Biography
Cynthia Drake is the Principal of The Drake Group—a Driftwood, Texas-based small business development and marketing firm. Cynthia has her MBA from the University of Houston, (Texas) and a Diploma in Nursing from Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, (Texas). Cynthia was recently accepted as an Oblate in the Order of Saint Benedict through the Holy Cross Monastery in Beaumont, Texas.
CYNTHIA DRAKE, RN,
MBA, ObSB
Driftwood, Texas
tel: 512.626.4854 email: cdrake@drakegroup.com
THE
DRAKE GROUP: APRIL
1994 - Present
Principal,
journalist,
columnist, consultant to the medical device industry,
expert witness, due
diligence. Authored: Emerging Devices for Minimally
Invasive Cardiac and Vascular
Surgery; US Arthroscopy Market, Market for Endoscopic
Surgery, US Market for
Wound Therapies, US Market for Urology Products,
Surgical Automation &
Robotics. 100+ custom strategic marketing reports.
SAINT
STEPHEN’S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH:
JANUARY 2006 – DECEMBER
2011
Parish
Administrator:
responsible for all
fiscal and physical matters of the Church.
ELECTRO
MEDICAL SYSTEMS
APRIL 2000 - JUNE 2001 (contract)
DIVISION
MANAGER, US
& CANADA: coordinated
distribution
agreement and product launch/sales training with a
major orthopaedic
distributor, supervised and trained a foreign-born
product manager.
UNITED
STATES SURGICAL
CORPORATION: MAY 1993 - APRIL 1994
DIRECTOR,
OPTICS &
CARDIOVASCULAR: Launched
disposable
laparoscopes. Formulated plans for vascular clips,
arthroscopes, cystoscopes.
Initiated plans for vascular stapler system.
INTRAMED
LABORATORIES,
INC.: MAY 1989 - MAY 1993
INTERNATIONAL
MARKETING
MANAGER: Achieved
annual sales of
$345 K for first year of international sales. Created
European distribution
team. MARKETING
MANAGER: responsible for
OEM relationship for ureteroscopy line, product
management of general surgery
product, customer service, advertising, trade show
management. 22,000 + units
sold. Team created niche for single-use, quality
optics products in various
flexible endoscopic applications.
KARL
STORZ ENDOSCOPY,
AMERICA 1986 - 1989
DIRECTOR
OF MARKETING,
UROLOGY PRODUCT MANAGER: managed
3000 item
product line. Increased sales by 35 %; profitability
by 6 %. Created/introduced
first flexible ureteroscope and cystoscope. Managed
$60 K advertising budget.
THE
DEXTER CORPORATION:
1981 - 1986
MANAGER,
MEDICAL
MARKETING DEPARTMENT: marketing
and sales
responsibility Medical Business Unit. Sold $46 M. 95%
growth in revenue; 70% in
units. Profitability improved 12 %. Negotiated
agreements for $32 M. 10 direct
reports including sales, product specialists,
marketers. PRODUCT MANAGER,
DRAPE: drape/gown fabrics.
PARK
PLAZA HOSPITAL:
1975-1981
DIRECTOR,
OPERATING
ROOMS
ST.
LUKE'S-TEXAS
CHILDREN’S-TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE: 1966-1975
SUPERVISOR,
OPERATING
ROOMS
EDUCATION—OTHER:
Oblate
in the
Order of Saint Benedict, Holy Cross Monastery,
Beaumont, Texas 2010
MBA,
University of Houston,
Houston, Texas, 1981
Diploma, Brackenridge Hospital School
of Nursing, Austin,
Texas, 1961