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Joshua Kepnes

Pioneer · DISC type Dsi
Director, Commercial Training and Development at Ascendis Pharma
📍 Danvers, Massachusetts, United States

Joshua Kepnes is the Director of Commercial Training and Development at Ascendis Pharma, specializing in sales training and leadership for rare disease brands. With a career spanning GSK, Takeda, and Alnylam, he has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Babson College.

Away from work, Joshua is a family man. He is married to Cara and they have two children, a son named Ari and a daughter named Naya. He has deep roots in the Boston area, having attended college and worked there for many years.

He is a Certified Situational Leadership II (SL2) Facilitator, a specialized leadership training certification.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Director, Commercial Training and Development
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Danvers, Massachusetts, United States
Personality Overview

How Joshua shows up

Friendly But Fast
Dynamic But Sincere
Driven But Considerate

If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)

Priorities

Topics Joshua cares about

Leadership Development
He designs and delivers leadership development programs across entire organizations, a key responsibility in his roles at Takeda, Alnylam, and Ascendis Pharma.
Rare Disease Launches
His current role involves designing and implementing the training plan for new rare disease drug launches, including Yorvipath for hypoparathyroidism.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Director, Commercial Training and Development
Ascendis Pharma
8-2024
Director, Commercial Training & Development
Ascendis Pharma
2-2020 - 5-2024
Associate Director, Leadership Development and Cross Functional Training
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
2-2019 - 2-2020
Associate Director, Field Leadership Development
Takeda
7-2017 - 2-2019
US Sales Training Manager
Shire
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Media appearances

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Education
1996 - 2000
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Babson College
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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