Chris Marx

Experience

1. Chief Commercial Officer

   PennEngineering®

   Jan 2017 — Present

   C Level Executive Leadership. Responsibilities: Corporate and Business Unit Strategy, Growth, Global Marketing, Customer Service, Applications and Field Engineering, Global Product Management, Global New Product Development, Global Quality, Adjacent Market Penetration, Patents, Trademarks and IP, Corporate P and L Ownership, M&A Targeting, Diligence and Integration, Market Expansion Planning and Execution. Mentor: 7 distinct business units globally deployed in 1) Electronics / Distribution / Metal Fab, 2) Consumer Electronics OEM and ODM, 3) Automotive OEM and Tier 1, 4) General Industrial / Truck, 5) Installation Equipment and Automation, 6) Consumable Production Tooling, 7) Engineered Plastic and Nylon Components for OEM Assembly. Line Control: Global Electronics Business Unit, Global New Product Development, Global Quality, Worldwide Marketing, Product Management, Intellectual Property Lead: Geographic Expansion, Business Development, Market and Product Adjacencies, Analysis, Forecasting, Planning Brands: PEM®, microPEM®, Pemserter®, Heyco®, Atlas®, Profil®, PennAuto®, LinkTool® Group A C level global senior executive with a record of revenue and EBITDA growth. Expertise: multi-unit global manufacturing businesses, both public and private. Growth focused professional, emphasis on worldwide commercial strategy, product and commercial road mapping, sales, marketing, business development, innovation, troubled unit turn-around, complex issue resolution, and penetration of market adjacencies. Tactical expertise: global team creation, brand marketing, b-to-b value added ‘design in’ product application in telecom, datacom, consumer electronics, aerospace and automotive markets worldwide. Detailed understanding of large OEMs, distribution, global contract manufacturing, frontier markets, and new product commercialization. Real experience in M and A. Regular BOD interaction. Change agent comfortable in fluid environments including divestiture and acquisition.

Education

• University of Arizona

  BA, Political Science

  1984 — 1987