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Chris Yarbrough is listed as Enabling Growth & Delivery Through Team Building, Customer Relationships & World-Class, Cutting-Edge High-Tech Projects | Director | Business Operations | Program Leader | Engineering Development at II-VI Aerospace & Defense, a with 223 employees, based in Tustin, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at iiviad.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for Chris Yarbrough.
Chris Yarbrough previously worked as Director of Programs at Ii-Vi Aerospace & Defense and Director of Engineering at Ii-Vi Aerospace & Defense. Chris Yarbrough holds Executive Master Of Business Administration (Emba), General Management, 3.98 from University Of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School Of Business.
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I’m a hands-on business operations and program leader who has worked on some of the world’s most technically advanced projects, including Deep Impact (Comet, Templel 1), Mars HiRISE, Mars Rover and context cameras, Juno Mission (Jupiter), ShadowCam (lunar exploration of permanently shadowed polar craters).A uniquely skilled executive with 25+ years of experience collaborating on complex engineering initiatives, my background includes 2 decades of building and leading teams made up of world-class technical talent. I’m laser-focused on building customer trust and respect by delivering on time and beyond expectations.My diverse skillset spans business operations, P&L management, customer relationships, program oversight, M&A integration, and more, and I have a track record of success in steering high-impact, low-risk engineering initiatives. I thrive in tight-knit environments that can be agile and responsive to customer needs.My career highlights include:• Spearheading a 55-employee opto-mechanical assemblies division with 17% CAGR over 4 years.• Expanding a design engineering team from less than 10 to 40+ staff across 3 sites.• Overseeing the 10-month integration of the $30M acquisition of a high-energy laser (HEL) gimbal company.• Leading 10–15-person teams in engineering programs valued up to $4M.BUSINESS OPERATIONS: Strategic Planning | Program Management | Team Leadership | Business Development | Inventory & Cost Control | P&L/Budget Management | Process Improvement | M&A IntegrationTECHNICAL PROGRAMS: Engineering Projects | Quality & Integrity | Customer Relationships | Design InnovationPEOPLE LEADERSHIP: Coaching & Mentoring | Solution-Focused | Respect & Collaboration | Honesty & IntegrityCERTIFICATIONS & AWARDS: Rockwell Collins Leadership Certification | Government Security Clearance, Level: Secret | Lean Champion | Top 50 EMBA Student in the US, Poets & Quants | Executive Master of Business Administration Valedictorian, University of California, Irvine | NASA – Group Achievement Award, JunoCam Instrument Team | Bareboat Charter & Coastal Navigation Certification
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Tustin, California, United States
Transition to a development program execution focused role within our precision opto-mechanical division based in Tustin, CA.✪ NEAR TERM FOCUS:• Incrementally improve development program on-time delivery. Reduced risk and uncertainty by building a new structure for managing development program resources and tasks across the program life cycle.
Tustin, California, United States
Hired as a leader for a 55-employee opto-mechanical assemblies division, ensuring employee engagement and technical execution on complex opto-mechanical assemblies.✪ DELIVERED RESULTS:• Developed and launched an engineering phase gate process for complex space-based opto-mechanical assembly programs.• Achieved 17% CAGR between 2017 and 2021 by controlling expenses and ensuring successful contract execution.• Expanded design engineering team from less than 10 to 40+ staff across 2 sites in California and 1 in Colorado, including building out finite element analysis capabilities.• Made key contributions to the 5-year plan, including engineering department budgets and goals, headcount, needs, and technical/IR&D roadmaps. Directed protocols for an internally developed imaging product line.• Improved employee engagement and cross-facility communication and created onboarding package for new hires.• Led 10-month integration of the $30M acquisition of a HEL gimbal company, ensuring engineering continuity while overseeing merger of legal, business systems, marketing, contracts, programs, HR, IT, finance, procurement, QA, and more.
Tustin, California, United States
Oversaw key aerospace and defense development programs for high-priority customers while managing the cultural integration of an acquired company. Advised Director of Engineering on program builds and grew bookings for advanced initiatives, missile launch detection, infrared search and track, and countermeasures with Lockheed Martin.
Tustin, Ca.
Managed P&L on all engineering, prototype, and pre-production programs, with oversight of engineering services contracts, custom assembly design engineering, IR&D programs and process enhancements, and prototype assemblies.✪ DELIVERED RESULTS:• Supported YoY growth by driving continuous process improvements as a member of the executive leadership team.• Played a key role in business development, driving all earned revenue planning and reporting and preparing win strategies and pricing proposals. Also managed annual budgets, including resource and sales forecasting.• Selected as technical advisor and corporate resource on programs identified as high risk, picked as 1 of 3 staff to lead negotiations on government contracts, and chosen to lead high-value programs with key customers.• Spearheaded presentations, due diligence, and integration as part of the company’s acquisition.
Carlsbad, Ca
Promoted to lead 10–15-person teams in multimillion-dollar optical engineering programs, specifically in the area of designing and manufacturing opto-mechanical sub-assemblies to meet the world’s most exacting requirements.
Carlsbad, California, United States
Managed technical programs, including schedules, pricing, and proposals. Served as project engineer on a DARPA space telecommunications program and as optical engineer designing and analyzing camera lenses and telescope.
Tustin, Ca.
Performed manufacturing test equipment design and precision integration/testing for an engineering and manufacturing company focusing on high-end custom optical assemblies and ultra-precision optical systems. Company was Lightworks Optics, Inc. during this time.✪ DELIVERED RESULTS:• Developed an integration and testing cost proposal for a $21M opportunity.
Tucson, Az
Conducted optical design/analysis, thermal and tolerance analysis, material change studies, and requirements gathering.
Tucson, Arizona, United States
In this early role, procured optical hardware for RAM, Stinger, and Javelin programs and developed optical hardware alignment procedures. Performed optical surface testing using interferometry and spectral testing.
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Colleague at Ii-Vi Aerospace & DefenseUnited States
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Colleague at Ii-Vi Aerospace & DefenseXuhui District, Shanghai, China
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Colleague at Ii-Vi Aerospace & DefenseButler, Pennsylvania, United States
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Zhou Jianpeng
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Matthew Depippo
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Activities and Societies: Valedictorian, Top 50 EMBA in Poets & Quants
Activities and Societies: Summa Cum Laude
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Chris Yarbrough works for II-VI Aerospace & Defense.
Chris Yarbrough is listed as Enabling Growth & Delivery Through Team Building, Customer Relationships & World-Class, Cutting-Edge High-Tech Projects | Director | Business Operations | Program Leader | Engineering Development at II-VI Aerospace & Defense.
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Chris Yarbrough is based in Tustin, California, United States while working with II-VI Aerospace & Defense.
Chris Yarbrough has worked for Ii-Vi Aerospace & Defense, Rockwell Collins Optronics, Inc., Lightworks Optics, Raytheon Missile Systems, and Raytheon.
Chris Yarbrough's colleagues at II-VI Aerospace & Defense include Michael Hildebrandt, Stephanie Perry, Elizabeth Wages, Greg Ordonez, and 王令武.
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Chris Yarbrough holds Executive Master Of Business Administration (Emba), General Management, 3.98 from University Of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School Of Business.
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