Chuck Christ

About Chuck Christ

Vice President Product Development, CTO | I lead organizations to create products that grow revenue and earnings in Packaging, Engineering, Filtration, Materials, Chemicals, Formulations, Film, Hardware, Embedded Software, IOT, Roll to Roll Coating, Non-wovens, Plastics, Fibers. c••••••••@gmail.comMost recently as SVP Product Development and Chief Technology Officer at Ergotron, I: Improved schedule predictability 50% Created cross-functional teams for market verticals enabling focus and transition to Business Units Proposed and implemented investment in new model shop to reduce time to time to market by 25% and cost by 10% with rapid prototyping capabilityAs Global Director of R&D at Donaldson, I: Grew the fuel filtration business by $50M with new product technology Established best in class patented technology and new products to grow the water separation and air filtration markets by 15% using Agile/Scrum As Director of R&D at Kodak, I: Created photo-printing kiosk platform and grew revenue to more than $500M in five years Reduced cost of consumables by 75% over same time period saving more than $20M per year with new technology and manufacturing processThere are three things I am known as:1. PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT INNOVATOR WHO ELEVATES CUSTOMER SUCCESS BY: Integrating a customer focused point of view and feedback insights with design thinking to create products with a competitive edge2. ENGAGED AND ENGAGING LEADER WHO DRIVES EXCEPTIONAL BUSINESS RESULTS BY: Building Teams and creating a vision that inspires employee ownership and commitment3. COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS STRATEGIST WHO ACCELERATES SUSTAINABLE AND PROFITABLE GROWTH BY: Creating and relentlessly communicating a vision that people embrace and bring to life Developing solid relationships built on trust and respect that enable alignment of goals and strategies across functions and engagement that drives resultsI help Public and Private Equity businesses turn R&D dollars into revenue and earnings by translating strategic vision into actionable product and technology roadmap plans. As a technical professional with a strong business sense, I understand where to invest to help my teams generate the best new product concepts and how to follow the right clues in research and development to generate the most valuable intellectual property. As a collaborative leader, I incorporate a collaborative style with my team members and promote their development by modeling behaviors to help them excel. This builds strong ownership and better leaders.

Experience

1. VP, Global R & d and Technical Services

   Tronox

   Apr 2024 — Present · Oklahoma City, OK, US

Education

• University of Florida

  Ph.D., Physical/Inorganic Chemistry

  1984 — 1989

• Carlynton

  High School Diploma

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Postdoc, Electrochemistry

  1990 — 1992

• Cedarville University

  BA, Chemistry

  1980 — 1984