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For over 25 years, Chris has been implementing business improvement and leadership training in consulting, operations, Supply Chain Management in roles including; GM, VP, Executive level leadership roles and Investor for both public and private/private equity companies of all sizes. Our company, ikigaiOS (Ikigai Operating System) “reason for being” is to assist business leaders in the journey to transform their businesses by aligning people, product and processes with…purpose or ikigai.Ikigai is a Japanese word whose meaning translates roughly to a reason for being or purpose, encompassing joy, a sense of purpose and meaning and a feeling of well-being. Ikigai is the intersection of doing things you love, things you are good at, things you can get paid for, and things the world needs.Our core focus is on businesses struggling with challenges like: startup, scaling up, consolidation, profitability, market changes and sustainability. We design solutions with the current leadership team. We are teachers, facilitators and coaches as we believe most of the answers are and should come from existing leaders or the best plans will fail. Our approach is “roll your sleeves up” and got to where the value is created contractor servant leader mentality versus consultant by using real world tested, simple and simple approaches and then get out of the way and let the business leaders own the transformation.Ikigai Trade is an investment group that uses IkigaiOS principles and to help people with business experience who want to learn how to trade in the stock market. This is an "investment club" focused on educating like-minded people who want to learn how to take more control of their investments and safely trade or manage a portion of their retirement or growth portfolios.

PLZ Aeroscience is the North American leader in specialty aerosol product manufacturing. The PLZ family of companies specializes in the development, manufacturing, packaging and distribution of a comprehensive line of contract fill, branded and private-label products.In all, PLZ currently has 13 international manufacturing sites primarily focused on aerosol and liquids production and filling, and five distribution locations in the United States and Canada. The company was acquired by the Pritzker Group Private Capital in 2015. The firm’s history as an entrepreneurial family-owned enterprise.• Directed operations improvement for 13 locations primarily focused on aerosol and liquids production/and filling, as well as five distribution locations in the United States and Canada. • Supported company’s mission to meet its customers long-term needs.

We are recognized as the industry leader for production grinding of turbine blades, vanes and shrouds components in the industrial gas turbine and aerospace industries.• Optimized the operations of four plants that had been recently acquired by the PE firm. • Transformed the 40-year-old family owned business into a market-leading enterprise growth business through the development of scalable and sustainable management operating systems combination of EOS and LMS.• Implemented operational improvements in each function to improve overall equipment effectiveness by focusing on key metrics, proactive maintenance, and operational efficiency.• Increased Turbine Division profitability and output by 30%+ while reducing indirect costs.• Consolidated 3 Turbine machining sites into 2 to further improve efficiency.

Veritas Steel is the North American leader in the complex structural steel bridge fabrication industry with a broad range of experience in the manufacture of highly complex steel structures. • Directed operations of a bridge manufacturing plant located on 117 acres with a 200,000sqft facility.• Supervised 110+ union iron workers and 15+ staff in managing multi-shift, 7-day operations. • Responsible for full P&L and operational metrics including safety, quality, plant performance, and profitability.• Restructured nearly-bankrupt operations to rebuild financials and reputation after years of neglect; achieved more than doubled output to achieve profitability; reduced recordable by 100%.• Increased direct labor hours by 95% from 2014 to 2015; increased run rate from 118k to 230k hours.• Achieved positive EBIDTA in under 1 year; sister plant was awarded Center of Excellence Plant of the Year (2015) out of all 171 Atlas Holdings sites; Veritas Steel was recognized as of the most improved businesses in Atlas Holdings in 2015.

• Implemented initiatives to improve operational excellence, safety, and profitability for 26 plants with revenues of ~$500M. • Collaborated with Regional Senior General Managers to drive lean operational improvements, achieve P&L goals, improve safety, and direct engineering project management. • Supervised direct reports including Regional Safety Managers and Regional Lean Leaders.• Assumed responsibility for trucking logistics for North America.• Advised leaders of struggling plants regarding methods to achieve financial targets; facilitated one plant’s turnaround to the first “Best Plant” in Bodycote Global.

• Oversaw operations of two thermal processing plants in Houston, Texas, including safety, sales, customer service, operations, quality, engineering, staff supervision/development, and P&L. • Fostered and maintained a safe work environment; grew business through the deployment of strategic plan and Lean business systems.• Directed special “turn around” assignment at the request of the Vice President of Operations; transformed the plant from 6+ years of negative EBIDTA to break even.

The Corporate Director, Rexnord Business Systems “RBS” plays an active role in driving accelerated operating and financial performance through continuous process improvement. • Drove accelerated operating and financial performance through the implementation of Lean principles and continuous business process improvement. • Emphasized leadership, continuous improvement skills, and culture-building to achieve sustained financial performance. • Supervised the Roller Bearing Value stream for the Indianapolis plant ($132M business); oversaw overall business performance and strategy deployment for the North America Bearing Business Unit ($300M business).• Increased Roller Bearing value stream from $63M to $80M; reduced lead time for made-to-order B-items from 20 days to 9 days.• Reported indirectly to the VP/GM of Bearing Business Unit (Indianapolis Bearings) and directly to the COO of RBS• Improved OTD from 72% to 93%; decreased operational costs by $2.5M; increased inventory turns from 5.6 to 7.2.• Recognized in my first year as one of 200 top global leaders. • Nominated for Employee Engagement Leadership Award for global leadership.

