For over 20 years, Sylvester DuPree III has been using the skills developed while obtaining is BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati to critically think and solve complex organizational problems.  

Working for almost 13 years in the automotive industry, Sylvester had the opportunity to see the value of business process and critical thinking not only in the for-profit world but also while working in New Orleans supporting the St. Bernard Project, a nonprofit organization, where he aided the team in streamlining construction processes and reducing the lead time to get displaced families back into their homes after Hurricane Katrina and in Joplin, Missouri after the devastating F5 Tornado ripped through that community.

After over a decade in the automotive industry, Sylvester switched industries moving from Toyota to Merck & Company where he supported Latin American Facilities in improving their manufacturing processes through Lean Thinking and Principles. After a year Sylvester was appointed to the Keytruda Executive Leadership Team where he was responsible for all Lean Strategy for Merck’s Marquee Product, Keytruda.  Sylvester spent the last 4 years of his career at Merck as a Supply Chain Director in Global Vaccines for Merck Manufacturing where he led the organization to improve critically constrained vaccine output to serve underrepresented regions of the world. 

Today, Sylvester has the pleasure of leading the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s Supply Chain Management Organization as the Assistant Vice President where he is responsible for all Procurement, Supply Chain Operations, Distribution, Logistics and overall Supply Chain Transformation Strategy for the Cincinnati Children’s Organization.