Chris Schultz
Sr Manager IT Engineering Applications
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Schultz is a seasoned technology delivery leader and Sr. Manager of IT Engineering Applications based in Portland, Oregon, with a 30+ year career spanning aerospace, defense, commercial software, and enterprise services. He combines program-level strategy and hands-on delivery—managing multimillion-dollar portfolios, leading distributed engineering teams across North America, EMEA and APAC, and driving transformational initiatives using both Agile and waterfall approaches. Known for translating business priorities into pragmatic technology roadmaps, Chris has repeatedly stepped into high-visibility roles to align stakeholders, realize benefits, and accelerate outcomes. His background includes enterprise architecture and platform stewardship at Hewlett-Packard and Lockheed Martin, plus operational ownership of national enrollment services for Kaiser Permanente’s 12.5M members. A PMP and SAFe-certified leader with strong systems thinking and change-management instincts, he’s also recognized for quickly assimilating into new leadership challenges and fostering inclusive, virtual-first teams.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Master's certificate, Master's certificate at Villanova UniversityMBA, MBA at Washington State University
Github Skills (34)
tsp-solver10
route-optimization10
opencv10
python10
image-processing10
logistics10
deep-learning10
computer-vision10
multi-objective-optimization9
operations-research9
manifold9
optimizer9
vehicle-routing-problem9
optimization9
nvidia9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
NVIDIA/cuOpt-Resources
Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
A collection of NVIDIA cuOpt samples and other resources
Contributions:8 reviews, 8 commits, 13 PRs in 2 months
optimization-algorithmsvrpoptimization-toolslogisticsnvidia-gpu
NVIDIA-Omniverse/kit-app-template
May 2024 - Apr 2025
Omniverse Kit App Template
Contributions:1 review, 5 PRs, 30 pushes in 10 months
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