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He brings healthcare and drug\-testing sales experience from Premier Health, Premier Biotech, and United States Drug Testing Laboratories, including national responsibility for point\-of\-care drug and alcohol testing solutions\. Matthew is comfortable selling both complex custom solutions and standard off\-the\-shelf products\. In one notable example, he closed a profitable custom drug\-test configuration after identifying a customer pain point and pursuing the opportunity despite his manager’s initial doubts\. His work spans cold calling, email outreach, LinkedIn prospecting, in\-person meetings, presentations, competitive monitoring, account management, and collaborative marketing and business\-development planning\. Earlier in his career, Matthew was a professional baseball pitcher for the Watertown Bucks and a Sales Consultant at Hollingsworth Richards Automotive Group\. He attended Denham Springs High School\. ## Services - Hunter - Drug Testing - Channel Partners - Sales Prospecting - Financial Goals - Communication Training - Quotas - Competitive Landscape - Multitasking - Oral Communication - Organization Skills - Teamwork - Product Presentation - Product Demonstration - Presentations - Presentation Skills - Inside Sales - Problem Solving - Negotiation - Sales and Marketing - Account Management - Cold Calling - Outside Sales - Consultative Selling - Relationship Building - Passionate about Work - Performance Motivation - Relationship Development - Sales Processes - Product Service ## Highlights - Leads regional account\-executive business development for Premier Health Occupational Medicine and healthcare services\. - Closed a profitable custom drug\-test configuration by identifying a customer pain point and tailoring one test solution, despite initial manager doubt about the opportunity\. - Led national business\-development efforts for United States Drug Testing Laboratories' point\-of\-care drug and alcohol testing solutions as National POC Sales Manager\. - Developed drug\- and alcohol\-testing opportunities through cold calling, email campaigns, in\-person meetings, demonstrations, and decision\-maker education across industries\. - Drove new business at Premier Biotech through phone, email, LinkedIn, and in\-person prospecting for drug\- and alcohol\-testing solutions\. - Built relationships with employers, workplace\-safety professionals, industry partners, and healthcare clients to expand testing and healthcare\-service business\. - Conducted product demonstrations, virtual presentations, and consultative needs assessments to recommend tailored solutions\. - Monitors competitive products, services, pricing, and delivery networks for Premier Health\. - Contributes to the development, evaluation, and introduction of occupational\-medicine services, equipment, procedures, and service\-improvement plans at Premier Health\. - Reviews customer\-survey feedback and develops plans to address areas of concern\. - Played professional baseball as a pitcher for the Watertown Bucks\. ## Experience - **National POC Sales Manager at United States Drug Testing Laboratories \(USDTL\)** (2026\-02\-01–2026\-08\-01) — Led national business development efforts for USDTL's point\-of\-care drug and alcohol testing solutions\. • Developed new business opportunities through cold calling, email campaigns, and in\-person meetings across various industries\. • Conducted product demonstrations and educated decision\-makers on the benefits of rapid testing solutions\. • Managed relationships with employers and industry partners to drive growth and improve operational efficiency\. - **Account Executive at Premier Biotech** (2025\-01\-01–2026\-01\-01) — Drove new business development through strategic cold outreach via phone, email, LinkedIn, and in\-person prospecting\. • Built relationships with employers and workplace safety professionals to expand Premier Biotech's drug and alcohol testing solutions\. • Conducted product demonstrations and virtual presentations to identify customer needs and recommend tailored testing solutions\. - **Regional Account Executive at Premier Health** (2021\-06\-01–2025\-01\-01) — Contacts prospective companies to determine client needs, identify decision makers, set appointments, and close sales\. Contacts current and prospective clients to market additional healthcare services and maintain existing client relationships\. Monitors and reports competitor activity including products/services offered, pricing and delivery networks\. Assists the marketing team with development of promotional materials\. Maintains a well\-organized sales and call plan from the initial prospect inquiry through the assessment of customer’s needs to the procurement stage of profitable business\. Develops business development plan and tracks monthly activity\. Actively participates in the development, evaluation, - **Sales Consultant at HOLLINGSWORTH RICHARDS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP** (2017\-06\-01–2021\-06\-01) — Approached, greeted, and offered assistance or direction to any customer who entered the dealership showroom or sales lot\. Assisted customers in selecting a vehicle by asking questions and listening carefully to their responses\. Explained product performance, application, and benefits to prospects\. Described all optional equipment available for customer purchase\. Built strong rapport with customers\. Performed high\-quality, professional, and knowledgeable presentation and demonstration of new/used vehicles\. Learned