
Timeline
About me
35+ years as Visual Artist/Community Arts Curator and Practitioner, A PLACE OF HER OWN Founder/Director, Art Based ReAwakening Workshops. Questioning Colonized Conditioning and Family Patterns
Education

San francisco state university, lam family college of business
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Experience

Athletes foot
Jan 1980 - Jan 1990SalesSales Associate Expert

Wyeth pharmaceuticals
Apr 1984 - Dec 1991Territory managerSold entire product line from baby formula to birth control pills to antihypertensive medications. Sold to all specialties and pharmacies. San Jose, San Francisco

Astra merck
Jan 1992 - Jan 1998Account managerManaged all customers in a given geography. This included, physicians, nurse practitioners, retail, hospital and managed care pharmacists, managed care and independent physician assocations, healthsystems, clinics, teaching hospitals and nursing homes.Worked closely with

Artist, cultural community curator, activist
Jan 1994 - nowVisual artist, community and culturally focused curator and programsThis is my life's work.

Cynthia tom
Jan 1994 - nowVisual artist san francisco-surrealism, cultural, gender and community themeswww.cynthiatom.comartist-mixed media, surrealist painter, installations and curator, educator, counselor, business consultantCreates large onsite installations, pulls together various artists for exhibitions-including panel discussion, lectures, online.

Merck/schering-plough pharmaceuticals
Jan 1997 - Jan 2008Executive specialty cardiovascular/metabolic repMetabolic/Cardiovascular Specialty Sales Representative. Launched Januvia for Diabetes.Sold Zocor, Cozaar, Prilosec

Merck
Jan 1998 - Sept 2015Worked for Merck, AstraMerck, Sanofi and Wyeth Downsized recently from Merck.Experience working with executive level decisionmakers in the Pharma Industry. Including Pharmacy, Medical, Hospital, Teaching Institutions and Managed Care.Specialized in Cardiovascular, Endocrinology, Nephrology, Gastoenterology, Diabetes, Lipids/CV Disease, Hypertension, Pharmacy
25 years Pharmaceuticals focused on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Metabolic Syndrome
Apr 1988 - Sept 2015Executive Specialty Representative, Cardio.Metabolic
Jan 1998 - May 2009

E-physician
Jan 2000 - Jan 2001National salesNational Account Sales Director

Creative energy options
Jan 2006 - nowCertified pattern breakthrough coach™ specializing in communities of color, marketing, healthcareElevating Leadership"Clear your past to free your future."Our extraordinary, award-winning coaching, leadership and team courses will transform you intoa more successful, fulfilled and effective leader.Creative Energy Options has uncovered the fastest and most direct route in leadership education to get individuals at work to work together. For 30+ years, Creative Energy Options, Inc (CEO, Inc) has been at the forefront of helping leaders unleash the hidden aspects of human relationships at work through our leadership skills training. What we found is so powerful; it changes how we communicate and collaborate.http://www.ceoptions.com/leadership-education/total-leadership-connections-program/ Show less

Asian american women artists association-aawaa
Jan 2006 - Jan 2018Arts non-profit consultantBoard President June 2007 - 2018BUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURE CONSULTANT June 2009 – December 2015ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS ASSOCIATIONBusiness building consultant: Established infrastructure for this 4 year old non-profit, including processes, protocols and guiding principles. Leadership and Creativity: Established long and short termvision, strategic planning, recruitment and management. Lecturer, spokesperson, networked partnerships with over 10 non–profit organizations, i.e. de Young Museum, International Museum of Women, UC Berkeley, 5 sponsors and 2 consistent funders. Established 5 arts programs and mounted 8 exhibitions: Concept development, fund raised Sales- Fund Development: Grant and partnership development, $0- $75,000. Wrote for and awarded 9 arts grants from National Endowment for the Arts,SF Arts Commission, CA Arts Council. Grown AAWAA’s audiences from 45 to 1300, built branding and marketing strategies and training of staff and implemented Leadership Awards: National Public Radio, KPFA’s Women Magazine, ABC TV Profiles of Excellence Show less

Manicato
Jan 2006 - Jan 2014Interim managerSocial Media postings, outreach to venues and agents, photography, graphic art, video, documentation

Aplaceofherown.org
May 2009 - nowFounder |curator | directorTransformative Arts and Healing project for women, culturally based on Asian Americans.If you had a place of your own, what would it be?A 6 week to 6 month arts project that culminates in art exhibitions, asks women to think critically about their lives, to share and feel supported by one another and through the use of creative art making with found objects, learn to see the world with different perspectives and beyond traditional mindsets.

