Hans Kestler
Executive Vice President - International
Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolHans Kestler is an experienced life sciences executive with 16 years in senior commercial and general management roles, currently serving as Executive Vice President - International at Paragon 28. He has led global commercialization of advanced therapeutics and integrated medical device/biologic businesses, blending R&D, clinical, regulatory and operations insight to drive market entry and scale. As founder of Bonafide Medical Consulting he advises on market development, branding, M&A and divestiture across musculoskeletal, wound care and viscosupplementation sectors. His track record includes multiple successful exits and repeat leadership roles in orthopedics and sports medicine at companies like Wright Medical and BioMimetic Therapeutics. Based in Tennessee and trained in health policy and administration at Penn State, he pairs commercial rigor with deep domain expertise in orthopedic biomaterials. A less obvious strength is his consistent pivot between hands-on regional sales beginnings and C-suite strategy, giving him rare fluency across the full commercialization lifecycle.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Health Policy and Administration, B.S., Health Policy and Administration at The Pennsylvania State UniversityNashville Healthcare Council Fellows ProgramGithub contributions (2)
cran/Binarize
Mar 2015 - Apr 2019
Contributions:4 commits in 4 years 1 month
cran/BoolNet
Oct 2009 - Apr 2019
Contributions:22 commits in 9 years 8 months
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