Summary
Chris Bigelow is a retired senior manufacturing and quality engineer with nearly three decades of hands-on experience driving cost reduction, process optimization, and lean transformations across industrial and electronics manufacturing. He has led cross-functional teams, built QA organizations, and delivered measurable results—such as multi-hundred-thousand dollar savings, capacity increases, and dramatic inventory and cycle-time reductions—using Six Sigma, DFMA, VSM and simulation. Comfortable at both the shop-floor and managerial levels, he has designed tooling, automation, and facility layouts while justifying capital investments and improving ergonomics and throughput. A pragmatic problem-solver with strong data analysis and communication skills, he also coached and trained teams in Kaizen, 5S and demand-flow practices. His volunteer work facilitating professional networking and teaching social media/job-search skills highlights a rarely-seen blend of technical depth and people-focused mentorship. Based in Avon, NY, he continues to translate complex manufacturing challenges into practical, cost-effective solutions.
9 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Industrial Engineering, MS, Industrial Engineering at Alfred University
Regents' Diploma, Regents' Diploma at New Paltz High School
BS, Interdisciplinary Engineering & Management, BS, Interdisciplinary Engineering & Management at Clarkson University