Christopher Steven Owens, Mba Email & Phone Number

Ludwigsburg, De

• Management of Maintenance, Advanced Engineering and Process Engineering groups at the Allen facility o Management of 60+ hourly and 20 salary associates as well as all CAPEX needs of group and Allen facility o Responsible for cultural change on integration of all groups into a cohesive functioning unit • Develop and execute 5-year strategic plan for 50% improvement in output with 50% reduction in D2D processing time o Key member in future vision development for Allen facility for part portfolio, plant layout and product mix• Deployment and integration of Sigga SAP Maintenance with operational needs and M+H Maintenance Basics o First large-scale project site for global implementation for Sigga• Owner of P2M Process for new catalogue product support and launch for HD air and Liquid product lines o Responsible for RFQ’s, initial product trails, process development and final product deployment at facility o Made where consumed stakeholder and global product rationalization team member• Insourcing of critical processes to be re-established at Allen facility (tooling manufacturing, apprenticeship, rebuilds…)

Ludwigsburg, De

• Support and develop equipment uptime improvement strategy for the Allen plant• Develop, grow, and blend current processes for maintenance, and advanced engineering teams and support staff• Manage facility infrastructure upgrades on all support systems – compressed air, green energy, backups, security• Successfully deploy and integrate MES Digital systems for plant performance monitoring• Develop and support all new capacity increases and line additions or modifications

Ludwigsburg, De

• Manage and maintain all product producing assets at the Allen plant to produce 850k filters per week• Deploy the Mann + Hummel Maintenance Basics program to increase machine uptime and reliability – MTTF and MTBF• Manage 57 hourly/salary associates and $5.2 million annual maintenance budget to support Fabrication and Production Assembly areas• Tasked with rebuilding maintenance and tool and die crafts back post covid• Site lead for global energy savings projects• Supports CI and OE Engineering project improvements on site

Gaffney, South Carolina, Us

Founder and CEO of startup company with a patented tool that features a puncture and drainage system to allow oil filters and the oil trapped above them to be drained before they are removed. • US Patent: 11,311,992 B2 Granted December 2021

We specialize in creative fabrication and coatings in multiple materials and multiple colors including bringing the Last Drop Wrench to market! Services also include powder coating, gel coat refurbishment and custom colors and textures on anything and everything. Contract design and consulting available as well as commissioned artwork as well.

North Canton, Oh, Us

Responsible for the management of a multil-craft cross functional team of 49+ associates to provide support, maintain and troubleshoot over 330 production assets, gauging, utilities, material handling and over 30k unique pieces of individual tooling. Operations supported range from green machining, heat treatment, finish grind and assembly across a 16 acre under roof facility.

North Canton, Oh, Us

Responsible for 24 hour per day medium to high volume case carb and hardening assets for cups, cone and rollers. Continued support for CI projects, project fabrication resources and machine shop repair group.

North Canton, Oh, Us

Oversee the Engineering group, CI Project group, and Machine Shop at our facility. Handles capital budgets, automation, capital projects, and the repair machine shop. Group consists of 4 engineers, 4 fabrication mechanics, 2 electrical specialists and 6 machinists.

North Canton, Oh, Us

Supervise a team of 13 highly skilled individuals challenged to progress the plant forward by any means necessary. The team is comprised of 4 fabricators/mechanics, 3 electrical specialists/electricians, and 6 machinists. We are constantly designing, fabricating, installing and deploying automation, visions systems, material handling systems as well as using CNC machining to build/repair items for the facility. I am also responsible for development of my own projects as well.

North Canton, Oh, Us

Department supervisor in charge of 28 individuals that maintain all material handling, general facility duties, and project labor support as well as machine shop services to the plant 24/7. I also supervise the direction and day to day activities of 2 Inspection Technology Specialists who manage our vast array of inspection equipment at the plant ranging from NDT-RAM equipment, automated vision systems, sound testing equipment and several developmental automation projects Currently in charge of upgrade and management projects including painting interior and equipment of facility, site prep for new equipment and new flooring installation/upgrades, roof restoration projects for 14 acre facility, parking lot repair/upgrade, conference room/office standardization/update project as well as site prep for Relay for Life countywide event held at facility each year.Also managing several safety, engineering, and machine install projects out of our core maintenance shop while retaining all normal support functions from a day to day basis as well as integrate new CNC machining equipment and techniques in our machine shop to increase productivity while driving down overall project costs by bringing tooling modification and multiple part maintenance/project orders in house.

North Canton, Oh, Us

Company-wide expert in the use of Non-Destructive Testing using the Resonant Acoustic Method and currently working with our Research Facility to look into other avenues for the technologyDeveloping project plans to increase productivity, decrease bottom line cost and improve quality of product going to the customer through automation of assembly, error proofing, automation of packaging, auto-inspect, and establishing lean flow paths in plant.Design, modify, retrofit, and removal/install of automatic material handling in our green, heat treat, and finish opeartions to improve flow and accomidate new parts.Install new equipment/processes that come into the plant.Design and work with 3D models within Unigraphics for line/machine layouts for projects. Currently working indepth with UG for concept of design of some new equipment and material handling. Also provide support to other UG users in at my facility to promote the use of UG.Conceptual design source for new projects to answer quality/delievery problems as well as address safety issues on the production floor.Support new busines venture for company by creating a scrap holding area, radiation detection area, and railroad spur to collect all scrap steel from all southern Timken plants to ship back to our steel me to lower production costs.

Help run a family owned body shop where I did prep work ranging from replacing sheetmetal to repairing dents/crushed metal and then onto surface prep, masking, painting, and finish detailing of automobiles that would come through the shop.

Moved and relocated 20 pieces of CNC single axis turning equipment. Involved in the setting of machines, mechanical layouts, and the supervising of contractors and project manager for the move.

North Canton, Oh, Us

Working with other engineers in our group to install new equipment, supervise projects while other engineers were out of the office, as well as developing and verifying plant layouts in our CAD system. Equipment moves/removals include single and multi axis screw machine equipment as well and install 2 chamfer and stap cells. Also participated in Kaizen events, 5S activities, and installed new safety equipment for our press brake in our fab shop.

North Canton, Oh, Us

Provided support on engineering projects by supervisiong tear out of old IP induction heat treat equipment as well as provide support/supervision to install 2 pieces rapid hardening equipment with adjacent material handling. Supervised the removal and disposal of old equipment, transport, unload, and layout of new equipment, as well and connection of mechancials to eqiupment.During this time I also provided assitance in developing and executing run-off criteria for new equipment before delivery.

North Canton, Oh, Us

Training in CADAM/CATIVE 2D drafting software to provide support in verifying fire prevention/detection devices throughout our plant. All participated in data collection for machine run-offs, supervised small contractor crews on small projects as well helped during maintenance shutdown activities.

Main focus was to complete an outstanding order for 5,000 high voltage breaker mount assemblies in where I assembled 2 brackets with all associated wires, clamps, and fasteners, then torque to specs and package.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Mba In Entrepreneurism And Innovation

Certiciate In Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial And Small Business Operations

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Pre-Engineerng Program, Pre-Engineering Program