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10 Bristol Myers Squibb operations leaders
These ten current and former Bristol Myers Squibb operations leaders, including its EVP, Chief Supply Chain & Operations Officer, hold or have held operations roles from director to executive vice president at the company. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams in pharmaceutical companies.
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01—10Bob Rush
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence · Bristol Myers Squibb
Former Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence at Bristol Myers Squibb (2024–2026), a role the source lists in the Operations department, and Senior Vice President, Global Financial Services & Operational Excellence at the company since 2025. Former SVP Corporate FP&A and Global Business Operations at Bristol Myers Squibb (2018–2023).
Chad Kowieski
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director Global Facilities Operations · Bristol Myers Squibb
Executive Director Global Facilities Operations at Bristol Myers Squibb since February 2026, a role the source lists in the Operations department. Former Sr Director, Facilities Management (2022–2025) and Sr. Director Global Facility Services (2019–2022) at Bristol Myers Squibb, and former Director Global Facilities Engineering at Integra LifeSciences (2025–2026).
Douglas D. McLeod
LinkedInExperience: Director, Operations · Bristol Myers Squibb
Director, Operations at Bristol Myers Squibb since 2020 in New Brunswick, New Jersey; the profile describes providing strategic leadership for internal Kilo Lab production and supply of small molecule drug substance. Former Associate Director, Process Specialist Lead (R&D External Manufacturing) (2017–2020) and Head, Mid-Scale Operations (2015–2017) at the company.
Erik Rubin
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Product Development Operations (PDO) New Brunswick Campus Leader · Bristol Myers Squibb
Vice President, Product Development Operations (PDO) New Brunswick Campus Leader at Bristol Myers Squibb since 2022, with a profile headline citing R&D transformation and global operating models. Former Executive Director, Strategic Business Operations, Product Development (2020–2021), Group Director, Business Operations, Product Development (2016–2020) and Director of Productivity, Pharmaceutical Development Operations (2015–2016) at the company.
Gabriella Cucinotta
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Operations · Bristol Myers Squibb
Director, Global Operations at Bristol Myers Squibb since 2016, a role the source lists at Director level in the Operations department, based in Princeton, New Jersey. The profile also lists a current Associate Director, Clinical Operations role at Bristol Myers Squibb.
James Dawson
LinkedInExperience: Director of Manufacturing Operations · Bristol Myers Squibb
Director of Manufacturing Operations at Bristol Myers Squibb since August 2024, based in Dublin, Ireland. Former Director, Downstream MFG (2023–2024), Associate Director for Downstream Manufacturing (2022–2024) and Associate Director, Manufacturing Projects (New Product Introduction) (2020–2022) at Bristol Myers Squibb.
Karin Shanahan
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Chief Supply Chain & Operations Officer · Bristol Myers Squibb
EVP, Chief Supply Chain & Operations Officer at Bristol Myers Squibb since 2025, and former EVP, Global Product Development and Supply (2022–2025) and Executive Director, Global Supply Chain (1996–2010) at the company. Former SVP, Global Biologics & Sterile Operations at Merck (2018–2022) and SVP & COO, Global Operations at Teva Pharmaceuticals (2013–2018).
Rick Martel
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · Bristol Myers Squibb
Director of Operations at Bristol Myers Squibb since April 2024, a role the source lists at Director level in the Operations department. Former Associate Director of Operations (2023–2024) and Downstream Operations Senior Manager (2020–2023) at Bristol Myers Squibb.
Srivatsan Krishnan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, COO at BBRC · Bristol-Myers Squibb, Biocon Bristol-Myers Squibb R&D Center
Former Senior Director, COO at BBRC at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Biocon Bristol-Myers Squibb R&D Center (2017–2024) in Bengaluru, a role the source tags at Executive level. Former Head of R&D Operations and IT, India (2014–2017) and Head - Informatics & IT, BBRC (2009–2014) at the same center. The profile lists a current Retired entry at Bristol Myers Squibb since 2024.
Vivek Yelisetti
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Global Head of Corporate Services Procurement and Operations · Bristol Myers Squibb
Executive Director, Global Head of Corporate Services Procurement and Operations at Bristol Myers Squibb since September 2025. Former Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company (2015–2025); the profile describes driving enterprise-wide change across Global Pharma, Biopharma, Generics and MedTech.
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- 01How do you organize operations across manufacturing sites, development labs and corporate services in a global pharmaceutical company?
- 02What operational changes matter most when a new product moves from development into commercial manufacturing?
- 03How should an operational excellence program pick its first targets and show results to leadership?
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