Christopher Castro Email & Phone Number

United States

Foothill Ranch, Ca

Led projects and project teams associated with high-visibility projects that are long term, company-wide and significant in risk, scope and complexity with budgets exceeding $MM. Responsible for overall direction, implementation, execution, control, completion & realization of benefits for new product development and technology across the entire product line and organization enterprise Leads and creates project justification and project plan from executive vision and problem statement. Deliver measurable business benefits through execution of program management, scope, timeline, budget, quality, and risk.Ensure goals (scope/cost/timeline), specifications (performance/quality) are met. Manage the execution & decision making of IDZ projects/schedules.Coordinates cross functional multi-disciplined teams, product marketing, R & D, engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and contracted suppliers on multiple large scale budget projects, establish & drive realization of program/project business cases; ensures effective, proactive and open communication, horizontally and vertically, in order to achieve transparency and clarity of program goals progress and issues.Develop & analyze project scopes for cost & efficiency & establish a program financial framework. Establish & manage an ongoing governance structure and connection points for the projects of the program in line with organization's strategies & goalsAnalyze project performance, synthesize the information & report on program performance; complete risk analysis & create mitigation strategies on complex projects from concept through the analysis, design & execution stagesPrimary interface between Industrialization, manufacturing & supply chain & provide stakeholder relationship management & communication plan, managing expectation of leaders & supervise other program project managersStandardize methodologies for priority setting & ranking projects within the program

Foothill Ranch, Ca

Formed, developed, and managed, engineering team responsible for development of military combat eyewear & protective accessories from CAD release to production. Program management; key initiatives, products, capital expenditure, standardization initiatives, & manufacturing analysis.• Approved managed military combat eyewear tool fabrication using design for manufacturability (DFM) through release to production. • Developed & maintained timelines for all new releases & strategic technology objectives to executive team & business unit manager.• Researched & identified new materials for use in new & existing products.• Developed specifications & identify CTF features to ensure integrity of part design.• Created test plans, test fixtures & equipment including the qualification, training, creation of work instructions & deployment into factory use.• Applied Six Sigma methodologies & performed DOE & statistical analysis on injection molding process & optimize key process parameters to drive improvements, reduce scrap, & maintain/improve key characteristics.• Implement Lean manufacturing layout & cell design to improve process & assembly flow in injection molding facility.• Create packaging specifications & validation through shipping study process flow.• Developed engineering release to production protocol to ensure flawless launch with quality & manufacturing approval sign off.• Traveled to U.S. & foreign factories for supplier development, qualification of tooling, process development, corrective actions & quality audits.• Initiated cost savings on key programs through Lean manufacturing concepts, design changes, & new supplier development.

Anaheim, Ca

Responsible for all phases of development, advanced planning, resource identification, cost analysis, scheduling, outsourcing, implementation & maintenance for new product launches.• Successfully developed over 60 NPI to various markets including, medical, automotive, electronic & consumer markets including materials selection, post processes, validation testing, packaging final cost analysis & continuous improvement objectives.• Successfully identified manufacturing processes for new projects & actively participated in supplier selection.• Utilized Lean / Six Sigma methodology to reduce variation in manufacturing processes utilizing DMAIC process including DOE, PFMEA, single piece flow, inventory reduction, & SMED.• In house consultant for Lean & Six Sigma deployment & implementation by “go & do” & “go & see” philosophy.• Identified continuous improvement opportunities within manufacturing plant & developed cross functional teams within the facility & provided active leadership in the project execution.

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Management

Pmp Certification

Associate’S Degree, Mechanical Design