Christopher Witt Email & Phone Number

Irvine, Ca, Us

Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. We believe there is a more responsible way to explore the world and are determined to make the transition to sustainable transportation an exciting one. We designed our emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles to challenge what’s possible. We hope they inspire you to do the same.

Middleton, Wi, Us

• Lead cross-functional team (engineering, sourcing, supply chain, and finance) through multiple on-going product development initiatives• Present and interact regularly with senior level internal/ external stakeholders and customers• Manage the product lifecycles for over 80K finished good SKU’s in our luxury hardware portfolio• Drive product road development, innovation, and manage research initiatives to establish fact- based business and marketing strategieso Led development and commercialization efforts to double our made to stock offering designed to cut our leadtime to customers from 20 days to 5 days by building out $1.5M in stocked inventoryo Designed NPI’s with the intent to leverage our in house CNC capabilities to reduce supply chain complexity, decrease our dependence on overseas suppliers and increase our quality controlo Partnered with a team of external architects and designers to form a comprehensive new product offering designed to expand into an ajacent high growth category to increase overall market share

Middleton, Wi, Us

• Launched 3 NPI projects that are tracking to deliver over 1M in revenue• Identified and gained organizational alignment on 6 new business opportunities that are projected to deliver over 4M in revenue • Leveraged sales data to create a comprehensive category analysis that identifyied underperforming products and drove decision making for new investment opportunities• Identified and executed a plan to rationalize 15% of our total SKU mix to reduce operational complexity• Engaged cross functional members to align on new product hurdle rates to ensure NPI’s are accretive to our fleet averages per product categories

Middleton, Wi, Us

• Led development efforts with the Lowe’s retail team to create and implement new POP in over 250 stores• Co-led the development and on time execution of a new 20’ x 30’ trade show booth • Managed and optimized our customer rewards program to drive engagement and sales growth with customers• Enhanced and optimized our STEP database and online product pages by creating A+ product content for our ecommerce listings• Managed the commercialization efforts of 3 NPI’s in FY 2017-2018• Worked with our demand planning team to expand our MTS program while also building a merchandising program to support the listing with customers

Middleton, Wi, Us

• Actively worked with our product, engineering, and sourcing leads to develop a premium smartlock solution to customers• Supported the commercialization of our 2016 product road by developing training materials and collateral to assist and drive sales• Supported brand activities, which included trade show planning, execution, and follow up, while also working with our third party PR agency to develop IMC initiatives

- Worked with a group of students in creating a cross-functional, 15 student marketing agency to drive brand awareness for MOD Pizza by creating & implementing an integrated marketing campaign- Worked as a member of the advertising team where we successfully created over 115,000 impressions in our advertising campaign. - Succeeded in increasing brand awareness with M.O.D by 14% with Gonzaga Students by the end of our campaign. - Significantly increased target market perception of MOD Pizza as a "cool," "authentic," and "community-centered" brand

Spokane, Wa, Us

As a marketing and promotions intern, I am responsible for promoting Gonzaga athletic events to the greater Spokane community as well as the Gonzaga community nationwide. In promoting Gonzaga athletics, I communicate with over 6,000 students and thousands of community members and fans on a daily basis. I also work directly with all Division 1 sporting teams at Gonzaga, which includes basketball, baseball, and volleyball. Along with marketing skills, I have obtained valuable experience in team management through college basketball game day operations at Gonzaga University. Other responsibilities include: - Submitting events to the universities community calendar as well as other major regional community calendars in the Eastern Washington area.- Research and reach out to prospective groups to increase ticket sales. - Send out renewal and group sales emails before the start of each season.

Charlottesville, Va, Us

Communicated with national fraternity headquarters and received clearance to establish the first ever greek organization that would be available for Gonzaga students to utilize. Collaborated with core members in recruiting efforts that enabled the formation of a significant form of influence and on-campus presence. Met all financial, operational, and logistical chartering requirements of national fraternity headquarters in order to form officially recognized chapter in Spokane, WA. Governed this form of influence with an organizationally permeating vision which strived to impact the lives of others in an extremely positive way.- 2014 & 2015 top 10 best recruiting chapter in nation- 2014 Led Pacific Northwest in Community Service Hours (Totaled over 2,200 hours)- Chartering of Tau Epsilon Chapter on October 11, 2014- Grew memberships from 20 to 70 individuals in less than 1yr

Huntington Beach, California, Us

- Communicated directly with the licensing team, which was responsible for product approvals and management of their third-party licensees. - Aided and participated in merchandise approvals with the licensing team by working directly with the licensees and managers in finalizing product lines.- Developed first-hand experience for Quiksilvers product development process, gaining valuable knowledge in creative planning, sourcing, development, approvals, and sales & marketing.

I was hired by LA Auto Gear, which is a wholesale automotive accessories supplier to manage and cleanse their database. I obtained valuable skills in self-directed time management, as well as insight into the logistical practices of a wholesale supplier for Amazon and other retailers. Responsibilities: - Developed a cohesive plan to efficiently organize the transfer of data.- Aided in the reconstruction of an inventory database containing over 5,000 licensed products.- Obtained hands on experience with Netsuite, a data base management medium.- Communicated extensively with top management on a daily basis.