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Her work spans biotech, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and diagnostics across the United States, Caribbean, Puerto Rico, and Latin America. Ydalmis is strongest in owning work from the initial pitch through delivery, building trusted client relationships through consistent, high-quality, consultative service and exceptional follow-through. Her expertise includes commercial strategy, market planning, product launches, sales-force development, market access, forecasting, budgeting, contract negotiation, customer engagement, and cross-functional execution. Her leadership record includes delivering $15 million in Latin American sales growth at Acelity, with 19% growth and monthly healthy margins of 73% to 80%, while leading commercial transformation across 12 countries. She has managed brands and launches at Novartis, oncology strategy and sales at Sanofi, and promotional, marketing, educational, and sales roles at Merck. Ydalmis is also a certified Business Quantum Coach, public speaker, Gold Award-winning author, and the author of the bestselling book Evolve. ## Services - Specialty Pharmaceutical - Biotechnology Industry - Customer Engagement - Customer Experience - Business Strategy - Training and Development \(HR\) - Curriculum Development - Marketing Strategy & Tactical - Cultural Diversity - Cross-cultural - International Business - Marketing Management - Intercultural Communication - Sales Management - Bilingual - Oncology - Public Speaking - Pharmaceutical Sales - Business Planning - Product Marketing - Cardiovascular Disease - Osteoporosis - Respiratory Products - Community Health - Healthcare Management - Pharmaceutical Industry - Medical Legal boards - DTC campaigns - Marketing Strategy - Therapeutic Areas ## Highlights - Currently serves as a U.S. Territory Manager at Cairo Diagnostics, LLC. - Serves as a Business Strategist and Corporate Consultant at Leading Life by YC. - Brings 30 years of healthcare-industry experience, particularly in hematology. - Has worked across healthcare commercial operations, sales, and marketing in biotech, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and diagnostics throughout the United States, Caribbean, Puerto Rico, and Latin America. - Delivered $15 million in Latin American sales growth as Acelity's Commercial Operations and Marketing Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. - Generated 19% growth and maintained monthly healthy margins of 73% to 80% at Acelity. - Led a multi-category, multi-channel business across 12 Latin American countries and eight professionals across teams at Acelity. - Led commercial-department transformation at Acelity focused on talent, processes, and customer alignment. - Restructured Acelity's route to market, improving portfolio-mix penetration and distribution, sales, and program execution. - Developed a digital marketing tool at Acelity to provide point-of-sale commercial-execution guidance and measure compliance against plans and academic programs. - Managed distributor agreements, quotas, quarterly operational reviews, contract communication, financial considerations, risk assessment, and compliance coaching at Acelity. - Oversaw marketing, medical education, logistics, complaints, technical, and regulatory teams as Acelity's Marketing and Business Development Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. - Recruited, selected, oriented, and trained marketing staff at Acelity, contributing to 10% employee engagement. - Developed product-specific marketing plans, directed promotional support, customer-relations programs, market forecasting, market research, and digital campaigns as Acelity's Senior Strategic Marketing Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean. - Trained sales, marketing, and cross-functional teams at Acelity on clinical knowledge, promotion, sales skills, and role-play. - Managed 14 brands and represented Novartis's cardiovascular, metabolic, and gastrointestinal franchise across 22 West Indies countries. - Planned and executed cardiovascular product launches and indication extensions at Novartis. - Led key opinion leader development, promotional campaigns, budget and resource management, forecasting, sample management, segmentation, and agency partnerships at Novartis. - Advanced regional contracting, GPO inclusion, advocate development, account management, and oncology business planning as Oncology Marketing Manager at Sanofi. - Increased market share by 12% in one month year over year in Specialty Sales Oncology at Sanofi. - Ranked in the top five for Central Nervous System market sales in the Sanofi region and achieved number-one sales in Q2 2007. - Received weekly district recognition in consecutive months while in Specialty Sales Oncology at Sanofi. - Led promotional and media activities, agency relationships, pricing and reimbursement strategies, budgets, and brand execution as a Promotion Manager at Merck. - Ensured