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Leadership and Ethical Dilemmas in Raising Prices
Leadership and Ethical Dilemmas in Raising Prices
By David Mok
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Should You Pivot on “Pricing” During a Crisis?
Should You Pivot on “Pricing” During a Crisis?
By David Mok
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Why & How to Build Great Pricing Practices = $200M Boost in Profits
Why & How to Build Great Pricing Practices = $200M Boost in Profits
By David Mok
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I am thrilled to share some exciting news. I have recently completed the prestigious Product Management Studio course from the renowned University of…
I am thrilled to share some exciting news. I have recently completed the prestigious Product Management Studio course from the renowned University of…
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You can teach an old dog new tricks. During COVID, I started learning instruments (ukulele and guitar) and started a master’s program. This past…
You can teach an old dog new tricks. During COVID, I started learning instruments (ukulele and guitar) and started a master’s program. This past…
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Tomorrow is Veterans Day. I always say that I got back more than I gave (although orthopedic injuries are leveling the scale more each year). That…
Tomorrow is Veterans Day. I always say that I got back more than I gave (although orthopedic injuries are leveling the scale more each year). That…
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Experience
Education
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Harvard Business School Executive Education
Driving Profitable Growth (Gary Pisano & Francesca Gino)
Strategic IQ, Creating Smarter Corporations (John Wells)
Disruptive Innovation (Clay Christensen)
Strategy, Building & Sustaining Competitive Advantage (Felix Oberholzer-Gee)
Aligning Strategy & Sales (Frank Cespedes)
Strategic Marketing Management (Michael Norton)
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As adjunct lecturer, I mentor and coach about 400 product managers and executives from various companies and industries around the globe. I instill best practices in marketing strategy, pricing skills, and strategic framework in the Product Management and Pricing for Profitability programs.
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Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma
Dean's list every semester and graduated high honors
Volunteer Experience
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Subject Matter Advisory Resource Team
NEMIC - New England Medical Innovation Center
Pricing subject matter expert & industry professional advising NEMIC’s community of startups by providing advice, insight, education, and deep industry connections.
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Veteran Mentoring
American Corporate Partners (ACP)
Mentor transitioning military veterans into corporate America.
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Community Engagement - Capacity to Care
Seagate Technology
Environment
As part of the Seagate team, we helped clean up a local San Francisco elementary school. Cleaning up exterior grounds, painting inside, filing paperwork, & sprucing up playground making it a better place for students and staff.
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Volunteer
Habitat for Humanity International
Poverty Alleviation
Helping paint a newly built house for low-income family.
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Board of Directors - Treasurer
Quail Creek Community - Morgan Hill, CA
Elected by local community, serving as volunteer voting board member & managing financials of homeowners association.
Publications
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Escaping the Discount Trap
Harvard Business Review
A medical device company ponders how to change its relationship with a key customer. Its prices are in decline as the sales force scramble to sign up clinics by offering steep discounts. The company aims to turn things around with a "solutions" value selling strategy. But, when an influential customer resists the approach at a high stakes meeting, blood pressures flare and a 15-year business relationship is on the line.
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Courses
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Advanced Change Management:
Price to Profits
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Business War Games:
Adv Competitive Strategy
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Critical Thinking / Negotiating for Success:
Vantage Partners
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Defending Price:
Kotler Marketing Group
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Healthcare Buyer-Behavior Based Negotiations:
Value Vantage Partners
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Marketing Strategy: The Big Picture
Big Picture Partners
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Negotiating with Backbone:
Holden Advisors
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Price & Revenue Optimization:
Robert Phillips, Columbia
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Price Negotiation:
Inst Marketing Innovation
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Pricing for Profit
Harrison Pricing
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Pricing with Confidence:
Holden Advisors
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Using Price to Manage Channel Conflict:
Frank Lynn & Associates
Projects
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Consultation provided to: Hewlett Packard, MasterCard, ResMed, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Schlumberger
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Honors & Awards
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Achievement Award
Seagate Technology
Recognized by VP of Product Development & Business Development with stock options award for creating an innovative pricing tool capturing customer specific costing, as well as enabling faster and more precise deal analysis.
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Creative Award
Xilinx
Peer recognition for outstanding support of pricing analysis, process, and operations.
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Encore Award (6)
Johnson & Johnson
Peer recognition of exceptional performance and contributions to successful business results.
Leadership & collaboration in delivering an outstanding 2015 national sales meeting. Conceptualized and launched Free to Fee initiative across DePuy Synthes with general use instrument sets. Launched a field tool enabling price corridor management & maximizing customer lifetime value super easy with a new HealthPartner care portal solution. Designed, negotiated, & closed on new revenue model…Peer recognition of exceptional performance and contributions to successful business results.
Leadership & collaboration in delivering an outstanding 2015 national sales meeting. Conceptualized and launched Free to Fee initiative across DePuy Synthes with general use instrument sets. Launched a field tool enabling price corridor management & maximizing customer lifetime value super easy with a new HealthPartner care portal solution. Designed, negotiated, & closed on new revenue model with MTF partner to expand the revenue pie for both stakeholders. Developed commercial model in digital surgery with Surgical Process Institute. -
L.Y. Spear Award
U.S. Navy
Graduated #1 - "Top Gun" of Submarine Officer Advance Course.
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Leadership Award
Johnson & Johnson
For creating and implementing post-acquisition pricing strategy for the combined portfolios of legacy DePuy and legacy Synthes.
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Medallion Award
Xilinx
Recognition by CEO for outstanding development and implementation of Virtex-4 pricing strategy with the Advanced Products Division
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Navy Achievement Medal (3)
U.S. Navy
Leadership achievement for successful 6-months mediterranean deployment
Distinguished service during shipyard service period
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Navy Commendation Medal (2)
U.S. Navy
Meritorious service as department head
Meritorious service as NROTC instructor
Organizations
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Speaking engagements - Institute for International Research, IQPC, MDG Boston, Professional Pricing Society, PROS Outperform, Silicon Valley Product Management Association, Q1 Productions
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