Steve MacAleese to Run Qardio’s Sales in Europe
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Nov 25, 2015, Qardio, Inc. today announced that it has hired former OMRON and Welch Allyn executive Steve MacAleese as Head of Sales for EMEA to spearhead Qardio’s distribution strategy and network in Europe.
MacAleese, 53, brings 26 years of international healthcare and medical devices experience. Joining Qardio most recently from OMRON, where he had pan-European responsibility for the Medical Business, he was previously General Manager at OMRON and at Welch Allyn.
“Steve has an unrivaled record of building international distribution presence both on the retail and the institutional side. As we execute on our vision to revolutionize heart health monitoring, we are pushing forward on every aspect – including building the most powerful sales and distribution platform,” said Qardio CEO, Marco Peluso.
Qardio further announced that it has hired Richard Cardow and Mark Dennis to run its EMEA Sales teams in the Medical and Retail channels respectively.
Cardow, 43, joins Qardio most recently from Riester, where he was General Manager for a number of territories including UK and Scandinavia, and has worked at OMRON and Welch Allyn, bringing 19 years of international healthcare and medical device experience. He will focus on institutional sales. Dennis, 34, brings nine years of experience from key sales positions at A&D and OMRON, where he was responsible for generating sales from large accounts. He will focus on retail accounts sales.
“It underscores the growing momentum of Qardio that industry veterans like Steve, Richard and Mark, each with phenomenal history of sales and execution success, would leave senior positions to join Qardio. Their huge experience and wealth of industry connections will be invaluable as we continue our rapid global expansion in sales and distribution, and prepare to launch QardioCore and QardioMD.” said Qardio’s Chief Business Officer, Alexis Zervoglos.
Qardio is revolutionizing heart health monitoring. Unlike other products on the market, Qardio’s products deliver the benefits of state-of-the-art connected solutions, and are designed to be stylish and delightful to use, while delivering valuable medical grade biometrics.
“Qardio represents the next generation. Joining Qardio allows me, Richard and Mark to bring to market the most innovative heart health monitoring solutions on the planet,” Said MacAleese. “I am excited about the impact that Qardio products have on consumers and healthcare professionals, and I am thrilled about the positive change we can drive in the healthcare world, making it both better and cheaper, and have fun in the process.”
Qardio products include QardioArm smart blood pressure monitor, QardioBase smart scale and body analyzer, QardioCore wearable ECG monitor, and QardioMD doctor dashboard. Qardio solutions offer peace of mind to consumers, tools for smarter care to physicians, and cost savings to payers and providers.