Chris is a business executive that is currently serving as the President of Holland LP, a leading railroad engineering and maintenance company serving customers in over 36 countries. He previously has held several c-suite and executive leadership positions in both private equity, private/family run and public companies. He has served as an executive leader for manufacturing companies serving in diverse markets, including; the Internet of Things (IOT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for both industrial and mobile products, fire equipment and apparatus, engineered valves and flow control, aerospace and consumer products.
Prior to his c-suite experience, Chris has held numerous executive positions with Fortune 500 companies in Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, International Operations, Lean and Strategy.
Chris has a Mechanical Engineering degree from University of Illinois and graduated from General Electric’s Corporate Management and Six Sigma training programs. Chris enjoys the process of invention and has seven US Patents.
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