few months.
