Robert Cherry

Robert Cherry serves as the Associate Director of Engineering at Merck, where responsibilities include financial management and process improvement for the Utilities & Energy Operations group at the company's largest worldwide campus. With a career spanning over three decades, Robert has held various managerial and engineering positions, contributing to significant cost savings and process optimizations in global procurement and outsourcing initiatives. Prior experience includes engineering management roles at Stokes Material Handling Systems and Covert Corp, where Robert led teams in custom material handling projects for the pharmaceutical and food industries. Robert holds an MBA from Rutgers University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Trenton State College.