Chris Brooks
Managing Director Americas at Essentra
Naperville, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolChris Brooks is an inclusive, results-driven manufacturing and services executive with 25+ years of experience leading global P&L, operations, and commercial growth across precision B2B sectors including medical technology, test & measurement, and foodservice. Currently Managing Director Americas at Essentra after serving as President at Danaher’s X-Rite, he has a consistent track record of driving revenue and EBITDA expansion through operational excellence, supply chain optimization, and talent development. Chris combines hands-on engineering roots with an MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler, enabling him to translate technical complexity into scalable commercial outcomes. He is known for building high-performance teams and for pragmatic ownership of full P&L responsibility across regulated and non-regulated environments. An early-career background in Coca-Cola remanufacturing and a playful GitHub bio hint at a maker mindset that still enjoys “building cool stuff” alongside board-level strategy.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityMBA, MBA at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Github Skills (18)
xml9
hsts7
cropperjs7
crop-image7
macos6
arduino6
image-manipulation6
avr-gcc6
macos-catalina6
ios6
react5
react-component5
ssl4
sni4
security4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
brooks42/JavaCivCardGame
Oct 2018 - Sep 2023
Contributions:1 push, 3 branches in 4 years 11 months
brooks42/MessingWithESPs
Aug 2020 - Jul 2024
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
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