Responsible for providing tactical leadership and quality process improvements to create a sustainable competitive advantage for new product design, new product implementation, manufacturing processes, supplier quality and service/support.• Maintained a track record of successfully energizing teams, synchronizing organizations, and driving outstanding results. • Demonstrated specialization in the use of Danaher Business System/Lean and Six Sigma tools. • Served as systems leader and QMS, with additional duties of overseeing engineering, supply chain/procurement, and daily operations.• Received the 2008 Global President’s Award for leading a Kaizen global team competition in a material handling and distribution event. • Facilitated plant’s nomination for the “most improved plant” in Danaher 3 years in a row.• Implemented a dynamic Kanban system; drove inventory turns from 7 to 12.7 and improved OTD from 88% to 95% as measured by customer request date.• Obtained patent for Proctor and Gamble technology improvement (Crailsheim German – P&G COE).

Quality / Lean Manager (ESSIbuy.com a DRS company)Organically created startup company. Entrepreneurially ran company created within the larger corporation to create speed, flexibility, and innovation to develop a customer facing internet storefront for 14 different sister companies applying lean six sigma techniques to launch and create a rapid response quality customer experience. Responsible for the development and implementation of the Quality Systems that supported the company’s strategic plans and that enhanced quality and operations efficiency across the corporation. Other responsibilities included organizational excellence coaching and personal development for high potential associates.Lean Improvement Engineer / Supplier Quality Engineer (Sustainment Systems Inc. a DRS company)Created mutually beneficial supplier relationships that drove continuous improvement throughout the international supply chain by creating the culture and acting as the facilitator between organizational needs. Led supplier Rapid Improvement Process Teams to address customer complaints and created effective root cause analysis with effective corrective actions. Acted as the primary Purchasing/Supplier Quality liaison between SSI Engineering and CTQ suppliers. Corporate Six Sigma and cross facility ISO quality auditor responsible for joint company improvement / bench marking projects, successfully utilizing TPI, Kanban Materials, VOC, Six Sigma, RIPT, VAVE, and other improvement tools.

Project Manager / Electrical Engineer / Account Managerhttps://motorsandcontrol.comRecognized as highly effective lean process engineer and leader who could provide technical expertise and apply industrial process knowledge to increase productivity (Lean Mfg) of manufacturing clients. Performed process analysis, equipment failure analysis, and cost-justification of upgrades or replacement of complex electro mechanical manufacturing equipment. Responsibility included combining electromechanical equipment offering and Lean improvement experience into project management for special application request.• Clients included seventy select complex manufacturing accounts that required specific quality engineering support. Customers included automotive, aerospace, plastics blow/injection molding, packaging, foundry, and silicon wafer manufacturing companies.• Clients included seventy select complex manufacturing accounts that required specific quality engineering support. Customers included automotive, aerospace, plastics blow/injection molding, packaging, foundry, and silicon wafer manufacturing companies.

Project Manager (2002- 2004)Lean Engineering / BuyerDemonstrated the ability and commitment to meeting and exceeding corporate goals that led to repeated awards and promotions in a growth oriented fortune 500 company. Using broad range of lean manufacturing knowledge, understanding of production processes and ability to work with a wide range of department personnel, was able to develop and implement successful lean, global procurement policies that resulted in under budget year end results that had not been achieved previously in over seven years for the MRO and engineering spend.• Led cross-functional kaizen teams to drive continuous improvement and to promote a high impact culture with the application of Lean Manufacturing Techniques as means to eliminate waste and deliver products to customer's expectation.• Due to success in maintenance department projects, responsibility was quickly expanded to cover all plant MRO and safety purchases with a budget responsibility in excess of over 5 million dollars.• Lean Project Manager that introduced and implemented Supplier Management System, negotiated supply contracts, and reduced vendor base from over 100 to 15 key suppliers, achieving a documented hard cost savings of $300,000 in less than six months (soft cost saving estimate was 150% of hard cost) and establishing continuous improvement procedures for supplier evaluation/rating maintain and improve cost savings.

Responsibilities included all quality related activities for a world class lean manufacturer. By combining quality systems and Lean/CI Thinking, quickly developed and promoted from inspector to technician to Lean engineering roles through the Nike high potential Coaching for Excellence program. Responsible for Lean and quality related activities. • Recognized as strong strategic thinker able to drive continuous improvement resulting in multiple performance awards.• Led multiple projects and cross-functional teams to implement Lean Manufacturing and support improvement initiatives.Various developmental roles from Quality Auditor (entry) to Quality Engineering