Stephen Garchow

Steve is an accomplished healthcare executive with a proven track record in growing complex medical device portfolios in global healthcare markets. As President of Foresight Business Consulting, he engages in three broad areas:
1) helping C-suite teams frustrated with ineffective and inefficient strategic decisions,
2) helping marketing executives disappointed with the lack of innovation and results from their team’s product launch plans, and
3) helping design-team executives better understand customer needs and test new products against FDA human factors guidance.

Among his accomplishments:
• Experienced in developing commercialization strategies for new therapies.
• Excels at analyzing business dynamics to enhance positioning. Read more

Steve is an accomplished healthcare executive with a proven track record in growing complex medical device portfolios in global healthcare markets. As President of Foresight Business Consulting, he engages in three broad areas:
1) helping C-suite teams frustrated with ineffective and inefficient strategic decisions,
2) helping marketing executives disappointed with the lack of innovation and results from their team’s product launch plans, and
3) helping design-team executives better understand customer needs and test new products against FDA human factors guidance.

Among his accomplishments:
• Experienced in developing commercialization strategies for new therapies.
• Excels at analyzing business dynamics to enhance positioning.
• Skilled at developing effective business plans
• Expertise in designing and implementing sales and marketing programs that drive business growth.
• Adept at developing and implementing market research protocols to uncover customer requirements

Steve is recognized for his ability to analyze business problems and develop innovative solutions. In past general management roles he has driven double-digit growth over extended time frames. Because of Steve’s pathology and physiology education, he is adept at understanding clinician needs and issues, which results in an ability to fruitfully engage thought leaders.

During Steve’s 35 years of healthcare marketing experience, he has launched over 20 different products including medical instruments, medical disposables, pharmaceuticals and health IT software within the US and globally. He has led numerous strategic analyses.

Steve is intimately involved in the Chicago Life Sciences start-up community. He is a mentor/lead mentor for Chicago Innovation Mentors and a strategy/marketing subject matter expert with iBIO's PROPEL program.

Duration and cost of an engagement depends on the scope of work, identified during the initial consultation. A typical engagement starts with discussion to ensure both parties understand the issues, commitments, resource requirements, timing, risks and deliverables. Foresight executes every engagement seamlessly with our client's internal team.

• Baxter Healthcare
• Glaxo SmithKline
• Sysmex America
• Numerous Life Sciences start-ups and Venture Capital firms

• Baxter Healthcare
• Glaxo SmithKline
• Sysmex America
• Numerous Life Sciences start-ups and Venture Capital firms