Merck clinical events met company safety requirements and FDA, EU, and other international regulatory standards as Education Program Integration Manager. - Provided Merck training to field sales teams, healthcare professionals, and internal customers within medical and legal guidelines. - Managed Amniox Medical's U.S. Wound Care and Surgical business unit, responsible for multiple seven figures and double-digit incremental growth. - Managed the NEOX portfolio of umbilical cord and amniotic membrane allografts at Amniox Medical. - Supported top accounts, GPOs, and government contracts, including IDIQ, DAPA, and FSS, at Amniox Medical. - Certified in Business Quantum Coaching and experienced in public speaking. - Gold Award-winning author of the bestselling book Evolve. ## Experience - **US - Territory Manager at Cairo Diagnostics, LLC** (2024-07-01–present) - **Business Strategist & Corporate Consultant at Leading Life by YC** (2021-01-01–2024-01-01) - **US Sr Marketing Manager at Amniox Medical** (2018-01-01–2020-01-01) — Manage the US Wound Care and Surgical business unit, responsible of multiple 7 figures, with a double digit in incremental growth. • Responsible for identifying opportunities and deliver effective strategies, create marketing plans and support tactical implementations to drive market share and growth. • Create content for marketing collateral, website, market presentations, social media posts and sales supporting material. • Led the education on surgical wounds, training for new hires, distributors and external stakeholders. • Monitors production and samples forecast, LRP \(long range plans\) and maintain safety inventory on a monthly basis. • Analyze market data to identify market opportunities and leads monitoring to analyze metrics on ROI and conversions. • Play a leading role in the creation of marketing initiatives, peer to peer activities, Pro-Ed events and national congresses • Responsible to support top accounts \(direct/indirect sales\), GPOs & Government contracts • \(ID - **Commercial Operations and Marketing Director - Latin America & Caribbean at Acelity** (2017-01-01–2018-01-01) — Led multi-category business in multi-channel environment, securing profitable and efficient business execution by leading, inspiring, and maximizing potential of eight professionals across various teams. • Managed 12 countries in LATAM. • Led initiation and implementation of organizational transformation of commercial department, focusing on talent, processes, and customer alignment. • Transformed marketing structure to align with commercial strategy, portfolio distribution, and development. • Delivered LATAM sales growth of $15,000,000. • Generated most cash flow with 19% growth. • Analyzed price strategies to maintain healthy margins of 73% to 80% monthly. • Led route-to-market restructure, resulting in improved portfolio mix penetration/distribution, improved sales, and program execution/effectiveness by creating plans of action for business units. - **Marketing & BD Director - Latin America & Caribbean at Acelity** (2014-08-01–2016-12-01) — Oversaw and supported teams for marketing, medical education, logistics, complaints, technical, and regulatory departments. • Achieved financial objectives by preparing annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and performing corrective actions. • Scheduled and assigned workload to employees. • Maintained results by appraising job results and counseling employees. • Developed marketing staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and experiential growth opportunities. • Ensured compliance daily. • Retained marketing staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees, with 10% of employee engagement. • Maintained professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, and establishing personal networks as well as participating in congress, symposiums, bioskills, and preceptorships. - **Sr. Strategic Marketing Manager - Latin America & Caribbean at Acelity** (2013-09-01–2014-09-01) — Analyzed market share by developing marketing plans and programs for each product. • Directed promotional support. • Maintained relations with customers by organizing and developing specific customer relations programs. • Determined company presence at conventions, annual meetings, trade associations, and seminars. • Provided short- and long-term market forecasts and reports by directing market research collection, analysis, and interpretation of market data. • Implemented digital marketing programs and campaigns. • Influenced products by determining and evaluating current/future market trends. • Developed new uses for existing products by analyzing statistics regarding market development, and acquiring and analyzing data as well as consulting with internal and external sources. • Maintained research database by identifying and assembling marketing information. • Trained and evaluated sales force, marketing teams, and other cross-functional teams on