Christopher Uhrinek

About Christopher Uhrinek

Based in New York, Chris Uhrinek is a member of Spencer Stuart\'s Leadership Advisory Services practice, where he advises senior management teams on leadership and organizational effectiveness. He has over a decade of experience designing and implementing performance interventions for large corporate and private equity clients, spanning strategic alignment, post-M&A integration, leadership assessment and development, and top team effectiveness.Before joining Spencer Stuart, Chris was a Partner at Heidrick & Struggles in Singapore, responsible for launching their consulting practice in the APAC region. During his time with Heidrick Consulting, he worked with clients to address leadership challenges across six continents. He wrote and spoke frequently on agile leadership, managing disruption, and building the capabilities needed to enable digital transformation and innovation.Prior to that, Chris was a principal with Decision Strategies International (DSI), a boutique strategy and leadership advisory firm with deep roots in decision sciences, acquired by Heidrick & Struggles in 2016. During his time at DSI, he worked closely with senior management teams to drive scenario-based strategic planning initiatives that enable organizations to become more agile in times of uncertainty and identify the capabilities and investments needed for future success.Chris\' earlier consulting career included time with PwC’s healthcare industries advisory practice where he focused on customer interaction strategy and operations. He helped companies, primarily in the life sciences industries, understand their data assets, design novel business models, or engage their customers in new digital ways.He also served for nearly a decade as the president and chairman of the board of Minds Matter of Philadelphia, Inc, a non-profit organization helping high-achieving high school students from low-income families achieve academic excellence and gain admissions to leading universities. He also served as a director on the board of Minds Matter, Inc, the umbrella organization for the national network of chapters in 14 cities across the U.S, and was a member of the Carnegie Mellon University Admissions Council.Chris earned an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS degree in mechanical and biomedical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Experience

1. Leadership Advisory Consultant

   Spencer Stuart

   Jan 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biomedical & Mechanical Engineering

  2004 — 2008

• The Wharton School

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

  2016 — 2018

Skills

• Medical Devices
• Compliance
• Non-Profit Leadership
• Strategic Consulting
• Commercial Operations
• Management Consulting
• Public Speaking
• Life Sciences
• Customer Segmentation Strategy
• Business Strategy
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Scenario Planning
• Non-Profit Board Development
• IT Project & Program Management
• Aggregate Spend
• Strategy
• Program Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Project Management
• Research
• Change Management
• Consulting
• Data Analysis
• Financial Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Process Engineering
• Management
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Transformation
• Non-Profit Program Development
• Product Innovation
• Healthcare
• Business Development
• Nonprofits
• Strategic Planning
• Lifesciences
• Competitive Analysis
• Business Operations
• Leadership