Robert Keefer
Author: Alzheimer\'s and Hearing Aids: In Search of Sanity. Founder and CEO: Now Hear This®
- Role
- Founder and CEO at Now Hear This Raleigh Hearing Aids & Audiology
- Location
- Raleigh, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Robert Keefer
I am a flyfisher, Husker fan, singer & Founder/CEO of an innovative hearing aid & audiology clinic in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. I also recently published a book about hearing loss and healthcare, called The Alzheimer\'s/Hearing Aid Paradox: In Search of Sanity, which is available on my website (hearingsanity.net). I have been an entrepreneur in the healthcare industry ever since receiving my doctorate at a medical school and conducting cancer research at Ohio State University. I have a natural inclination towards marketing & business development. Experience includes development of companies & markets in virtually every sector of the healthcare industry. I enjoy client acquisition, formation of strategic partnerships, branding, marketing and promotion. I started up businesses for Fortune 50 SmithKline in Chicago (now Quest), and venture capitalists in San Diego. I founded the Environmental Business Journal, was on the Board of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). I led the turn around of a Contract Research Organization (CRO) in Research Triangle Park. I have helped develop and launch 5 European healthcare companies as we developed their business in the US. The latest is Now Hear This® Hearing Aids & Audiology which is 10 years old, profitable and serving over patients Specialties:* Writing and marketing * Business planning and organizational development * Product & technology licensing * Strategic partnerships & business development * B2B and B2C marketing * Public speaking & coaching
Experience
Founder and CEO
Now Hear This Raleigh Hearing Aids & Audiology
Jul 2011 — Present · Raleigh, NC, US
Education
Nebraska Medical School
PhD, Biochemistry
1968 — 1971
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Bachelor's degree, Human Biology
1961 — 1965
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Bachelor's degree, Biology and Chemistry
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