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Ken J. Gordon, Jr.

Commander · DISC type D
Founder | Principal Consultant at Reciprocity Sales Strategies
📍 Indian Trail, North Carolina, United States

Ken is a transformational sales executive with over 15 years of experience driving multimillion-dollar growth in the biotech and life sciences sectors. He is the Founder of Reciprocity Sales Strategies and a graduate of The Citadel, leveraging his extensive background to scale high-performance commercial teams and launch innovative go-to-market strategies.

Beyond his corporate career, Ken is a pastor, community leader, and best-selling author of several books focused on fatherhood, faith, and social justice. He is passionate about mentorship and service, having founded churches and served on human relations commissions. He and his wife have four children and two grandchildren.

Unique fact: Ken previously served as a Deputy Mayor and President of a School Board in a New Jersey township.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Founder | Principal Consultant
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Indian Trail, North Carolina, United States
Personality Overview

How Ken shows up

Very Quick
Impact-Driven
Strong-Willed

They are not always relationship oriented. More than the product, they care about the impact of the product. They prefer to be the ones controlling the conversation or defining the terms.

Priorities

Topics Ken cares about

Biotech Commercialization
He has a proven track record of driving significant revenue growth (275% YoY at Akadeum) and building commercial teams from the ground up in the biotech and diagnostics space.
Sales Leadership
His career is defined by building, scaling, and mentoring high-performance sales and commercial teams at companies like Cepheid, BioGX, and Akadeum Life Sciences.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
Founder | Principal Consultant
Reciprocity Sales Strategies
9-2022 - 10-2024
Commerical Leader
Akadeum Life Sciences, Inc.
2020 - 2022
Director of Corporate Accounts & Government
Sebia USA
1-2017 - 1-2020
Global Sales & Marketing Leader
BioGX
2008 - 2017
Sr. Director, National Accounts & Government
Cepheid
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Media appearances

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Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
The Citadel - The Military College of South Carolina
2021 - 2022
Executive Business Management Certificate
Cornell University - SC Johnson School of Business
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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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