Chief Technology Officer @ (February 2013 - July 2016)
Jci Group Vice President, Asia Pacific @ (November 2012 - February 2013)
President and Chief Executive Officer @ Johnson Controls Automotive Japan (June 2007 - November 2012)
President and Chief Executive Officer @ Johnson Controls Automotive Korea (October 2005 - June 2007)
Manager @ (June 2001 - January 2004)
Assistant Manager @ (December 1998 - December 1999)
Engineer @ (June 1993 - June 1997)
Christopher Couch Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD (Operations Management w/Finance)
1995-1998
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS (Mechanical Engineering w/Japanese)
1992-1993
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS (Mechanical Engineering)
1988-1992
Christopher Couch Skills
Automotive
Manufacturing
Supply Chain Management
Engineering
Business Strategy
Toyota Production System
Strategic Planning
Engineering Management
Vehicles
Project Planning
Leadership
Lean Manufacturing
Continuous Improvement
Product Development
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Kaizen
Operations Management
Change Management
Strategy
Process Improvement
CRM
TQM
Product Management
Manufacturing Operations Management
Energy
SPC
International Sales
Value Stream Mapping
Six Sigma
Logistics
Business Process Improvement
Injection Molding
Program Management
Operational Excellence
Root Cause Analysis
APQP
5S
JIT
PPAP
FMEA
Industrial Engineering
Kanban
Quality System
DMAIC
Manufacturing Operations
Manufacturing Engineering
Start-ups
Product Design
Supply Chain
ISO
Information Technology
Technology
Korean
Start Ups
Operations
Cross Functional Team Leadership
Christopher Couch Summary
Christopher Couch, based in Ann Arbor, MI, US, is currently a President and CTO at Cooper Standard. Christopher Couch brings experience from previous roles at Cooper Standard, Liveline Technologies and Midwest Materials Innovation Consortium (MMIC). Christopher Couch holds a 1995 - 1998 PhD in Operations Management w/Finance @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With a robust skill set that includes Automotive, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Strategy and more. Christopher Couch has 4 emails and 3 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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