Sheri Drake
About Sheri Drake
Sheri Drake is a Principal Engineer in Distribution Packaging at Bristol Myers Squibb, with extensive experience in packaging engineering across multiple companies.
Company
Sheri Drake currently serves as a Principal Engineer, specializing in Distribution Packaging at Bristol Myers Squibb in North Brunswick, New Jersey. She leads various teams in developing and implementing thermal operational and performance qualification procedures and oversees global design and operational qualifications for thermal protection systems. She has also been involved in assessing cold chain shipments of drug products and providing technical justifications.
Title
Sheri Drake holds the title of Principal Engineer, Distribution Packaging at Bristol Myers Squibb. With extensive experience in package engineering, she is responsible for leading the Transport Qualification team and managing document systems to ensure efficient processes. Her role also requires implementing quality engineering tools to refine packaging materials, supplier choices, and procedures.
Previous Experience
Prior to her current role, Sheri Drake worked in various capacities. She served as a Contract Packaging Engineer at McNeil Consumer Healthcare from 2012 to 2019 and at McNeil Nutritionals from 2003 to 2012. She also held the position of Senior Packaging Engineer at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics between 1999 and 2003, Packaging Scientist at M&M/Mars from 1996 to 1999, and Packaging Engineer at Revlon for a year between 1995 and 1996.
Education and Expertise
Sheri Drake studied Package Engineering at Rutgers University, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science degree after five years of study, from 1990 to 1995. She is well-versed in utilizing Six Sigma Black Belt techniques and quality engineering tools. Her expertise spans print process selection, functional copy layout, print trials, development of color standards, and graphics approval.
Achievements
During her tenure at Bristol Myers Squibb, Sheri Drake led the implementation of a new document management system for the Transport Qualification team. She has been instrumental in developing thermal operational and performance qualification procedures, and continuously enhanced the company's packaging processes through Six Sigma methodologies. At McNeil, she implemented an end-to-end package development process to support the Consent Decree.