clinical, promotional, sales skills, - **Brand Manager at Novartis** (2010-01-01–2012-01-01) — Developed, implemented, and executed short- and long-term operational plans that optimized sales, market share, and revenue growth for 14 brands, including products within therapeutic area and across divisions. • Represented cardiovascular, metabolic, and GI franchise within Caribbean market for 22 countries in West Indies region. • Acted as liaison with internal customers to lead and guide brand tactics. • Interacted with diverse customer groups to analyze market observations and identify potential insights/market issues. • Supported and contributed to market research activities with cross-functional teams. • Analyzed suitable forecast. • Managed customer segmentations by criteria and identified potential key tactical options within marketing mix. • Optimized channel/promotional mix for brand through appropriate resource allocation to meet brand objectives and customer needs. • Planned and executed cardiovascular product launch and new indication extensions for key brands. • Created a - **Specialty Sales Oncology at Sanofi** (2007-12-01–2010-12-01) — Developed activities focused on building relationships to promote and sell urology and oncology product line effectively within office, hospital, and clinic environments. • Gained expertise in urology therapeutic area. • Networked with other members of team to support and achieve business objectives. • Generated relationships with key stakeholders \(urologists, oncologists, office managers, nurses, hospital staff\) and key thought leaders to influence product usage in medical community. • Gained comprehensive knowledge of competitors, tactics, and market changes. • Understood market factors influencing business in territory, including high-potential physicians, competitor analysis, and market trends. • Increased in market share 12% in one month versus YOY. • Recognized for top-five sales on Central Nervous System market within region and number- one sales in Q2-07. • Won weekly district recognition on consequence months. • Creates and implements geographically-based business plans. • A - **Oncology Marketing Manager at Sanofi** (2006-01-01–2007-01-01) — \*Responsible for driving communications on the Company’s contracts with key regional customers for the achievement of sales goals and business objectives. \*Driving the account management approach through working with the Company’s cross-functional resources for enhancing customer support. field sales team and execution in targeted accounts. \*Responsible for developing advocates for the Company’s Oncology brands to support access and sales performance. \*Facilitate field sales and attainment of regional sales goals by ensuring unimpeded access to Sanofi-Aventis products on regional accounts through negotiating with Regional GPO's for inclusion of Sanofi-aventis products within key customer programs. \*Leading the development and implementation of contracting initiatives and coordinate pull through efforts to achieve maximum product performance through the delivery of clinical, economic, and financial messages in support of s-a products to appropriate customers. \*Identify contracting op - **Promotion Manager at Merck** (2005-01-01–2006-01-01) — \*Develop overall promotional and media activities to deliver Brand objectives. Lead agency relationships to create effective advertising, public relations, professional and retailer programs. Oversee execution of the brand strategy through implementation of tactics. \*Drive revenue and profit growth. \*Develop pricing/reimbursement strategies. \*Approve and manage brand budgets. \*Identify and suggest best practices and undertake innovative activities. - **Education Program Integration Manager at Merck** (2002-01-01–2005-01-01) — \*Ensures all clinical events are processed according to guidelines and appropriate Merck safety requirements to meet exacting standards defined by the FDA and EU or other international regulatory agencies. \*Supervises the day to day activities, providing awareness perspective and technical capacity. \*Plans and maintains schedule and metrics database with details of in-process work, meeting agreed-upon timelines. Communicates to partner groups when issues arise. \*Responsible for training programs within Medical & Legal guidelines. \*Provide training to Field Sales Team, HCP & Internal customers - **Marketing Manager & BD at Merck** (1996-01-01–1998-01-01) - **Medical Sales Representative at Merck** (1995-01-01–1996-01-01) ## Education - Managing Happiness — Harvard University (2026-03-01–2026-07-01) - Continuing Education - Course, Business Administration and Management, General — Harvard University - MBA Marketing /MBA, Health Care Organization Management — University of Phoenix - BA, Mass Communication — Towson University - Bachelor, Mass Communication Advertising and Public Relations — Universidad de Puerto Rico \(UPR\) ## FAQ ### What does Ydalmis do? Ydalmis is a healthcare