Peter DeRobertis, Class of 2010
Director of Sales & Marketing Effectiveness, Latin America Region, Baxter Corporation
In his role as director of sales and marketing effectiveness for Latin America, Mr. DeRobertis is responsible for improving the financial metrics and technical capabilities of the commercial teams across all Baxter businesses (Renal, Bioscience and Medical Delivery) throughout Latin America. Over fifty employees in Baxter Latin America are involved in this initiative; and Peter is leveraging his sales, marketing, training and language skills to enhance the productivity of the work force and customer satisfaction.
From 2006 to 2009 Mr. DeRobertis served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Scientific and Production Products Business Unit at Cardinal Health. He was the commercial management leader for the U.S. and responsible for development and implementation of the business unit management agenda, strategy and long-range plan. In addition, he was responsible for the organizational structure management, recruitment, and development of the sales and marketing team. From 2003-2006, Mr. DeRobertis was Senior Director of Marketing for Cardinal Health’s Scientific and Production Products Business Unit.
From 1989 to 2003, Mr. DeRobertis served in various positions of increasing responsibility at Abbott Laboratories. He was Senior Manager Business Development for Neuroscience, Asthma and Gastrology pharmaceutical business areas (Abbott International Division). In the Abbott Diagnostics Division, positions included Senior Manager Business Development, Latin America, and Senior Product Manager, U.S.A. Marketing. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian and is conversational in Portuguese.
Mr. DeRobertis is a member of the Parental Drug Administration and a past member of the American Marketing Association. He is board registered in medical technology and serves as a volunteer in several community and church organizations. He was elected to the Board of Directors of Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in 2007.
BS (Medical Laboratory Sciences), University of Illinois, Chicago
MBA, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (Hotchkiss Scholar)
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