With over 27 years of manufacturing experience in highly-engineered products, Chris brings a wealth of expertise to his current leadership position at Micronics Engineered Filtration Group. Prior to joining Micronics, he held various senior leadership roles, including President, COO, SVP – Global Operations, and General Manager, in a diverse range of privately held and public companies such as Danaher Corporation, Colson Group, Symmetry Medical, and Abaco Systems.

Chris's professional strengths are centered around Lean principles and Six Sigma deployment, driving global manufacturing strategies, optimizing supply chain, and continuous performance improvement. He is also currently an Operating Partner at Vance Street Capital.

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Learn more about Micronics: https://www.micronicsinc.com/about

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In this episode we discuss:

- Successful acquisition integrations in manufacturing businesses

- Leading through tough choices: transparency and team support

- Lessons from his leadership roles in corporations and PE-backed companies

- Talent acquisition: attracting, recruiting and developing winning teams

- Effective leadership communication

- Navigating differences between COO and CEO roles

- Streamlining sales management to provide better customer service

- Advice for young aspiring executives in manufacturing and private equity

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Seraph is a global enterprise consulting firm that partners with business leaders to handle their most complex supply chain, operations and manufacturing challenges delivering long-term operational and leadership improvements. Seraph has extensive on-site industry experience in supporting clients across automotive, private equity, defense, medical device, electronics, energy infrastructure, and engineering engagements. The Seraph leadership team brings vast expertise across; crisis management, mergers, acquisitions, due-diligence, restructuring, turn-around services, product launches and logistics. Our four-phase process has been proven to provide quick payback and positive ROI, which is measured throughout the customer engagement.