Girish Gopalakrishnan

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Senior Vice President and Board Member at Zydus MedTech

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Overview

Girish Gopalakrishnan is a Senior Vice President and Board Member at Zydus MedTech with two decades of experience in the healthcare sector, including executive roles at GE HealthCare. He specializes in business transformation, operational excellence, and MedTech. He is a graduate of a Business Leadership Program at the University of Michigans Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

Outside of his corporate roles, Girish is passionate about nurturing talent and mentors startups on building their business models. He draws inspiration from stories of endurance and discipline, reflecting on how these principles apply to leadership and overcoming limitations. People who have worked with him describe him as an inspiring, insightful, and calm leader.

Unique fact: Girish is a co-inventor on patents for medical imaging technology, including a system for motion compensation in image processing.

Personality Overview

Features Driven

Fast But Wary

Objective Thinker

They prefer to be the ones controlling the conversation or defining the terms.  They are not always relationship oriented. They take a lot of pride in personal achievements.

Topics They Care About

MedTech Business Growth
Has a track record of driving exponential growth in revenue, orders, margins, and market share for MedTech businesses, particularly in image-guided therapies.
Interventional Cardiology
Discusses the importance of technology in advancing precision care and enabling more personalized, minimally invasive cardiac procedures.
Healthcare Transformation
Focuses on steering complex healthcare businesses towards new opportunities and growth through strategic leadership in technology and operations.

Media Appearances

Zydus MedTech Board Member Visits Amplitude Surgical. Featured in VOH Network

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Work History

7-2023
Senior Vice President and Board Member at Zydus MedTech
10-2018
Regional Director at GE HealthCare
8-2017 - 9-2018
XLP | General Manager, Image Guided Therapies, South Asia at GE HealthCare
2-2017 - 7-2017
XLP | Acclerated Leadership Program (CEC 2) at GE Energy Connections
8-2016 - 1-2017
XLP | Accelerated Leadership Program (CEC 1) at GE

Education

Business Leadership Program (BLP) from University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
9-2018 - 9-2018
Manager Development Course (MDC) from Crotonville Alumni

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Insights For Selling To Girish

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Hold your ground without indulging in one-upmanship
  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers
  • Help them weigh the risks by sharing objective proof points without becoming too analytical

DONT's

  • Don’t be in a rush to invite them for a social meet and greet
  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them
  • Avoid being too verbose

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Girish is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Girish

  • If they decide not to use your product, they will say no clearly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Girish move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Girish take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Girish

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