Hilary Bates
Senior Director of Orthopaedic Reconstruction & Trauma
Hilary has been in Orthopedic Device Sales for 30 years. After starting his career with Depuy as a full line rep in 1991, he moved to Smith+Nephew in 2000 where he spent 19 years as a Senior Adult Reconstructive Rep and POD Leader. During his time there, Hilary was a consistent quota achiever and awarded nomination into the ?Presidents Club? 4 times. In 2019 he transitioned to a Sales Director position leading a large DJO Distributorship until his recent move to Medical Sales College. Throughout his sales career, Hilary has had territories in Southern Minnesota, Western Wisconsin and Montana including the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and the Gundersen Lutheran system in Wisconsin.
While not working Hilary is an obsessive fly fisherman and has fished all over the world. He also spends a lot of time skiing, camping, backpacking and boating – basically anything outside! Hilary has a daughter Madison and 2 incredible little grandkids, Lincoln age 5 and Cora age 2, who are better known as the 3 best things that have ever happened to him!