Rich Meyer

Rich Meyer, Executive Director/Principal at Online Strategic Solutions; formerly Senior eMarketing Consultant at Eli Lilly & Company and Senior eMarketing Manager at Medtronic-Diabetes. See Rich's LinkedIn profile.

Rich has been an ePharma Pioneer for quite some time. Here's only part of his story:

"Four years ago I moved out to California so that my wife could take a position with Amgen in Global Marketing. I worked for Medtronic Diabetes for two years but decided to leave as I tend to be passionate about Internet marketing and did not feel that Medtronic was willing to invest in online patient solutions to support the number one brand of insulin pumps while competitors were investing more dollars in online marketing solutions.

"I currently have my own consulting company but it is my hope that someday I will be able to get back to work in pharma Internet marketing. My BLOG on DTC marketing and Internet marketing have over 500 daily readers and I also write a column for PM 360 magazine. I hope that I never stop learning and sharing what I learn because to me it's all about patients."

Sounds like Rich qualifies for a Pharmaguy Social Media Pioneer Award. What do you think? You can vote for Rich here and/or add comments to this post.



Awarding Excellence in Social Media Marketing Leadership

Sponsored by ExL Pharma and the 4th Annual Digital Pharma East Conference

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Comments about Rich received by people who nominated him:

• "John, I would like to nominate Richard (Rich) Meyer. He was a colleague of mine at Medtronic in our diabetes division for a time. I also happen to know that he worked in pharma for Eli Lilly prior to that. I believe you know him. ... I think Rich is a true social media pioneer. I have met very few people as passionate about how Fortune 500 companies should deal with the paradigm shift the Internet has caused. Rich was a force early in our company to marshal the forces necessary to build towards a major medical device manufacturer to use social media to connect. He left the company before he could effect much change in upper management. He shares his learnings with us consistently in his blog. Thanks for considering my nomination. Regards, Ward Tongen, wardogram.com, @wtongen"
• Vote for Rich and add your comments here.

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NOTE: Every nominee for the Pharmaguy Social Media Pioneer Award is a winner and deserves recognition. But only 3 individuals (or groups of individuals who have pioneered as a team) will be awarded the coveted Hawaiian shirt. This is NOT a popularity contest. "Winners" will be chosen solely by Pharmaguy (me) based on my evaluation of merit. Your votes, however, will also count to influence my decision. Mostly, however, I need your comments about the people you nominate so that I can profile each and every nominee in recognition of his or her pioneering effort.