User:ChristopherThomsen

Christopher Thomsen (5 December 1957) was born in Port Angeles, WA to James and Barbara Thomsen. After graduating from Port Angeles Senior High School Thomsen received a full ride scholarship to attend Saint Martin's College (now Saint Martin's University) in the fall of 1976. Thomsen graduated from Saint Martin's on 18 May 1980 and was the first student to receive a B.A. in Chemistry and a B.S. in Biology within a four year period.

In June 1980, Thomsen was recruited by CH2O Inc. of Olympia, WA where he designed and built their first research and development laboratory.

In 1982, Thomsen was promoted to the position of Executive Director and over next five years he helped to develop more than 100 unique chemical formulations for the medical, industrial & agricultural industry. In 1984 Thomsen established the Sales, Marketing and Consumer Safety departments and programs for CH2O and by 1987 he helped to build annual revenues from $500,000 (at start up) to just over $5,000,000.

Thomsen was also the key player behind the successful negotiation of a $500,000 settlement with the Washington Department of Ecology and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Group.

In April 1987 Thomsen was tapped by Trigon Packaging Systems, New Zealand, Ltd. to establish and manage a US based Sales and Marketing team at Trigon Packaging Systems, US in Redmond, WA. By 1989 Thomsen had also established a southeastern US Sales and marketing operation in New Orleans, LA and had successfully introduced unique medical and food product line into the North American market. By the end of 1994 Thomsen had established successful sales, marketing and service departments for Trigon Packaging Systems, US and realize annual revenues of more than $30,000,000.

Trigon Packaging Systems, New Zealand, Ltd. was acquired by Sealed Air Corporation.

In December 1994 Thomsen was hired by ScriptPro LLC as a sales and marketing consultant to help develop and market the first robotic prescription dispensing system for retail and outpatient pharmacy. By 1996 Thomsen was recognized officially recognized as a co-founder and named to the position of Director of Trade Relations for ScriptPro USA Inc.

Thomsen went on to develop ScriptPro USA's sales and marketing departments, land one of largest retail pharmacy robotics sale, with a top 5 US Chain Pharmacy, ever recorded and establish an international market presence from the Canada to the United Kingdom to China.

Thomsen was also a member of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NAPB) Task Force on Automation that wrote and published the Model State Pharmacy Act and Model Rules for Automation and was awarded two (2) US Patents for the invention of an automated pharmacy workflow system.

In September 2002 Thomsen went on to form The ThomsenGroup Inc. where, as an industry and internationally respected authority in the field of pharmacy automation, Thomsen provides consulting services for hospital outpatient, community retail, central fill and mail order pharmacies.

Thomsen is also a regular speaker on the subject of community & outpatient pharmacy automation, automated workflow systems and patient and medication dispensing safety to automation companies, schools of pharmacy, national and state societies and government agencies and has published, "NEGOTIATING THE MAZE - A review and assessment of prescription filling technologies for retail and outpatient pharmacy."

Thomsen also helped to co-found ACM Medical Technologies Inc., a Taiwanese and American partnership, and MedAccuracy LLC.

While working with ACM Thomsen helped to develop a unique and patented innovative medical device that simultaneously monitors the food content and residual volume of patients on nasogastric feeding tubes and helps to reduce the incidence of aspiration pneumonia.

At MedAccuracy LLC Thomsen helped to develop the market for AU MEDS, a medication error detection system for hospitals and skilled-nursing centers. Dr. Kenneth Barker, the Director of the Center for Pharmacy Operations and Designs at Auburn University, developed AU MEDS in an effort to detect medication administration errors and improve medication safety at the patient’s bedside.

Outside of his professional career, Thomsen enjoys mountain climbing, triathlons, the martial arts (Black Belt, Taekwondo), cooking, pen and ink drawings, water colors and photography.