Chase MedSearch Podcast

For multiple decades, Marcus Reid ran one of the largest and most successful Pain Neuromodulation districts in the world. Well-liked and universally respected, Marcus has been a much sought after guest on my podcast. Now in a recent and very active retirement, Marcus dropped by to share some of his secrets on creating success for himself and others in the world of both Pain Neuromodulation and Mov...

Colleen Matschi is a deeply experienced career coach and advisor. She is especially skilled at coaching individuals who are experiencing job transitions. Colleen joined the Chase Medsearch Podcast to discuss her advice for creating a customized career transition strategy that leverages each client's unique key strengths and skills. Colleen also discussed several cutting edge tools she uses as...

Danielle is the host of “The Dream Job with Danielle Cobo” and a former Fortune 500 Medical Sales Manager (and working mother) that led her team to #1 despite significant challenges and a job that required 60% travel. It was around this time her husband deployed as a Blackhawk helicopter pilot. In this episode, Jordan and Danielle discuss the effects of burnout, how to self-diagnose it, and most i...

Albert Turgon has always walked to the beat of his own drummer. From college at Texas Tech to elevator sales and into the medical device world, Albert has not been afraid to push limits, change paradigms, and ultimately leverage the trusted relationships he’s built as he crafted his own highly successful distribution network in the spine and interventional pain world. Albert joined the Chase MedSe...

Brian Storrer returns to the podcast! Brian is the President of Coast to Coast Recruiters and an incredibly successful recruiter based in Austin, Texas. In this discussion we cover the state of the medical device industry with respect to hiring and layoffs. 🎧 Love what you hear? Share this episode with a friend and subscribe to the podcast! / @chasemedsearchpodcast 📄 Looking for your next role i...

Scott Platoff returns to the show! Scott is the VP Executive Search at Howard-Sloan and a valued friend of Jordan's in the recruiting business. In this episode, the two discuss the current state of hiring in the Medtech industry with a particular focus on those impacted by recent reduction in force activity and the steps they can take to get back in the game mentally and professionally. 🎧 Lo...

My guest today knows about busting NCAA basketball brackets and has taken a foray into medical sales!  Ricky Moore is a college basketball legend. Ricky Moore became the first NCAA Division I player in history to win a championship as a player and then as a coach! During his time at UConn as a player, Ricky was a three-time co-captain for the Huskies and led them to their first national championsh...

Scout Teal exemplifies the attributes of grit, determination, hard work, and resilience needed in the world of medical device sales. A former Division II basketball player for Lubbock Christian University, Scout’s family legacy includes West Texas cotton farming and multi-generational collegiate basketball players. The survivor of a 6th grade sledgehammer accident, Scout visited the Chase MedSearc...

Eric Harris has enjoyed an incredibly successful medical device career. Former Director of Neuromodulation Sales for the Western US at Medtronic, Eric moved into the biotechnology world with the Al Mann company as CCO for Medallion Therapeutics and Bioness where he served in executive leadership positions. Eric then went into the world where technology and healthcare intersect, driving SaaS techno...

Robin Adams is a deeply experienced medical device Neuromodulation sales representative that was part of the initial launch team at Nevro. Robin's success has few parallels.  She has extensive relationships nationally with Pain Management fellows and key opinion leaders all over the United States. Prior to launching her medical sales career, Robin worked for Xerox for nine years and won Presi...

In this episode, Jordan shares a simple but deeply important truth that he's observed over the past 20+ years: in interviewing, "stay positive or else". 🎧 Love what you hear? Share this episode with a friend and subscribe to the podcast! / @chasemedsearchpodcast 📄 Looking for your next role in medical device? We’d love to connect with you! Send us your resume and let’s get started...

In this episode, Jordan interviews Steve Callender, a retired FBI agent that spent 31 years with the agency investigating a wide range of criminal activity that included the $750 million Arthrocare securities fraud scheme. Steve shares the details of his career and dives into the specifics of that case. 🎧 Love what you hear? Share this episode with a friend and subscribe to the podcast! / @chasem...

