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Christopher Couch is listed as Industrial CTO and startup CEO at Cooper Standard, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at cooperstandard.com, phone signal with area code 734, 937, 248, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Christopher Couch.
Christopher Couch previously worked as President and CTO at Cooper Standard and SVP, Chief Technology and Procurement Officer, and Non-Automotive P&L at Cooper Standard. Christopher Couch holds Phd, Operations Management W/Finance from Massachusetts Institute Of Technology.
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12 years with Toyota Motor Corporation, 7 years of that time in Japan. Held leadership positions in Manufacturing Engineering, Strategic Planning, and Manufacturing Operations. Fluent and literate in Japanese.Moved to Johnson Controls, Inc. in October 2005 as President of JCI Korea in Seoul, a USD 600 million company. Performed financial turnaround & booked double-digit growth in the Korean auto market.Assigned as President of JCI Japan with global responsibilities for a USD 1.6 billion business. Moved to Tokyo in June 2007. Executed major turnaround that spanned a global economic crisis.Promoted to JCI Group VP in 2012, responsible for Asia-Pacific Seating with USD 2.2 billion P&L.Joined Lear Corporation in 2013 as Chief Technology Officer.Joined Cooper Standard in 2016 as VP of innovation and global product lines. R&D; New technology; Product, process, footprint, and go-to-market; M&A.Promoted to SVP & Chief Technology Officer of Cooper Standard in January 2019. Responsible for product strategy, R&D, engineering, & program management. Achieved 37% reduction in engineering spend for the corporation while increasing program throughput and commercializing over USD 1.5B in product innovations, including a pivot to electric vehicle-specific products. Added materials science venture business (AMS) & industrial product group P&L to responsibilities in 2020. Successfully commercialized new foam polymer in footwear industry.Added Chief Procurement Officer to responsibilities in 2021. Steered company through supply chain crisis and inflationary cycle, holding our inflation to 600 basis points under our PPI while rebuilding the organization in an era of high turnover. Managed USD 1.3B in spend.Founded Liveline Technologies in February 2020 as an outgrowth of R&D at Cooper Standard. Liveline provides software for real-time process control of factory systems using AI-based controllers. Multiple patents pending. Deployed on 20+ lines. Managing as CEO & Chief Data Scientist as we go to general market in 2023.Promoted to President of new Fluids segment in December 2023. Responsible for driving P&L growth and ensuring technology leadership in the automotive market for all powertrains including EVs. Specialties: Machine Learning, AI, Materials Science, M&A, Startup Mentoring, Open Innovation, Toyota Production System, Supply Chain Management, Production Engineering, Operations Management, Strategic Planning, Senior Executive Leadership, Japanese language, Beginning Korean language, high altitude custom drones, Ironman triathlon training & racing.
Listed skills include Automotive, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Lean Manufacturing, and 46 others.
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Northville, Michigan, US
President of new Fluids business segment. Responsible for driving P&L growth and ensuring technology leadership in the automotive market for all powertrains including EVs. Retaining prior role as CTO across all segments in the enterprise. Also retaining responsibility for non-automotive businesses including industrial products and venture units such as.
Northville, Michigan, US
In addition to previous role as SVP and CTO, added responsibility for all global procurement. Also added responsibility for non-automotive P&L including industrial products segment and two venture business units.
Northville, Michigan, US
Responsible for development of technologies in all areas of the business, including materials science, product design, manufacturing process technology, analytics, artificial intelligence. Also responsible for commercialization of key innovations thorough our Applied Materials Science business unit. Our strategy for technology acquisition includes external.
Northville, Michigan, US
R&D; New technology; Product, process, footprint, and go-to-market; M&A.
Distributed, US
Co-Founder of consortia that consists of major universities and industrial companies in the Midwestern USA. The consortia is dedicated to accelerating adoption of novel materials science by serving as a connection point for technology inventors and potential adopters.
New York City, New York, US
Techstars All Star Mentors live Give First. They are nominated by Techstars managing directors, program managers, employees, and founders who recognize the extraordinary mentorship that these individuals offer in Techstars accelerator programs. They provide a gold standard of mentorship to all within the company, and they are Techstars ambassadors who.
Responsible for USD 2.2 billion P&L in Asia-Pacific region including India, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, and Japan. Responsible for all functions including engineering & development, program management, and manufacturing operations.
Cork, Ireland, IE
Head of USD 1.4 billion global business for automotive parts. Responsible for all aspects of the company including design, manufacturing, and sales. Global responsibility for Asian customer business and operations. Executed major turnaround that spanned the global economic crisis of 2008-2009. Global JCI title was Vice President & General Manager.
Cork, Ireland, IE
Head of USD 600 million business for automotive parts. Responsible for all aspects of the company including design, manufacturing, and sales. Executed financial turnaround and booked double-digit growth in the challenging Korean automotive market. Global JCI title was Vice President & General Manager.
Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, JP
Responsible for production of 500,000 vehicles per year at Toyota's flagship plant in North America (Georgetown, Kentucky).
Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, JP
Corporate Strategy / Operations Strategyat North American Manufacturing Headquarters (Cincinnati)
Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, JP
Production Engineering Planning Groupat North American Manufacturing Headquarters (Cincinnati)
Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, JP
Production Engineering Planning Groupat Worldwide Headquarters (Japan)
Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, JP
Powertrain & Die Casting Production Engineerat Tsutsumi Plant (Japan)
Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, JP
Vehicle Assembly Production Engineeringat Motomachi Plant (Japan)
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Christopher Couch works for Cooper Standard.
Christopher Couch is listed as Industrial CTO and startup CEO at Cooper Standard.
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Christopher Couch is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States while working with Cooper Standard.
Christopher Couch has worked for Cooper Standard, Liveline Technologies, Midwest Materials Innovation Consortium (Mmic), Techstars, and Michigan Angel Fund.
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Christopher Couch holds Phd, Operations Management W/Finance from Massachusetts Institute Of Technology.
Christopher Couch is listed with skills including Automotive, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Production System, Continuous Improvement, Strategy, and Engineering.
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