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 executive with deep expertise in launching high-volume factories and scaling complex electro-mechanical products, from Tesla powertrains to consumer electronics and advanced lithium-ion battery packs for extreme environments. He led the startup of Tesla Powertrain operations in 2012 and later drove vehicle assembly for Model S and X, delivering large productivity, quality and safety gains while growing organizations rapidly. At Lithos Energy he applies that hands-on factory-build experience to design and produce rugged battery systems for high shock, high-vibe and corrosive applications such as marine and aerospace. Chris combines strategic supply-chain design with practical NPI and MES implementations—skills honed across solar, semiconductor and wearable electronics programs where he repeatedly took lines from pilot to millions-per-month capacity. He also has a tinkerer’s technical streak, contributing build and release automation work to AOSP tooling, reflecting comfort with both factory automation and software-enabled processes. Based in the Bay Area with an MBA and an engineering foundation from UC Berkeley, he excels at turning complex engineering requirements into reliable, manufacturable products.
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, BerkeleyMBA, MBA at Santa 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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