Scott Mattingly
Talent Advisor
- Based in
- Tampa, Florida
- At FloodGate since
- 2024
- Years in MedTech
- 2
I love being able to lead, coach and mentor both clients and candidates in all things talent management. Helping the best connect with the best is a rewarding mission.
A long-standing client would say I am reliable and find ways to win, no matter the challenge.
“The experience and process I had with Scott was great. It moved along at a great pace, Scott was on top of everything and communicated 100%.”
The path here
Fills most often
- Territory and field sales
- Clinical specialists and education
- Sales leadership (RSM, director, VP)
- Regulatory, quality and clinical affairs
I served 20 years in the US Army as an aviation officer and helicopter pilot. For sixteen of those years I was in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and on other special operations assignments. I deployed eight times to Iraq and Afghanistan as part of special operations task forces, conducting combat operations in support of national objectives, alongside numerous other deployments globally supporting US and partner special operations teams.
A compliance role that had never existed, filled in eight weeks
I ran a search for a start-up DME company that needed a Director of Healthcare and Privacy Compliance. The position did not exist inside the roughly 60-person company, and the work had always been outsourced to a third party. The hiring manager was the CFO and had a hard time narrowing the candidate profile. They wanted compliance experience in healthcare but also the start-up mentality that fitted their culture, and the person needed to live in Denver because the role was hybrid. Inside eight weeks, after a handful of interviews, I found them a candidate who had consulted for start-ups in exactly their situation, and she agreed to join as a full-time employee.
Scott’s corner of MedTech.
- Transitioning from the military to the civilian sector or MedTech
- The neurological space inside MedTech
- Hiring manager training and coaching
Trained, and certified for it.
- Degree
B.S. Criminal Justice
Armstrong Atlantic State University
- Degree
M.A. Homeland Security
American Military University
- Degree
MBA
Saint Leo University
- Program
Command and General Staff College
US Army
- Program
Flight School
US Army
- Certified
Hiring for Attitude
- Certified
PRECISE Selling
What most people get wrong
The belief
Good candidates have to come from the hiring manager's specific background or space.
The reality
Good candidates adapt and pick up what they do not know, usually quickly. Humans are adaptable, and the good ones succeed more on their intangibles than their hard skills.
Where to hear more
FloodGate video and Buzz Reports
Buzz Report
AAN 2026 Buzz Report
Buzz Report
AANS 2025 Buzz Report
Buzz Report
AES 2025 Buzz Report
Video
Honoring Veterans and Their Families
Podcast
MedTech Emerging Minds with Gretchen Heinen, Founder and CEO at Authsnap
Clients who come back
- One client has used me five times in two years.
Away from work
Grew up in Dexter, Missouri and played college basketball. Married his high school sweetheart, spent 20 years in the Army as a special operations helicopter pilot, has three children and coaches both travel and high school basketball.
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