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SMARTANALYST, Inc. Appoints Patrick Goss as Director of Consumer Healthcare
New York-Based firm Appoints Director of Consumer Healthcare
NEW YORK , March 12, 2008‚ SMARTANALYST, Inc., a pioneer in providing strategic research and analytics solutions for leading Life Science and Consumer Healthcare companies, announced today the recent appointment of Patrick Goss as a Director of Consumer Healthcare.
Goss will be responsible for directing consumer healthcare projects in the areas of global strategic planning, market and brand assessments, Rx to OTC switches and technology searches as well as new product development and revenue forecasting.
Managing Director, Marc Rovner stated, “Patrick Goss comes to SMARTANALYST with outstanding healthcare marketing and analytical experience. In our increasing focus on and efforts to grow our Consumer Healthcare practice, we are looking to accomplished professionals, such as Patrick, to guide our business.”
Goss said, “I am excited about joining SMARTANALYST at a time when the company is significantly expanding its role with key consumer healthcare companies. I was impressed by SMARTANALYST’s combination of strategic and analytical projects along with the experienced management team. My abilities will blend with the already outstanding group of highly skilled commercial, scientific and financial analysts. I’m looking forward to partnering with our consumer healthcare clients and provide them with high quality strategic research they need to continue to build their businesses.”
Goss joins SMARTANALYST from American Express where he drove growth in the High Value Customer Marketing, focusing on their highest spending card members. Prior to joining American Express, he was Product Director at Johnson & Johnson, working in skin-care and women's health on such products as Monistat, Purpose, StayFree and o.b.
Previously, Goss was an owner of and a senior naval architect at Hebert Engineering Corporation, a naval engineering firm based in San Francisco, CA, specializing in tanker design and operations. He was also a lead consultant to the United States Coast Guard and the International Maritime Organization on tanker regulations. Prior to Hebert, he was a deputy program manager at General Dynamics, Electric Boat Division, where he created new concepts and developed contractor partnerships on submarine designs.
Goss earned his MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
In addition, he holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor of Science in Naval Architecture
and Marine Engineering from the Webb Institute.
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About SMARTANALYST, Inc.
SMARTANALYST, Inc. delivers strategic research, analytics and outsourced
knowledge solutions to corporate clients in the life sciences, consumer
healthcare, consumer products, financial and marketing services industries.
The company is flourishing by providing a high-quality, cost-effective
research and analytics solutions portfolio that supports decision-making
processes for Licensing & Acquisition, Business Development, Research
& Development, Corporate Strategy and Marketing. More information
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