Chris is the Co-Founder, CTO & CEO at Aurabox , a cloud-based medical asset storage and collaboration platform, and Runbeam, a data orchestration platform for regulated industries.

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Medtronic

Working Capital Program Leader

Senior Director and Operations Leader of the Gastrointestinal Operating Unit within the Medical Surgical Portfolio at Medtronic

Operations Leader, Gastrointestinal

Senior Director of Supplier Excellence, Sourcing, Restorative Therapies Group (RTG)

Senior leader responsible for driving cost efficiencies through supplier transfer projects, Value-Analysis Value-Engineering (VAVE) projects and supplier development projects.  Medtronic RTG became the most profitable division not just within Medtronic, but in the entire Med-Tech industry during this time.

First 12 months:

Project Execution
	- $8.4M supplier transfer savings vs $8.0M target

Pipeline Growth
	- +40% growth in project savings versus prior year
	- Completed key project enabling both service recovery and savings
	- Partnered with Neurovascular manufacturing site to enable growth, improve quality and delivery

Savings Project Idea Creation Trending
	- +18% project idea growth for next fiscal year, +23% savings growth
	- Value-Analysis Value-Engineering (VAVE) program support and execution
	- Technical Sourcing Cost Savings Program re-launched

Employee Engagement 
	- Personally led RTG Sourcing Engagement Improvement Team
	- Organized and led RTG Sourcing Town Halls
	- Engagement Scores: +4% versus prior year baseline, +6% versus divisional baseline
	- Inclusion Scores: +10% versus prior year baseline, +10% versus divisional baseline
	- Innovation Scores: +12% versus prior year baseline, +7% versus divisional baseline

Backorder recovery
	- Personally assisted Louisville Operations with backorder recovery and creation of "War Room"
	- Managed suppliers and drove backorder recovery and avoidance
	- Collaborated with Site Leader and Materials Manager to implement best practices

Finance
	- Departmental Cost Center $651k favorable YTD

Quality
	- Zero (0) project related CAPAs, PHOs, nor FCAs


Other:
	- Selected to be Spotlights Mentor for Medtronic Women's Network 2018-2020
	- Selected to RTG Operations Extended Staff Planning Team 2019
	- Led Habitat for Humanity, Medtronic Project 6 Philanthropy Event in Boulder, Colorado 2019

Senior Director of Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Excellence

Director of Operations, Medtronic Navigation, Neurosurgery, Restorative Therapies Group (RTG)

Site leader responsible for Louisville Manufacturing Operations including Production, Kitting, Engineering, Inventory, Material Procurement, Facilities, Environmental Health & Safety and Shipping of large capital Surgical Navigation and Imaging Systems, instruments and high volume disposables with $300M annual revenue

First 12 months:

Safety
     -	Celebrated a perfect 0.0 total recordable injury rate for entire annual cycle
     -	Implemented weekly GEMBA walks, driving safety, 5S, and other Kaizen improvements
     -	Implemented Hazard Observations program, tracking weekly progress to targets

Service
     -	Lowest Quarter-End Global Sales Backorder on Record (July 2017) 
     -	12 month Global Sales Backorder average of 0.15 days of sales (world-class)
     -	Designed and implemented Kanban program that improved Product Availability from 25% to 92% on the 30 worst-performing part numbers in the business

Quality
     -	Realized 38% reduction in open CAPAs and 26% reduction in CAPA P90
     -	Successful internal, ISO 13485, and MDSAP/FDA audits with no major non-conformances

Finance
     -	Delivered Annual Operating Plan $996k favorable to budget
     -	Achieved site inventory under budget for first time on record
     -	Year-on-year cost project savings exceeded target by 3%

Operational Excellence
     -	Implemented Tier 4 Policy Deployment, a weekly review of KPI's with staff, recognizing "Missed, 
Achieved or Exceeded" measurements and action plans
     -	Communicated and Implemented new Restorative Therapies Group (RTG) Strategy
     -	Completed Lean Sigma DMAIC Problem Solving Training (Yellow Belt)

Other
     -	Selected as member of Brain Therapies Extended Leadership Team
     -	Volunteered for Medtronic Project 6 at local Community Food Share in Louisville, Colorado
     -	Launched SteathStation S8, the flagship Surgical Navigation capital platform

Director of Operations

Senior Manager of Supply Chain, Medtronic Navigation, Neurosurgery, Surgical Technologies (ST)

- Led supply chain operations to deliver a 90% reduction in backorder/past-due dollars, 30% decrease in inventory weeks of supply and 13% increase in product availability
- Responsibility to drive external suppliers and manage the daily activities of the site level supply chain personnel that plan, schedule and track materials through procurement, receiving, material handling, raw materials and finished goods inventories at multiple locations
- Deliberate focus on key operations metrics including product availability, backorder, inventory and cost reduction
- FDA/MDSAP/ISO/Internal Audit support as subject matter expert (SME), representing Procurement and Sourcing teams 
- Developed A3 strategic initiatives to break key metrics into specific actions and drive owners to due dates
- Selected to represent Operations on the site Global Inclusion, Diversity and Engagement (GIDE) team

Senior Supply Chain Manager

Alpine Research Optics

Managed all aspects of production for optics manufacturing, polishing and thin film coating.  Other responsibilities included oversight of procurement, facilities, testing and maintenance.  Particular emphasis on large government project.

Production Manager

Lexmark International, Inc.

Product Engineering Manager

Development Engineering Manager

International Operations Manager

Operations Manager

Product Engineer

Launching his career in 2000 with Lexmark International, Kelley quickly contributed to manufacturing engineering on a global scale.  He gained critical experience solving technical problems, completing a master's degree and developing an online problem tracking system influencing world-wide operational work-flow.

Kelley was promoted in 2004 to management, leading an inventory planning and manufacturing operations team.  Within a year, he was slated to head up a large-scale toner cartridge manufacturing operation overseas.

In 2005, Kelley moved to China for a three year stint as Operations Manager, rebuilding the local operations team, supervising production and the launch of five new product designs.  The operation achieved the lowest world-wide cost position and he completed the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School.

Returning to the USA in 2008, Kelley accepted a position as Development Engineering Manager.  He led an R&D team, under strict schedule and budget, to develop cutting-edge technology and a new toner bottle architecture.  In 2012, Kelley took a role managing the technical engineering support of Lexmark's highest-end color printer system.  He drove costs down on the program and managed a cross-functional team to successfully resolve cross-platform quality issues.

Kelley left the laser printing business in 2014 and signed on as the senior manager of production at Alpine Research Optics in Boulder, Colorado.  He led the operation, delivering precision laser products to medical, research and micro-electronic industries, including a project for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

In 2015, Kelley accepted an offer from Medtronic as the Senior Supply Chain Manager.  After 18 months of successful operational overhaul he was promoted to Director of Operations.  After another 18 months, Kelley was promoted to Senior Director, focused on driving efficiency projects across the division.

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