Join Marney Reid and Cynthia (Cindy) Walker as they discuss the soft skills required to advance your career. Whether you’re a physician or someone in the “corporate world” developing skills past just the knowledge base to complete your job can make the difference on if and when you get promoted.

Cynthia (Cindy) Walker

Senior Vice President, Global Medical Education & Societies

Smith + Nephew Title

Cynthia (Cindy) Walker has over thirty years in the medical device industry. Cindy joined Smith+Nephew in 2019 as the SVP, Global Medical Education & Societies bringing a wide range of experience in effective leadership. She leads Global Medical Education and Societies across all business units, product portfolios and customer segments overseeing a global team who develop and deliver educational curriculum designed to improve patient outcomes through an interactive learning program. Curriculum is intended provide an in-depth overview of Smith+Nephew products and therapies, including history, terminology, and procedure skills training. Global curriculum is delivered using multiple modalities including in-vivo, hands-on skills training, simulation, didactic, blended, peer-to-peer symposium, digital technologies and an extensive Learning Management System. Furthermore, the team is responsible for all aspects of HCP contracts, honoraria, royalty payments, grants and donations.

Prior to Smith+Nephew, she led Global Medical Education and Commercial Training at Medtronic for the Cardiac Rhythm Heart Failure business. Further responsibilities included the Customer Insights team responsible for gathering both qualitative and quantitative data to help the business incorporate VOC in products, processes, and programs. Additionally, she held various roles in sales management, sales, market development and large account management. Prior to Medtronic, she held roles in sales and account management with Kimberly-Clark Professional Healthcare, AT&T and NCR.

Cindy holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Business and Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.

You can connect with Cindy at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-walker111/

For more podcasts by Marney Reid Presents or to check out Marney's Minutes, please visit https://www.youtube.com/@MarneyReidPresents/videos