Ron Cherry

About

Operations and supply chain leader who has launched new service lines and driven large-scale process modernization—most notably spearheading a shift from fax/phone ordering to EDI to boost throughput and reduce staffing needs. Has executive committee leadership experience as a Chief Supply Chain Officer and has also project-managed clinical service expansions in outpatient healthcare settings using Microsoft Project (which they’ve taught as an adjunct professor).

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• Built a technical services offering from scratch (hired technicians, launched marketing, partnered with sales)
• Owned revenue and P&L for a new service line
• Led transition from fax/phone ordering to EDI, reducing staff needs and increasing order throughput
• Data/industry-metrics-driven identification of operational inefficiencies
• Uses pilots before full-scale process implementation to de-risk change
• Effective change leadership with resistant stakeholders (sales) using presentations and ongoing metric reporting
• Project-managed clinical service expansion using Microsoft Project
• Executive-level governance and decision support as Chief Supply Chain Officer via multidisciplinary committees

Reference Highlights

• Improved organization in central supply
• Reduced backorders and operational chaos
• Made operations run more smoothly
• Proactive in contacting vendors to secure needed products during COVID
• Helpful in guiding others on how to work with the VA and who to contact
• Long-tenured experience (logistics officer; economics professor background)