Quintiles
Feb 2012 - May 2013Pharmaceutical representativeLaid off, contract endedLaunch Product Specialist - CNS

Sanofi
Feb 2015 - Nov 2015Senior cardiology specialty representativeProduct launch of PRALUENT: novel drug class and delivery system. Representing Sanofi to cardiologists, lipidologists and endocrinologists from Marin to Redwood City, including teaching hospitals like UCSF and SF General.
Licenses & Certifications

Assertiveness coaching from a spiritual perspective
Hay house, inc.Jan 2017
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Cynthia Tom2015 SOMArts Cultural Centers Curatorial Award SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco Nov 2015 A PLACE OF HER OWN is curated by Cynthia Tom, a recipient of the 2015–16 Curatorial Residency at SOMArts Cultural Center. SOMArts’ exhibition programs are supported by the San Francisco Arts Commission and The San Francisco Foundation, and are sponsored in part by a grant from Grants for the Arts.The Curatorial Residency Program nurtures a creative cultural environment in the Bay Area by providing space and support for exhibitions that take risks, promote cultural connectivity and… Show more A PLACE OF HER OWN is curated by Cynthia Tom, a recipient of the 2015–16 Curatorial Residency at SOMArts Cultural Center. SOMArts’ exhibition programs are supported by the San Francisco Arts Commission and The San Francisco Foundation, and are sponsored in part by a grant from Grants for the Arts.The Curatorial Residency Program nurtures a creative cultural environment in the Bay Area by providing space and support for exhibitions that take risks, promote cultural connectivity and learning, and instigate accessible, multifaceted participation in the artshttp://www.aplaceofherown.org Show less
- Awarded to Cynthia TomSOMArts Curatorial Commons Fellow 2015 – A PLACE OF HER OWN SOMArts Cultural Center Nov 2015 SOMArts Curatorial Commons Fellow 2015 – A PLACE OF HER OWN New York Times – SF Arts Monthly supplement - SF/ARTS Monthly: Women Artists Explore a Sense of Placehttp://sfarts.org/feature.cfm?title=women-artists-explores-a-sense-of-place&featureID=416http://www.somarts.org/aplaceofherown/SOMArts’ Commons Curatorial Residency Program is a unique opportunity for emerging artists and curators to execute their bold vision for our Main Gallery space. The support provided by The… Show more SOMArts Curatorial Commons Fellow 2015 – A PLACE OF HER OWN New York Times – SF Arts Monthly supplement - SF/ARTS Monthly: Women Artists Explore a Sense of Placehttp://sfarts.org/feature.cfm?title=women-artists-explores-a-sense-of-place&featureID=416http://www.somarts.org/aplaceofherown/SOMArts’ Commons Curatorial Residency Program is a unique opportunity for emerging artists and curators to execute their bold vision for our Main Gallery space. The support provided by The Commons Curatorial Residency enables artists to continue their professional development, form new creative partnerships, and engage community residents through programming that serves the mission of SOMArts: to promote and nurture art on the community level and foster an appreciation of and respect for all cultures.Artists and curators selected for the program receive project grants up to $3,000, exhibition space in the SOMArts Main Gallery, installation, technical and event production support, and community engagement and public relations support from SOMArts’ experienced staff. Three residencies are awarded each season and are designed to support emerging and mid‐career artists, as well as artists exploring new and challenging ideas. Show less
- Awarded to Cynthia TomNational Sales Representative of 2012 Purdue Pharmaceuticals Jan 2013 Top sales in the country rolling 12 months for new product launch of Intermezzo.
- Awarded to Cynthia TomTop District Sales 2012 Purdue District Manager, Michele Luna Jan 2013 Top sales in the district, rolling 12 months for launch of Intermezzo.
Volunteer Experience
Development
Issued by Asian American Women in the Arts, AAWAA.net on Jan 2004
Associated with Cynthia TomBoard President
Issued by Asian American Women Artists Association on Jan 2006
Associated with Cynthia Tom
Languages
- spSpanish
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