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USCOM LIMITED — Investor Presentation 2011
Nov 7, 2011
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USCOM (ASX: UCM) Investor Presentation
8th NOVEMBER 2011 The Measure of Life
www.uscom.com.au
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Agenda
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Review of Operations FY 2011
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Uscom’s Market, Selling Challenges
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Uscom’s Execution Plan
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Q&A
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Resolutions
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2011 Review
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Exclusive distributor Spacelabs contract terminated in Nov 2010 - only PMS in Asia was left
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Market purchasing decisions were impacted globally by tighter economics/austerity measures/ committee driven buyers/US healthcare reforms
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Release of Oxycom (Little impact from lack of go-to-market strategy)
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• H2 a time to rebuild: recapitalisation, build a strategy, set accountabilities, simplify messages, establish sales proposition, narrow the focus, develop sales positioning, develop pipeline management, hire CEO.
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6 new distributors appointed & trained (42 sales reps) in US/Canada, 1 S. Africa, 1 M.East, 3 Europe, 1 Aust
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Financials 2011
Revenues for the year were $834,813 similar to the previous year with COGS similar also however a much stronger Australian dollar impacted.
Margins on unit sales over COGS averaged 70%
Loss was 45% increased over the previous year due to expensed options granted t o th e ncom ng oar i i b d mem b ers o f $330 , 000 an d $476 , 880 i ncrease n sa es an i l d marketing costs to drive new sales initiatives. Capital raised $3.096m
Unit sales totalled 47 plus demo units
Sales expenditures pegged back since June whilst sales pipeline develops.
Share trading was extremely thin with 1,099,690 shares transacted for $331,257 at an average price of 31 cents.
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Joe Trygar – New CEO
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Gibson Consultants contacted 100 candidates.
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Brief was to identify a US based sales focused executive
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Proven track record of turnarounds, business development in medical device industry , capable of stepping up to CEO
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Shortlisted 6 candidates interviewed by Chair
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3 interviewed by Board members panel
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Extensive referencing conducted by board member
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Joe unanimously appointed by Board panel initially as SVP Sales.
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Joe Trygar
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USA based (Chicago – Milwaukee)
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Successfully launched 4 start-ups
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Developed Patents/Co-Patents
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2007 - First in category for the WI Business Plan Contest (Raised $750,000)
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2008 – Runner up for the WI Business Plan Contest (Raised $500,000)
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2011 – 1 of 2 Companies Chosen For Investor 25% Tax Break
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Previous Founder & President of ArcOne, LLC (Hospital, GPO, LTC, & Managed Care - Medical Equipment Sales & Distribution).
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Previous Founder & President of Dossette - Pharmacy Automation ($1.3M investment to $43M in sales & flip in 10 years
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Served as an Instrument Scientist & inventor in the Diagnostics Division of Abbott Laboratories from 1979 to June 1996. Winner of the following awards: Chairman, Science, Entrepreneurial, Quality, Sisyphus, & Prometheus
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US Market Opportunity
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USA is too large to ignore -17% of US GDP .
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USA Impacts many other geographies.
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Haemodynamic monitors make up 8 5% of the patient monitoring equipment market worth $2.3 billion
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PAC (Swan Ganz) is approx 50% of haemodynamic monitoring market in US & declining, others are the less invasive monitors like USCOM
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Market Competition
Cardio Dynamics Bio Z Bio Impedence Cheetah Nicom Bio impedence Deltex CardioQ Transesophageal Edwards (54%) Flowtrac Arterial line Lidco Lidco Plus Lithium dilution PMS (30%) Picco2 Thermodilution
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Market Opportunity
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US Hospitals – 5759 (2011 American Hospital Association) 1000 are Pediatric Hospitals
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Assuming Uscom had 10% penetration with an average of 3 units - per site or approx. 1728 units = $ 17,280,000 (Based on lower margins)
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Assuming Uscom targeted 50% of the Pediatric Hospitals with an average of 3 units or approx.1500 units = $15,000,000
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Expanding this beyond Hospitals to include LTC, Home Health, Emergency Medicine, GPO’s etc. broadens the Uscom market to $100MM or at 10% = $10,000,000
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International will add an additional 25-30% = $4,320,000
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So...Why Are Sales So Low?
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Uscom has followed many companies launching new products as a startup (failure rate 55-60%) – fir st t ri ed d ir ect sa l es then exclusive distributorships …both failed. Uscom suffered from missing a major milestone in product launches known as Commercialization strategy
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Previous state of play at Uscom
No accountability Global travel Uncontrolled expenses N o strateg c p an i l No tactical implementation Sales team compromised Lip service to changes being established
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In addition….
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Distributors believed- Complex sale needed strong clinical support, other products simpler
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Clinicians view Uscom lower down their totem pole vs other capital items
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Sales positioning was under developed
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Distributors noted that to et ca ital urchase into a hos ital bud et is a 12 – g p p p g
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18 month cycle
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Old leads of no use & opportunity management at rep level misunderstood by former US staff
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The strategy of opening up to IDNs GPOs, OEMs was lost on distributors & sales staff
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Unbridled drive to sign up as many distributors as possible
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There was no structured approach to designing med economics (cost /benefit analysis v alternative methods, infection costs etc
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So what are we doing differently today?
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Change… The key to future success
New Board New CEO New Distributors in USA, Canada, Europe N ew s ra egy execu t t & ti on p an w l ith mu lti p e par ners l t Tighter budgetary & monetary controls New sales culture Pipeline development & management Medical economics & outcome studies Portfolio of products Outsourcing
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The Global Strategy
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Reduced geographic coverage & increase US & Asia Pacific focus
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Focus initially on key specific sectors within hospitals- PICU, NICU, ER,
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Fix the distributor model – Listen & be proactive instead of reactive
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Set up & manage clinical support across regions
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OEM discussions imperative embody Uscom technology into large patient monitors & explore tech. to integrate with Uscom
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Do what we say we are going to do... Not just talk about it.
(ROI Model, Partnerships, KOL, Leasing, Clinical Outcome Programs, Protocol Development, Product Portfolio Dev.)
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Exploit outside hospital opportunities using a multiple channel strategy – Buyer
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Groups, IPOs, LTCs,
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Simply put…
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Uscom needs to establish & build widespread distribution using strategic partnerships
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Uscom needs to integrate the device with greater capabilities
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Uscom needs to expand their portfolio of offerings.
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Uscom needs to show an economics value
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proposition & develop a price curve. (Over the top 79% margins are well above the 45%-55% norm)
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The Progress Snapshot
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Sales in 2011 calendar year – 31 Hospital sales, 62 Demo sales
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Over 200 opportunities logged & being qualified
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New clinical reps appointed to support sales reps
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11 commission only based independent sales reps appointed to plug holes
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Cash burn rate dramatically reduced
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Strategic partnerships ARE developing with IDNs, GPOs, OEMs
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Several staff departures as changes were implemented –
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Accountability was hard to swallow
• Technology roadmap - new tech partners being signed, new functionality aligned with market requirements (eg wifi, flow tracer signal acquisition, minaturisation, integration with EMR & others)
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This is not the time to abandon US , throw in the towel and lockdown.
Our renewed/focused effort is starting to show real results The need to differentiate, collaborate, & add technology is now
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Questions and Discussion?
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