Christopher Cochrane
Phoenix, AZ
Professional Summary:
Result-orientated project team leader with 10 years of experience covering project and product management including developing, implementing, and supporting complex infrastructures for fast growing startups.
A fast and eager learner, I am detail oriented and adapt to changing project requirements quickly to meet business goals.
Skills:
Kaizen
Product Development
Operations Management
Strategic Planning
Level 3 Lab Implementations
PPAP
Education:
BSBA, Project Management – Colorado Technical University 2011 – 2013
Key Achievements:
Cost Saving Of $100M.
Through efficient project management and teamwork, my team saved the division at Rockford over $100 Million in the parts assembly department.
The new assembly process is being rolled out to other departments to realize further savings.
Exceeded throughput target by 90%
Cutting loading time & fixing key security issues First American Title by moving key remote workers successfully online at scale.
Managed workflow to continuously create content for remote learning.
Business Generation
Discovered new clients, negotiated over $5 Million of partnership and product deals with key customers based on insights gathered in product development phase.
Developed PGX testing.
Bought to market Pharmacogenomic testing. Allowing for improved pharmaceutical care for hospice, SNF and ALF patients.
Discovering over 30% of patients being mis-prescribed medicines
Professional Experience:
Premier Lab Solutions – Phoenix, AZ 2020 – Present
Senior Project Manager
Premier Labs is a full-service lab that has successful multistate locations performing molecular, toxicology, and chemistry testing.
Accelerated outbound sales cycle by 330% by designing and implementing multiple lab test in house and transitioning away from send out labs.
Lead IT and Scientists development teams to implement EHR,CRM, and LIS technical systems.
Generated a 30% increase in sales by creating, planning, and implementing streamlined sales process.
Established and curated strategic partnerships with AZ & CA state agencies which resulted in $20M additional annual revenue.
Led Pharmacogenomic Testing development that complimented our Pharmacy division as a feature for drug uptake analysis.
Rockford Fosgate – Los Angeles, CA 2018 – 2020
Project Manager – New Product Development
Rockford is a vehicle electronics company that is revolutionizing the car entertainment industry.
Lead a team of engineers to build a proprietary audio system for enterprise and its strategic partners, optimizing sales process and increasing sales revenue by 24%
Curated a $2M business implementation project that saves $3.5M on operational inefficiencies between sales and development departments.
Acted as a liaison between 3 country manufacturing centers.
Maintained and documented inventory of over 4,000 items.
MAAX Spas – Los Angeles, CA 2010 – 2018
Project and Operations Manager
MAAX is a state-of-the-art spa manufacturing company in the top 3 of global sales.
Implemented Kaizen strategic product manufacturing to reduce TAKT and improve lead time across multi-functional teams.
Integrated Lean manufacturing principles into sales workflow, which led to 23% increase in post-production inquiries for product sales department.
Streamlined post-sales support to increase customer referral rate among enterprise clients by 27%
First American Title – Scottsdale, AZ 2015 – 2018
Finance Manager
First American is a fortune 500 Title Agency
Managed nationwide teams implementing new financial software.
Maintained and documented over 500 million in regional accounting.
Led a team of 15 as a project manager, creating a trusting, respectful team in the process.
Trained over 270 temporary remote workers.