In this special Thanksgiving themed episode from 2020, Jordan interviews his long-time and good friend John McDonald, now retired from Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation. The pair discuss their Thanksgiving traditions, how John is staying in the game after retirement and how both a Wall Street Journal® article from 1961 & an excerpt from the journal of William Bradford still ring true today. 🎧...

Before he was an uber successful medical device sales executive, Jason Smith honorably served our country as an AH-64 Apache pilot in the Aviation Branch of the US military. Born and raised in Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, Jason comes from a family whose history of military service dates back to the American Revolutionary War.  Jason joined the Chase MedSearch podcast to discuss his life and care...

In this episode, it's Jordan's pleasure to introduce Omar Khateeb to the Chase MedSearch audience. Omar’s business is focused on helping medical reps grow their pipeline with social media. In fact, Omar wants to change how med tech companies sell and market to physicians by using social media in a powerful new way. Listen and grow your business! 🎧 Love what you hear? Share this episode...

In this episode, Jordan had the pleasure of interviewing Anthony Disney, a career coach at Building Legends, on his 5 tips on how to separate yourself from the crowd when interviewing for a job. Jordan discovered Anthony when he shared these tips on a Twitter thread that went viral and has garnered nearly 90,000 likes. 🎧 Love what you hear? Share this episode with a friend and subscribe to the po...

In this episode, Jordan interviews Jeff Orr, a highly accomplished Neuromodulation medical device sales representative, about his recent decision to relocate from California to Tennessee. They discuss the factors Jeff considered in making his decision, the challenges faced in starting over in a brand new medical market and the impact the move had on his family. Jeff also shares tips he’s learned a...

Throughout his career, Junius Hill has been a trailblazer. From humble beginnings to leading sales strategy for incubator businesses at the most powerful medical device company in the world, Junius has contributed to more commercial innovation than most people will in a lifetime.  In this episode, he shares how he has developed sales teams and individuals along the way into the leaders of tomorrow...

My guest, Brian Storrer, is an incredibly successful and accomplished medical device recruiter. In this conversation, we discuss common interview pitfalls, hot areas of recruitment, career trends, and more! 🎧 Love what you hear? Share this episode with a friend and subscribe to the podcast! / @chasemedsearchpodcast 📄 Looking for your next role in medical device? We’d love to connect with you! Se...

In this episode, Jordan interviews Douglas Jackson, President and CEO of Project C.U.R.E., a humanitarian effort providing life-saving medical devices & supplies throughout the under-sourced world. Douglas details how he got started with Project C.U.R.E., how his company provides support worldwide, and how his upbringing led to a career of helping those most in need. 🎧 Love what you hear? Sha...

Scott is an ultra performer in hyper-growth sales situations, companies that are established doing new things and companies with FDA approval that need to build startup teams. Scott has worked in sales at every level, at the individual contributor level, management level, VP level and individual contributor again, the common denominator is it’s always a high growth situation. 🎧 Love what you hear...

Jason Severn is an extremely accomplished sales professional and leader in the world of startup medical device sales. Jason's driven tremendous sales in the context of a very large company and also in smaller, niche situations. In either case, the results are the same, hyper-growth.  In this episode, Jason breaks down what it takes to begin and accelerate sales in the startup context. 🎧 Love...

The Chase MedSearch Podcast is back with Season 3! In this episode, Jordan interviews Jack Kuchak. Jack has been part of several highly successful startups in the Neuromodulation and Interventional Pain & Spine niches in medical devices in both sales and leadership roles. A well-known and highly popular figure in these arenas, Jack dropped by the podcast to share his expertise and insights in...

Will Clark , Director of Sales for Radeas Labs , is immersed in one of the most pressing issues of our day, Covid-19 testing. His company, Radeas Labs, offers multiple testing services for a variety of disease states; one of which is a quick, efficient option for weekly Covid testing of employees, customers, and students that delivers results in 30 minutes or less. Will shares how some employers h...

Jason Fowler is a former Neuromodulation medical device sales representative, a high performance coach and a 2x Ironman Championship winner (2009 & 2016).  His story is one of dedication, hard work, motivation, and choosing the right attitude every day to push forward in pursuing his goals. After a motocross accident left Jason paralyzed from the chest down, he refused to let that hinder his p...