Christopher Wessel
Thriving Where the Playbook Hasn’t Been Written
- Role
- Sr Ops Eng Program Manager at Axon
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Christopher Wessel
Engineer turned program manager, built that way on purpose. Spent a decade solving problems nobody had solved before: North America\'s first commercial hydrogen truck, a gigafactory ramp in the Arctic Circle, and an international manufacturing operation launched in a fraction of the time anyone projected. The common thread isn\'t the industry, it\'s the complexity. Always drawn to the next hard problem.
Experience
Sr Ops Eng Program Manager
Mar 2025 — Present · Scottsdale, AZ, US
Built the playbook in a month that a consulting firm quoted at $750k and 6 months. Launched Axon\'s first international manufacturing operation in 6 months against a consultant recommendation of 12 to 18. Coordinated Tax, Legal, and Supply Chain to build compliant entity structures from scratch. Running $50M in capital projects in parallel and built an AI tool that eliminated status update meetings by letting stakeholders get answers themselves.
Education
DePaul Driehaus College of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
2018 — 2020
Harper College
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
2011 — 2013
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
2013 — 2016
Skills
- Leadership
- Customer Service
- Solidworks
- Project Management
- Autodesk Inventor
- Manufacturing
- Composites
- Creo Parametric
- Powerpoint
- Autocad
- Matlab
- Microsoft Office
- Composite Manufacturing
- Mechanical Engineering
- Testing
- Solid Edge
- Cad
- Engineering
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