A Simple, Effective & Proven Process

Phase 1 – Situation Analysis Based on our Guiding Principals

We work with you to understand your vision and metrics for success. We inventory and analyze the gaps, barriers and obstacles along with the pre-conditions for success from both your point of view and the market’s.

Next, we identify how to meet three challenges every company faces when entering the healthcare market:

Know the problem you’re really solving.
Prove the juice is worth the squeeze.
Mobilize the right end user stakeholders to action.

Phase 2 – Strategic Road Map and Right to Win

Next Level Strategies identifies multiple road maps to overcome the gaps, barriers and obstacles – collaboratively we select the one with the best blend of: chance for success, risk mitigation (we call this step “de-risking”), and return on investment.

The result is a sound plan with a well-defined right to win.

Phase 3 – Precise Execution

Implementation includes targeted outreach to healthcare end user C Suite decision makers (clinical and financial) as well as key opinion leaders, influential and regulatory organizations, and the research community. Next Level Strategies can provide turnkey implementation of the road map or coach and mentor your team through every step.

Acting as VP Patient Safety Innovation for Medline Industries, LP Paul helped drive accelerated growth of Medline’s healthcare related hand hygiene business from #3 ranked in the US to #2 ranked; more than doubling their market share from August, 2019 to March, 2022 based on GHX and DRG data.
Created and led the design, development, patenting, validation, and commercialization of the DebMed^®(now SC Johnson Professional) Hand Hygiene Electronic Monitoring System which elevated the standard practice for how hand hygiene performance by healthcare workers, vital in preventing avoidable infections, is monitored.
Led the commercial launch of the alcohol-based hand sanitizer category for GOJO, making PURELL^®the generic category identifier in both the hospital and consumer markets in North America.
Led the launch of GOJO’s PROVON Medical Group, then the healthcare division of GOJO, creating a leadership position in the institutional hand hygiene and skin care category for GOJO.
Globally pioneered the electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring categorywith over 100 publications, abstracts and conference presentations on the topic along with 4 issued patents.
Founded and led Alper Associates, now Next Level Strategies, LLC, winning assignments with major healthcare companies and organizations such as GOJO, Kimberly-Clarke Corporation, J&J, Smith and Nephew, Abbot Labs, Mead Johnson Nutrition, McKesson Corporation, Sage Products, Nozin, (Global Life Technologies), Medline Industries, LP as well as early – mid stage innovators and non-profits such as NAHQ (The National Association for Healthcare Quality) and CHPA (The Consumer Health Products Association).

BA in Biology from Boston University
Graduate of The IHI (The Institute for Healthcare Improvement) Patient Safety Course
Member of APIC, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
First inventor on a patent for a Hand Hygiene Monitoring System granted in 2013 plus 3 more issued patents
Founder and Inaugural Chairman of EHCO; The Electronic Hand Hygiene Compliance Organization, Inc., elected by member organizations
Co-author of multiple peer reviewed journal publications such as AJIC (The American Journal of Infection Control) and author of many other scientific articles on hand hygiene and patient safety
Invited speaker and lecturer at meetings and conferences throughout the US, Canada, UK and Switzerland

CV Paul Alper
Reference Letter from GOJO, The Maker of PURELL®
Reference Letter from DebMed, Now SC Johnson Professional
Reference Letter from Connie Steed, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC; Former APIC President

Listen to Paul Alper’s interview on Clean Talk!

Part One: https://youtu.be/TJTcmN6AMx8

Part Two: https://youtu.be/TAt4pzlwrFM