Rxperts Printing Alliance Hires Des Laffan as Senior Vice President of Sales
Rxperts Printing Alliance, a complete pharmaceutical packaging partnership that delivers inserts, cartons and labels, announced the hiring of a new senior vice president of sales, Des Laffan. Rxperts is composed of Proteus Packaging of Wisconsin and Flottman Company of Cincinnati.
Laffan comes to Rxperts from Multi Packaging Solutions where he served for more than seven years as vice president of Healthcare & Corporate Label Sales. Prior to that, Laffan was the general manager with the John Henry Packaging Group for six years and spent 10 years as the owner/operator of Pharmalabel.
“This is a real coup for the Rxperts Printing Alliance. Des is an incredibly talented executive with the rare ability to understand deeply our environment, brand strategy, analytics and the needs of today’s pharmaceutical companies. As senior vice president of sales, Des will be able to put his years of experience to work for the world’s leading brands through Rxperts in the generation of new business,” said Tom Flottman, CEO, Flottman Company.
In his role with Rxperts, Laffan will cultivate sales, train the sales team and assist in the rebranding of the company. He will be charged with defining additional products that are relevant to the pharmaceutical industry which Rxperts services.
Tim Wayman, executive vice president of Proteus Packaging, added, “Having worked competitively with Des for many years it is a pleasure to welcome him to Rxperts where I know he can help take us to the next level.”
Laffan will spend his time at the Rxperts’ locations in Greensboro, N.C., Franklin (Milwaukee), Wisconsin and Cincinnati, Ohio/Northern Kentucky.
For more information, visit www.rxperts.org.