Christopher Harte

Experience

1. COO Americas

   Kerecis

   Mar 2015 — Present

   Chris will be working closely with various entities of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that Kerecis is collaborating with, and will manage the Kerecis U.S. distribution network once established. Chris is based in the new Kerecis office in Washington DC, the first office that Kerecis has established outside of Iceland.About KerecisKerecis develops Omega3-rich, acellular, fish-skin grafts for wound healing and tissue regeneration. Acellular grafts, also referred to as accellular dermal matrices or ADM materials, are human or animal tissue where the original material is intact, but all cells and antigenic materials have been removed. The Kerecis fish-skin material accelerates wound healing and enables tissue reconstruction. The initial Kerecis product, which has already been approved by FDA and European regulatory authorities for wound healing, offers advantages over existing human- and porcine-derived products. Advantages include improved manufacturing economics and a lower risk of disease transfer. Since it is derived from fish, the material is both kosher and halal compatible, eliminating cultural and religious constraints to usage, with equivalent or better clinical performance than alternative approaches.The Kerecis technology has received U.S. patents, and has patents pending in multiple countries around the world. Production takes place in Kerecis\' manufacturing facilities in Iceland. Distributor inquiries are welcome. On January 1, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a \"Q\" code to the Kerecis wound-healing product allowing the product to be easily identified and processed by Medicare and private insurance companies (Q4158). For more information, visit

Education

• Clemson University

  History, American History, Political Science

  1987 — 1991

• Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina

  MBA, Business

  1993 — 1996

Skills

• Consulting
• Business Strategy
• Account Management
• Sales
• Business Process Improvement
• Enterprise Software
• Negotiation
• Marketing Strategy
• Product Management
• Sales Operations
• Professional Services
• Business Process
• Financials
• Management Consulting
• Navision
• P&L Management
• Saas
• Microsoft Dynamics
• Key Account Management
• Integration
• Software Development
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Business Development
• Telecommunications
• Partner Management
• Solution Selling
• Business Planning
• Requirements Analysis
• Business Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Solution Architecture
• Management
• Team Building
• Project Planning
• Software Implementation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Erp
• Axapta
• Channel Partners