Chris W. Edwall
Seasoned Business Growth & Operations Leader | EOS Implementation | Strategic Advisor
- Role
- Vice President & General Manager at Automated Machine Systems, Inc
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris W. Edwall
The 8 Most Important Things You Should KnowAbout Chris W Edwall1. Successfully integrates very diverse career experiences to be an extremely effective business executive and team leader. I know how big corporations run and I\'ve successfully run multiple small companies.2. 25+ year business corporate and entrepreneurial career leading small and large organizations in revenue and profit improvement, market and business development, new product development, and operational improvements.3. A wealth of corporate experience in P&L improvement, strategy development and implementation, and organization design. Highly skilled in process development and improvement as well as people development and change management.4. Key values include respect for individuals, a systems view, diversity, and personal growth. Passions include taking on challenges, achievement, learning, competition, problem-solving and analysis, coaching, strategy development, and team-building.5. A successful entrepreneur - Founded two and developed four small businesses: an audio recording services company, a business consulting practice, a business coaching franchise, and a fencing product company.6. Numerous executive roles in very large capital equipment manufacturers, including full P&L responsibility for a $350M division. Personally responsible for over $20 million in EBIT improvement.7. Ran 3 different private manufacturing companies: • More than doubled sales in 5 years. • Achieved #6 on local “Top 100” list of fastest growing companies. • Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year.8. Education includes an MBA as well as BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering.Specialties: Coaching, Leadership, Market Development, Process Development, Team Development, System Integration, Executive, Marketing, Operations, Change management, personal growth, new product development, start-ups, turn-arounds, marketing strategy, project management, strategic planning, consulting.Open to conversations about advisory, consulting, or strategic leadership opportunities.
Experience
Vice President & General Manager
Automated Machine Systems, Inc
Oct 2020 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US
Education
Nova Southeastern University
MBA, Business
Missouri University of Science and Technology
BSEE, Electrical Engineering
1978 — 1980
Missouri University of Science and Technology
MSEE, Electrical Engineering
1980 — 1981
United States Naval Academy
Systems Engineering
Skills
- Business Planning
- Operations Management
- Integration
- Critical Chain Project Management
- International Sales
- Consulting
- Strategic Planning
- Financial Analysis
- Program Management
- Six Sigma
- Market Research
- Contract Negotiation
- Selling
- Start-Ups
- Lean Manufacturing
- Project Management
- Percent of Completion Accounting
- Continuous Improvement
- P&L Management
- Sales Operations
- Leadership
- Training
- Management Consulting
- New Business Development
- Product Development
- Analysis
- Enterprise Software
- Sales Management
- Market Development
- Business Development
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Strategy
- Marketing Strategy
- Marketing
- Sales
- Increased Profitability
- Sales Growth
- Manufacturing
- Product Management
- Staff Development
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