Christopher has a vast array experience and proficiencies, thereby instilling in his projects the aptitude, ability and competence to produce value added sustainable solutions. He has applied these skills in post merger integration, organizational development, cost management, and strategic planning. Christopher transforms complex business and technological issues into straightforward terms and concepts that are easily understood by the stakeholders involved.

A Novel Approach For Road Construction Using An Automated Paving Robot
Thesis Defense: August 2005

Autonomous Robot for Concrete Operations
2005 Construction Research Congress

Autonomous Robot for Construction in Challenging Environments
2006 ASCE Earth & Space Conference

Productivity Analysis of a Multi-Task Autonomous Robot for Concrete Paving
2007 Construction Research Congress

USAF Aerial Refueling Tanker Competition
2010 Management of Government Funded Programs

Fortune 500 Aerospace & Defense Cost Transformation

Background

The economic of downturn of 2009 coupled with increased attention to spending from the DoD created a burning platform for an A&D client to become cost conscious. In reaction to this state of affairs the client was looking to implement an affordability integration strategy, but was functionally stove-piped which created challenges creating a cohesive approach to cost management.

Engagement

Over a two year period of time a cross-functional team consisting of representatives from programs and support functions worked together to target areas of improvement throughout the value chain. The four step approach used to create results consisted of baseline cost assessments, creating tangible affordability objectives, creating and conducting initiatives in direct support the affordability objectives, and an integrated cost accounting system was set up to capture the value of the cost reduction initiatives.

Results

Hundreds of millions of dollars where saved for the company's customers and cash from operations increased to an all time high. The long term sustainable results that were achieved were a centralized affordability council and community of practice which over time will create a culture of performance.

Professional Sports Complex Operations

Background

The client’s leadership indicated through observation, the combination of service cycle times and arrival rates were resulting in increased line length that may be impacting potential revenue. The client had already implemented a number of initiatives, but they were unclear of the source of their problems.

Engagement

The team was contracted for a consolidated report of data collection, analysis, and tangible suggestion plan of actions. An evaluation of the current state of the operations was conducted during events which included multiple forms of data collection, sources ranging from activity based timing, interviews, motion studies, to point of sales collection.  The study focused on the concession stations with the largest opportunity for revenue improvement since these stations were denoted as the most problematic and highly trafficked.

Results

Using Activity Based Timing (ABT), line queue theory, and Value Stream Mapping (VSM) it was determined there was conservatively 35% waste in the concession operations at the facility.  Removing the 35% waste identified would increase the number of additional customers who could be served in a comparable amount of time. Expanding the operations improvements to the entire complex of concession service stations would increase annual revenue in the millions for dollars