Biography
Ryan Honl, a commissioned Army officer who led a parachute infantry platoon during Desert Storm in 1991 and a graduate of West Point Military Academy, has created a successful career over the past decade in the field of ophthalmic pharmaceutical sales.
A Leading District Sales
Manager For Vistakon
Ryan Honl currently
serves as District
Sales Manager in charge of ophthalmic pharmaceuticals for contact lens
supplier
VISTAKON PHARMACEUTICALS, a division of Johnson & Johnson Vision
Care.
Since 2004, Ryan Honl has overseen 10
sales representatives who together cover 14 states. Ryan Honl’s
district has
been honored as the top district for overall sales in ’05, out of six
in the nation.
In ’06, Ryan Honl received the Johnson & Johnson Global Standards
of
Leadership Award.
Working His Way Up Ladder At
Santen
Prior to Vistakon, Ryan Honl worked from ’03 to ’04 as District Sales Manager in charge of ophthalmic pharmaceuticals for SANTEN, INC. At this point in his career, Ryan Honl’s responsibilities included managing a team of nine sales reps. Ryan Honl’s achievements with Santen include hitting a 115% sales quota and completing a REACH management course. Ryan Honl made the shift to Vistakon when Santen was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in ’04.
Ryan Honl worked his
way up the
ranks at Santen with two previous positions. In ’02, he was named Sales
Training Manager in the ophthalmic pharmaceuticals division. Working with the Director of Sales Training,
Ryan Honl assisted in the training of Santen’s national sales
force—some 64
sales reps in all.
Ryan
Honl first joined Santen as a Specialty Pharmaceutical Sales
Representative, a position he held from ’00 to ’02. As sales rep, Ryan
Honl managed
approximately 200 accounts. During the two years, Ryan Honl was honored
as
Sales Representative of the Quarter for the Southeast Region during two
consecutive quarters in ’01, and for achieving the highest market share
in the
sales force for a Santen product during one quarter in ’02.
Rising Star In Pharmaceutical
Sales Field
Ryan
Honl started his pharmaceuticals career in ’99 when he served as
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative for WARNER CHILCOTT, a supplier of
women’s
healthcare and dermatology pharmaceuticals. Placed in charge of nearly
200
accounts, Ryan Honl managed to move an underperforming territory to the
top 50%
of market share within six months of joining the firm.
Military Training Delivers
Experience
Ryan
Honl enlisted in the U.S. ARMY directly out of high school. At age
18, he participated in Desert Shield/Storm in the Corps of Engineers,
serving
in Saudi Arabia and Iraq. He was later appointed by Secretary of
Defense to
attend West Point Military Academy. During his nearly 10-year military
career,
Ryan Honl completed a course in French at the French Defense Department
Language School for foreign officers at Rochefort Sur Mer, France, and
studied
at the French Military Academy for one semester. He also speaks
Mandarin
Chinese.
A Variety Of Outside Interests
In this
free time, Ryan Honl practices judo, volunteers at a local
homeless shelter and teaches Sunday school. A dog lover, Ryan Honl is
especially partial to German shepherds and huskies, but he also
appreciates the
complexities of cats and fish. He has traveled in Europe, Africa and
the Middle
East. Ryan Honl lives in Valparaiso, Ind., with his wife and two
daughters.