Chris Schechter

About Chris Schechter

OPERATIONS, SUPPLY-CHAIN AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT LEADER: COMMITTED TO STRONG PROCESSES, PROGRAM EXECUTION, LEAN SIX SIGMA AND TEAM DEVELOPMENT20+ years of successful management experience with progressive levels of increasing responsibility in the Aerospace, Semiconductor and Industrial Industries. Experience includes General Management, P&L, Multi-Site Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Engineering Management, Lean/6 Sigma Deployments, Program Management, Product Development, Customer Service and Logistics Management, Leading site level Turn-Arounds. Grew up in France and fluent in French, Proficient in GermanAREAS OF EXPERTISE• Operations VP / General Management Leadership• Program Management• Operational Turnarounds, Site Rationalization and Transfer• Lean6Sigma Deployments• Operational Excellence and Lean Systems • Engineering and Product Development Management • Aftermarket, Logistics and Warehouse Management

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer

   nLIGHT, Inc.

   Jul 2022 — Present

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  BS, MS, Mechanical Engineering

  1990 — 1994

• MIT Sloan School of Management

  MBA

  1996 — 1998

• Lycee Kleber, Strasbourg, France

  Baccalaureat C - Science

  1980 — 1989

Skills

• Fmea
• Quality Management
• Airworthiness
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Logistics
• Spc
• Engineering Management
• Lean Manufacturing
• Six Sigma
• Strategy
• 5s
• Management
• Quality Assurance
• Design for Manufacturing
• Aircraft Maintenance
• Product Development
• Kaizen
• Aviation
• Project Management
• Electronics
• Procurement
• Mrp
• Engineering
• Aerospace
• Root Cause Analysis
• Purchasing
• Value Stream Mapping
• Continuous Improvement
• Process Improvement
• Operations Management
• Manufacturing
• Systems Engineering
• Product Management
• Manufacturing Operations
• Earned Value Management
• Process Engineering
• Quality System
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Manufacturing Engineering