Thomas M. Loarie
"Bringing Technology to Life"
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88% (4,433 of 5,010)
Location: Danville, CA USA
In My Own Words:
You will rarely find negative reviews here, just books Tom believes readers would enjoy. Tom comes from a media/communications background. His grandfather, Richard J. Finnegan was co-founder of the Chicago Times which is today's Chicago Sun-Times. And his father, Willard J. Loarie, was EVP for J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. The family home in Deerfield, Ill. was often filled with report… Read moreYou will rarely find negative reviews here, just books Tom believes readers would enjoy.
Tom comes from a media/communications background. His grandfather, Richard J. Finnegan was co-founder of the Chicago Times which is today's Chicago Sun-Times. And his father, Willard J. Loarie, was EVP for J. Walter Thompson advertising agency.
The family home in Deerfield, Ill. was often filled with reporters, editorial cartoonists (including Herblock), politicians, TV stars, and other media personalities.
Tom spent his college years at the Universities of Notre Dame (BSME), Minnesota (grad school), and Chicago (Grad School). His passion has centered on improving/saving lives through the global commercialization of innovative medical products.
Tom is an accomplished healthcare executive and medical technology entreprenuer (see http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=20676); writer and sought after speaker in the field of medical technology and entrpreneurialism; and an accomplished cartoonist and oil painter. Today, he serves as Chairman and CEO, Mercator MedSystems, Inc., San Leandro, CA.(www.MercatorMed.com)
Tom also serves as a Trustee of the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, as Advisory Board member to the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California (Berkeley), as a board member for several privately-held medical technology companies, and as an advisor to several non-profits. He has served as guest lecturer at the Anderson School of Management (UCLA, the Haas Business School (UC Berkeley, and the Grazidio School of Business (Pepperdine Univ.).
Tom writes the column, "CEO Learnings," for the Catholic Business Journal, and is writing a book with the same title. His wife, Pat, is the world's best real estate agent specializing in the Tri-Valley area (east of San Francisco). They have four children, and ten grandchildren. They love to travel, golf, and snow ski.
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I grew up in a media centric family and have been an ardent student of communication since my teens. I learned a great deal through osmosis from my father, his advertising buddies, and my grandfather (founder of the Chicago Times, aka Sun-Times). This interest has never flagged, has been a constant companion, and has served me very well throughout my life. I know firsthand that effective communication is the key to influencing others and getting things done. My interest in the recently released HBR guide to "Persuasive Presentations: Inspire Action, Engage Your Audience, Sell Your Ideas" piqued when I learned that its author, Nancy Duarte, would be the headliner at a Silicon… Read more
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"The Miracle Chase" by author's Joan Luise Hill, Katie Mahon, and Mary Beth Phillips, PhD, is the story their journey that began with a desire to launch a new venture to keep them engaged while making the world a better place. All three had strong personalities and wanted it all - career, family, home, and happiness forever. Joan was a healthcare executive, Meb (Mary Beth), a psychotherapist, and Katie, a banker. All three had strong personalities and wanted it all - career, family, home, and happiness forever. There was little room for God in their thinking and in their lives. Any hint of the miraculous went unnoticed until they met to discuss their venture. When they first met… Read more
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I have had an opportunity to work with some very aggressive and smart medical technology executives from the Asia-Pacific - China, India, and Malaysia - over the past few years. My interactions with them and their teams has sensitized me to what author Ram Charan has captured in his just released "Global Tilt; Leading Your Business Through the Great Economic Power Shift" - a major global shift of economic power is underway and many in the "North" are blind to what is happening. Robert Kaplan's best selling "Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power" (published in 2011) detailed the geopolitical shift underway from being Atlantic Ocean centric to becoming Indian… Read more
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I have brought over twenty new medical technologies across eleven specialties to market over the course of my career. I am presently working on three cutting edge technologies in therapeutics, diagnostics, and ehealth.
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