commercial operations, sales, and marketing executive. She currently works as a U.S. Territory Manager at Cairo Diagnostics, LLC and as a Business Strategist and Corporate Consultant at Leading Life by YC. ### What healthcare experience does Ydalmis have? Ydalmis has 30 years of healthcare-industry experience, particularly in hematology. Her career spans biotech, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and diagnostics in the United States, the Caribbean, Puerto Rico, and Latin America. ### What are Ydalmis's core professional strengths? Ydalmis is known for taking ownership from the initial pitch through delivery. She builds trust and maintains client relationships through consistent, high-quality service, a consultative approach, and exceptional follow-through. ### Which therapeutic and product areas has Ydalmis worked in? Ydalmis works across negative pressure wound therapy, advanced wound dressings, biologics, and wound-care and surgical portfolios. Her pharmaceutical experience includes hypertension, asthma, gastroenterology, urology, bone and metabolic conditions, lipids, oncology, antiemetics, bioequivalence, and the generic market. ### What is Ydalmis's role at Cairo Diagnostics? At Cairo Diagnostics, LLC, Ydalmis serves as a U.S. Territory Manager. ### What is Ydalmis's work with Leading Life by YC? At Leading Life by YC, Ydalmis serves as a Business Strategist and Corporate Consultant. ### What did Ydalmis accomplish as Commercial Operations and Marketing Director at Acelity? As Commercial Operations and Marketing Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at Acelity, Ydalmis led a multi-category, multi-channel business across 12 Latin American countries and led eight professionals across teams. She initiated commercial-department transformation focused on talent, processes, and customer alignment realigned marketing to commercial strategy, portfolio distribution, and development and delivered $15 million in LATAM sales growth. The business generated 19% growth and maintained monthly healthy margins of 73% to 80%. ### How did Ydalmis improve commercial execution at Acelity? At Acelity, Ydalmis led a route-to-market restructure that improved portfolio-mix penetration and distribution, sales, and program execution. She managed distributor agreements, quotas, and quarterly operational reviews developed a digital marketing tool for point-of-sale commercial-execution guidance and compliance measurement identified partnership and geographic-expansion opportunities and coached employees on LATAM issues under compliance. ### What did Ydalmis do as Marketing and Business Development Director at Acelity? As Marketing and Business Development Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at Acelity, Ydalmis oversaw marketing, medical education, logistics, complaints, technical, and regulatory teams. She managed annual budgeting, expenditure scheduling, variance analysis, corrective actions, workload assignment, employee appraisal and development, and daily compliance. She also recruited, selected, oriented, and trained marketing staff, contributing to 10% employee engagement, and maintained technical knowledge through workshops, publications, professional networks, congresses, symposiums, bioskills, and preceptorships. ### What did Ydalmis do as Senior Strategic Marketing Manager at Acelity? As Senior Strategic Marketing Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean at Acelity, Ydalmis analyzed market share and developed product-specific marketing plans and programs. She directed promotional support, customer-relations programs, convention and trade-association presence, market forecasting, market-research collection and analysis, and digital campaigns. She evaluated market trends, identified new uses for existing products, maintained marketing research databases, and trained sales, marketing, and cross-functional teams on clinical knowledge, promotion, sales skills, and role-play. ### What did Ydalmis accomplish as a Brand Manager at Novartis? At Novartis, Ydalmis developed and executed short- and long-term operational plans for 14 brands across therapeutic areas and divisions. She represented the cardiovascular, metabolic, and gastrointestinal franchise in 22 West Indies countries optimized sales, market share, and revenue planned cardiovascular launches and indication extensions developed key opinion leaders managed budgets, forecasting, samples, segmentation, agency partnerships, and promotional campaigns and worked with marketing centers of excellence in Guatemala, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic. ### What did Ydalmis do as an Oncology Marketing Manager at Sanofi? As an Oncology Marketing Manager at Sanofi, Ydalmis drove communications related to contracts with key regional customers, advanced account-management execution with cross-functional resources, developed oncology-brand advocates, and supported regional sales goals. She negotiated with regional GPOs for