Thomas Grosskopf

Tom Grosskopf is currently serving as the Global Director, Commercial Services for the Abbott Medical Optics Division of Abbott Laboratories. Grosskopf manages a large global services business that includes both the technical and customer service functions that support Abbott’s growth plans. Recently he led a major initiative to move the services team from operations into the commercial function so that the business can be more customer facing. This includes moving toward a profit model that is linked to increasing the value of services that Abbott delivers. Prior to his Global Commercial Services role, Grosskopf developed and led a global corporate account team and was head of the sales and marketing efforts for the cataract and refractive business within the Americas region. He has also held several sales and sales management positions within the cataract business throughout the United States. Before joining Abbott Grosskopf spent 4 years in the consumer products industry with Helene Curtis and during a break from Abbott he was head of sales and General Management for two software companies that specialize in the CRM and Call Center space. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing from the University of Arizona and has attended several business and management development courses throughout his career. Tom and his wife Christie reside in North Scottsdale, AZ and his son Grant attends the W.P. Carey School of business at ASU and his daughter Madeline is a senior in high school.