Rick Kates

Rick Kates is a seasoned Senior General Management Entrepreneur and 'Intrapreneur' with a proven track record in driving revenue and profits across various healthcare sectors and global markets.

He excels in ideating, developing, and successfully commercializing new products in regulated global markets while emphasizing innovation and user-centered design.

Rick is adept at initiating and executing business strategies and new models in international settings, as well as designing and implementing systems to enhance organizational accountability and performance.

His leadership extends to creating, leading, and nurturing cross-functional, cross-cultural teams, where he thrives in situations of ambiguity, change management, and challenge.

Key competencies of Rick include commercial leadership, new product innovation to commercialization, translating strategy into market activation, developing teams and people, and internal and external partnering.

Rick Kates holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Toronto Scarborough, and he has also pursued executive education at Harvard Business School. He is a former student of Thornlea Secondary School.

His professional journey includes roles such as Strategic/Operations Advisor at Sweetie B Petwear, Cofounder and COO at phenom.health, Senior Director at Johnson & Johnson among various other leadership positions at Bayer HealthCare in global capacities.

Throughout his career, Rick has showcased excellence in driving business growth, fostering innovation, and building and leading high-performing teams in the healthcare industry.