Sanofi-aventis product inclusion, developed contracting initiatives and pull-through efforts, analyzed customer performance for contracting opportunities, coordinated with field and GPO sales teams, and developed global oncology business plans for key accounts. ### What did Ydalmis accomplish in Specialty Sales Oncology at Sanofi? In Specialty Sales Oncology at Sanofi, Ydalmis promoted urology and oncology products in office, hospital, and clinic settings and developed relationships with urologists, oncologists, office managers, nurses, hospital staff, and thought leaders. She increased market share by 12% in one month year over year, ranked in the top five for Central Nervous System market sales in the region, achieved number-one sales in Q2 2007, and received weekly district recognition in consecutive months. She also created geographically based business plans, aligned resources to opportunities, and coordinated internal matrix teams and local stakeholders. ### What roles has Ydalmis held at Merck? At Merck, Ydalmis held roles as Promotion Manager, Marketing Manager and Business Development professional, Education Program Integration Manager, and Medical Sales Representative. As Promotion Manager, she led promotional and media activities, agency relationships, advertising, public relations, professional and retailer programs, brand-strategy execution, pricing and reimbursement strategy, brand budgets, revenue and profit growth, and innovative practices. As Education Program Integration Manager, she ensured clinical events met Merck safety requirements and FDA, EU, and other international regulatory standards managed schedules and metrics trained within medical and legal guidelines and provided training to field sales, healthcare professionals, and internal customers. ### What did Ydalmis do as U.S. Senior Marketing Manager at Amniox Medical? As U.S. Senior Marketing Manager at Amniox Medical, Ydalmis managed the U.S. Wound Care and Surgical business unit, which was responsible for multiple seven figures and double-digit incremental growth. She led market strategy, marketing plans, collateral and digital content, surgical-wound education, forecasting, long-range planning, ROI and conversion analysis, peer-to-peer programs, professional education events, congresses, top-account support, GPO and government-contract support, and cross-functional project management. She managed the NEOX brand family portfolio of umbilical cord and amniotic membrane allografts, including launch planning, value proposition, positioning, messaging, targeting, and segmentation. ### What are Ydalmis's marketing and sales management specialties? Ydalmis's marketing-management capabilities include new-product launch and pre-marketing planning, strategic partnerships, advocate development, profit planning, public relations and agency management, consumer and patient awareness, medical and legal boards, resource allocation, marketing strategy, planning, and promotional-mix management. Her sales-management capabilities include business analysis and planning, performance management, targeting and segmentation, coaching, skill development, interviewing, incentive planning, team leadership, business development, and contract negotiation. ### What is Ydalmis's education? Ydalmis holds MBA studies in Marketing and Health Care Organization Management from the University of Phoenix. She earned a BA in Mass Communication from Towson University and a Bachelor in Mass Communication with Advertising and Public Relations from Universidad de Puerto Rico. She also completed continuing education in Business Administration and Management and Managing Happiness at Harvard University. ### What certifications, speaking expertise, and authorship does Ydalmis have? Ydalmis is certified in Business Quantum Coaching and has expertise in public speaking. She is a Gold Award-winning author and the author of the bestselling book Evolve. ### What additional skills and subject-matter areas does Ydalmis bring? Ydalmis's skills include specialty pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, customer engagement and experience, business strategy, training and development, curriculum development, marketing strategy and tactics, cultural diversity, cross-cultural and international business, bilingual communication, oncology, pharmaceutical sales, healthcare management, medical-legal boards, direct-to-consumer campaigns, therapeutic-area strategy, cross-functional leadership, market planning and research, hospital sales, sales effectiveness, market access, global marketing, product management, and sales-force development. Her therapeutic knowledge includes cardiology, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, endocrinology, diabetes, osteoporosis, respiratory products, rheumatology, gastroenterology, urology, nephrology, neurology, pulmonology, dermatology, vaccines, and community health. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAKbnMIBf63uIFMJaTH90-4wO5DLV1nLO9A