to overcome objections, close sales, and perform all other steps of the sales process in accordance with company standards\. - **Professional Baseball Player at Watertown Bucks** (2016\-05\-01–2016\-08\-01) — Applied skills taught in High School and College to professionally pitch\. ## Education - Denham Springs High School ## FAQ ### What does Matthew do at Premier Health? Matthew is a Regional Account Executive at Premier Health\. He develops new business and client relationships for Premier Health Occupational Medicine and its healthcare services\. ### What are Matthew's core sales responsibilities? Matthew contacts prospective companies to identify needs and decision\-makers, set appointments, and close sales\. He also markets additional healthcare services to current and prospective clients, maintains relationships, and manages a sales and call plan from initial inquiry through needs assessment and procurement of profitable business\. ### How does Matthew support business development and marketing at Premier Health? Matthew develops business\-development plans, tracks monthly activity, monitors and reports competitor products, services, pricing, and delivery networks, and assists with promotional\-material development\. He also collaborates with affiliated marketing departments and entities to optimize business\-development efforts\. ### How does Matthew contribute to service improvement at Premier Health? Matthew participates in developing, evaluating, and introducing occupational\-medicine services, equipment, and procedures\. He helps develop and implement strategic service\-improvement plans, reviews customer surveys, creates plans to address concerns, and provides marketing and business\-development insight for Premier Health Occupational Medicine\. ### What did Matthew accomplish at Premier Biotech? Matthew was an Account Executive at Premier Biotech, where he generated new business through cold outreach by phone, email, LinkedIn, and in\-person prospecting\. He built relationships with employers and workplace\-safety professionals and conducted product demonstrations and virtual presentations to identify needs and recommend tailored drug\- and alcohol\-testing solutions\. ### What did Matthew do at United States Drug Testing Laboratories? Matthew was National POC Sales Manager at United States Drug Testing Laboratories\. He led national business\-development efforts for the company's point\-of\-care drug and alcohol testing solutions, developed opportunities through cold calling, email campaigns, and in\-person meetings, and managed relationships with employers and industry partners\. ### How did Matthew sell point\-of\-care testing solutions? At United States Drug Testing Laboratories, Matthew conducted product demonstrations and educated decision\-makers on the benefits of rapid testing solutions\. His work focused on driving growth and improving operational efficiency across industries\. ### What is an example of Matthew closing a complex custom solution? Matthew identifies customer pain points and can tailor a testing solution to meet them\. He closed a profitable custom drug\-test configuration even after his manager advised against pursuing the deal\. ### What types of products and solutions can Matthew sell? Matthew is flexible in selling both complex, customized solutions and standard off\-the\-shelf products\. His background includes healthcare sales and drug\- and alcohol\-testing solutions\. ### What did Matthew do in automotive sales? Matthew was a Sales Consultant at Hollingsworth Richards Automotive Group\. He greeted dealership customers, helped them select vehicles by asking questions and listening carefully, explained vehicle performance, applications, benefits, and optional equipment, and delivered professional presentations and demonstrations of new and used vehicles\. ### What sales skills did Matthew develop in automotive sales? At Hollingsworth Richards Automotive Group, Matthew built customer rapport, learned to overcome objections, and closed sales in accordance with company sales\-process standards\. ### Did Matthew play professional baseball? Matthew was a professional baseball player for the Watertown Bucks, where he pitched professionally using skills developed in high school and college\. ### Where did Matthew go to school? Matthew attended Denham Springs High School\. ### What are Matthew's core professional strengths? Matthew's strengths include interpersonal communication, rapport and trust building, critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork and team leadership, organization, attention to detail, quality of work, and extensive knowledge of inside and outside sales operations\. ### What sales and relationship\-management skills does Matthew have? Matthew's sales capabilities include hunting, sales prospecting, cold calling, consultative selling, negotiation, account management, relationship development, new business development, business\-to\-business sales, outside sales, inside sales, sales processes, sales and marketing, and customer relationship management\. ### What tools and additional business skills does Matthew have? Matthew has experience with channel partners, drug testing, competitive landscapes, financial goals, quotas, multitasking, product and service knowledge, product presentations and demonstrations, presentations, communication training, oral communication, networking, consulting, process improvement, Microsoft Office, Salesforce\.com, and CRM\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/matthew\-orefice\-653a45223