Chris has worked in Product Development for over 20 years in roles ranging from mechanical part/assembly design and system qualification to leadership for NPI program delivery and launch.

He has a passion for breaking the complex into the manageable that enables robust cross-functional team engagement across the product development lifecycle.

Expertise

• Engineering Project/Program Management
• NPI Cross-functional team leadership
• Client facing, collaborative product design
• Global Manufacturing & Supplier Development

Experience 

• Leatherman Tool Group – Engineering Leadership & Project Management for high volume, outdoor industry consumer products from concept thru manufacturing launch.
• Clear Edge Power – Commercial Fuel Cell System Project/Program Management with focus on Design for Manufacturing & Cost
• Hewlett Packard – Consumer inkjet printer development, system qualification and NPI launch within global manufacturing partnerships

Education

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University
• MS in Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Interests / Obsessions

• Riding bicycles of any kind
• Road trips with my family
• The high desert of the Southwest – abundance hiding in scarcity.
• Playing drums – still learning, but getting better…..
• Golf – often makes me angry, sometimes very happy!

Favorite Quote

“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing“

~ Theodore Roosevelt