About Markus Gmehlin

WSI PBG Vice President & National Federal Business Director

As the National Federal Business Director for WSI PBG, Markus is responsible
for fostering relationships with existing WSI PBG client companies and establishing
new partnerships with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical supply and
diagnostics industries desiring to increase their business within the Veterans
Health Administration, Military Health System and Public Health (Indian Health
Services / Federal Bureau of Prisons) markets. He brings 30 years of strategic
leadership and vast expertise within the Federal healthcare system to ensure
that WSI PBG continues to set the standard as the premiere Federal Government
Promotion Partner within the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industries
and better serving the needs of our Federal beneficiaries.

Markus most recently served as Chief of the Department of Defense’s Global
Pharmacy Operations program. This $9.7 billion dollar world-wide pharmacy
program consists of 773 military pharmacies, a network of 56,142 retail
pharmacies, and a $4.8 billion dollar mail order and pharmacy benefits
management contract, delivering almost 120 million scripts to 9.6 million
beneficiaries annually. Under his leadership, the Pharmacy Operations
Directorate contained programmatic growth at a $9.7 billion annual spend for
past four years through innovative cost mitigation strategies achieving $2.4
billion in cost avoidance while other national health systems experienced
double digit percentage cost growth. He is an expert communicator who
routinely engaged the Senate and House Armed Services Committees,
hundreds of Military and Veterans Service Organizations, multiple industry
forums, and extensively briefed senior DoD and Federal Agency executives,
which created the highest level of engagement and collaboration in almost a
decade.

Additionally, Markus has spent more than 10 years as a Commander at multiple
organizational levels and pinnacle leadership positions. He earned his
Pharmacy degree from Drake University, a Master’s degree in Organizational
Management from The George Washington University, a Master’s degree in
Military history from Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College, and a Master’s
degree in Strategic Studies from the Air Force’s Air War College.