Chris Gross
VP Manufacturing Supply Chain at Lithos Energy, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Gross is a seasoned manufacturing and supply chain leader based in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for launching and scaling high-volume operations in energy, automotive, and solar sectors. As VP of Manufacturing & Supply Chain at Lithos Energy, he oversees in-house battery pack design and production for rugged automotive, marine, and aerospace applications, driving reliability and safety at scale. At Tesla, he built and led powertrain, battery assembly, and vehicle assembly organizations, delivering substantial efficiency gains and launching multiple programs including Model S and Model X. His early career spans Applied Materials, Twin Creeks, and Miasole, where he designed manufacturing lines, led MES deployments, and ramped solar cell manufacturing to high-volume production, with a strong hands-on bias. He combines an engineering and operations research background from UC Berkeley with an MBA from Santa Clara University, applying data-driven leadership to cross-functional teams. An active contributor to automation and build tooling in open-source projects, including Android's AOSP, he has hands-on experience improving build scripts and release processes for complex systems.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, Engineering, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research at University of California, BerkeleySanta Clara University - Leavey School of Business
Github Skills (7)
release-management10
release-automation10
android10
build-automation10
python9
makefile9
git4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
aosp-mirror/platform_build
Apr 2019 - Sep 2020
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:61 commits in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily focused on modifying build scripts and release tools within the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) repository. Their commits involved changes to `add_img_to_target_files.py`, `merge_target_files.py`, and other build-related files. These changes appear to be related to image generation, merging target files, and setting build configurations. Furthermore, the user worked on adjusting build IDs and cleanup steps.
cwgroos/Windows-universal-samples
Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push in 1 day
apidevelopment-kitwindowssdkuniversal-windows-platform
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