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Pete Junge is Vice President of Government Services at Optimal, and has responsibility for Military, Veterans Administration, and Other Governmental Agency Markets.

Mr. Junge joined Optimal in 1998. Since that time, he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Operations Manager, International Sales Business Unit Leader, Overstock Inventory Business Unit Leader, and Controller of the company.

Prior to joining Optimal, Junge majored in accounting at Loyola University New Orleans, and he was the Controller of a real estate tax consulting firm. A native of Eastchester, New York, he now resides in Houston, Texas. He still does not own cowboy boots.

Rob Fisher currently serves as the Senior Director of Corporate Accounts for B. Braun Medical’s Outpatient Market Division. Rob brings over 23 years of medical device selling and leadership experience to the role.

As part of the company’s outpatient market corporate accounts team Rob manages two of B. Braun’s largest non-acute customers: The U.S. Oncology Network – the country’s largest outpatient community oncology organization serving over 1.2 million patients annually – and Optum Care – a company of over 60,000 physicians and 2,000 multi-specialty clinics nationwide. Rob’s previous role within corporate accounts included leading the company’s outpatient market contracting efforts with various group purchasing organizations to include Vizient and Premier.

Prior to his role with corporate accounts Rob served for 6 years as the division’s Midwest Region Manager leading a diverse team of sales representatives and specialists. He is a 2-time “Region Manager of the Year” award winner. Rob began his career with B. Braun in 2000 serving as a local sales representative and field sales trainer.

Before starting his career in medical device sales Rob served for 5 years in the U.S. Army as an Air Defense Artillery officer in various key leadership positions. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Studies from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Rob and his wife Jenny have 3 children and reside in the metropolitan Kansas City area.

Dan Austin has spent over 20 years in healthcare in both the manufacturing side with Tidi Healthcare, 3M Healthcare,  and a majority of his career with McKesson Medical-Surgical. Starting out as a Regional Manager, moving into Corporate Accounts,  Director of US Oncology, and now Vice President Oncology for the medical-surgical business.  The last 12 years, Dans’ focused on the community Oncology market developing customer-first programs and managing supply chain for the largest Oncology practice in the US.  Today,  Dan is leading strategy for the Medical-Surgical business to ‘Show up differently in Oncology’,  to create new avenues for patient care,   bring fresh perspectives on helping customers thrive in the new medical economy, and allow healthcare to put patients at the center of care.  Dan lives in Minneapolis, Mn,  member of ACHE,  proud supporter of the Univ. of Minnesota, and an avid Ice-Fisherman.

Jamie Kirmess, SVP Managing Director, provides strategic leadership and operational strategies with a proven track record of driving results across multiple industries. Her formal education in advertising, combined with her real-world experience in revenue operations for companies at a variety of growth stages is instrumental in guiding end-to-end solutions for her clients.

Jamie is passionate about building high-performing, purpose-driven teams across marketing, sales and customer success. She has advised a wealth of clients in these areas, including enterprise organizations like Atlassian, Becton Dickinson, APEI, and S&P Global and scaling organizations like Workhuman, Invoca, Showpad and many more.

Jamie specializes in omni-channel marketing, prioritized growth strategies, effective product launch, revenue process and campaign enablement strategies.

Tom Stanfill is CEO and co-founder of ASLAN Training, a global sales enablement company appearing nine consecutive years in the SellingPower Top 20. Since 1996, ASLAN has worked with many of the Fortune 500 companies, training more than 100,000 sellers and leaders in over 35 countries. He is also the author of the book UNRECEPTIVE: The New way to Sell, Influence & Lead, published by Harper Collins, in 2021.

His passion: helping organizations and individuals embrace the idea that we are more successful and fulfilled when we serve.