David Hilderbrand has spent 31 years building commercial operations that scale across borders, cultures, and complex healthcare markets.
He served as EVP of Revenue at Blackford, where he developed the partnership strategy that led to a successful acquisition by Bayer Healthcare. Before that, he was Executive VP of Global Sales at Rhapsody, an HG Capital-owned company, where he set up the global structure that secured growth and revenue. At Bayer Healthcare, he built the informatics initiative for EMEA as Head of Informatics for the Radiology Business Unit, working out of Berlin. Earlier in his career, he led commercial operations for EMEA at Vital Images as VP of Sales and Marketing, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The through line across all of it: he knows how to build revenue engines in healthcare technology, navigate international markets, and position companies for growth and successful exits.
At Ferrum, David leads all commercial operations as Chief Commercial Officer. He is responsible for scaling the business, building the revenue strategy, and establishing the commercial foundation that turns Ferrum's platform advantage into market leadership.
David serves as Commercial Chair of the CARS Foundation, bringing his decades of experience in healthcare imaging and informatics to help advance the field.
He has worked across continents, built teams in multiple countries, and operated in some of the most complex healthcare markets in the world. He brings that perspective to Ferrum every day.
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