Robin Toft

Current

Managing Director at Sanford Rose Associates – San Francisco

Past

Board Member at Innovative Biosensors, Inc. Baltimore, MD
Senior VP, Commercial Operations at Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, CA
VP of Sales & Marketing at Monogram Biosciences

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Education

Michigan State University

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Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

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Robin Toft’s Summary

Robin Toft exels at assessing and recruiting business leaders with outstanding track records within the Life Sciences who will create competitive advantage and sustainable value. The national success of her executive search firm has been built on her insights into the people dynamics of corporations and their leadership requirements at the highest levels. Robin partners closely with the CEO, providing him/her the highest level of consultation with respect to planning for and building the management team.

Robin Toft’s Specialties:

Identifying talent through comprehensive interviewing style. Building management teams of key executives from the ground up. Promoting rapid revenue growth within organizations she works for and with, while emphasizing teambuilding and motivation. Strategic thinker with the ability to analyze and resolve complex business issues for her clients. “Hands-on” executive officer with significant experience in the boardroom. Large and small company entrepreneurial passion and experience.

Robin Toft’s Experience

Managing Director

Sanford Rose Associates – San Francisco

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Biotechnology industry)

July 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

Specialized Executive Search firm focused entirely on clients in the Life Sciences arena (Biotech, Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical and Diagnostics), filling senior management to Executive career opportunities.
Board Member

Innovative Biosensors, Inc. Baltimore, MD

(Management Consulting industry)

December 2005 — March 2008 (2 years 4 months)

Emerging Biotech Company utilizing its proprietary CANARY technology to develop and manufacture rapid, portable diagnostic systems for pathogen detection at previously unseen levels of speed and sensitivity.
Senior VP, Commercial Operations

Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, CA

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Biotechnology industry)

January 2003 — November 2005 (2 years 11 months)

•Member of Roche Molecular Diagnostics Executive Operating Committee
•Head of global commercialization efforts for the company’s rapidly growing molecular diagnostics business area, including virology, blood screening, women’s health, microbiology, genomics, & oncology businesses
•Planning and attaining revenue goals, strategies & tactics for the 1.1 B CHF business
•Primary responsibility for relationship management of company’s international affiliate organizations, building and maintaining successful working relationships with senior management worldwide
•Direct management of team of global marketing personnel, providing direct support to extensive international affiliate marketing and sales organizations in a highly matrixed environment
•Oversight of all communications (corporate, internal, product PR, and marketing communications), pricing, health economics, reimbursement, lifecycle planning & training activities for the company
VP of Sales & Marketing

Monogram Biosciences

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; MGRM; Biotechnology industry)

1998 — 2001 (3 years)