Dean Cates

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Role
VP, Strategic Relationships at ELLKAY
Location
Knoxville, TN, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Dean Cates

86••••••••30+ years selling software and services to healthcare organizations. Strategic selling in complex sales process

Experience

  1. VP, Strategic Relationships

    ELLKAY

    Feb 2026 — Present · Knoxville, TN, US

Education

  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville

    Marketing

    1983 — 1990

Skills

  • Contract Negotiation
  • Healthcare Information Technology
  • Direct Sales
  • Sales Management
  • Healthcare
  • Solution Selling
  • Salesforce.com
  • Cardiology
  • Saas
  • Pacs
  • Hl7
  • Selling
  • Sales
  • Business Development
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Sales Operations
  • Business Analytics
  • Analytics
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Medical Devices
  • Product Launch
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Strategic Planning
  • Process Improvement
  • Strategy
  • Ehr

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