Vice President, Operations, Europe & Asia
Neapco Holdings, LLC
Brighton, Michigan
CHRISTOPHER A. FENTON, VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS, EUROPE & ASIA, NEAPCO HOLDINGS, LLC
Chris Fenton holds the position of Vice President, Operations, Europe & Asia for Neapco Holdings, LLC. Based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Chris has full operational responsibility for Neapco’s European and Asian Business Units. Prior to this appointment, Chris served for two years as Managing Director of Neapco’s European Operations and was based in Düren, Germany.
Chris has more than 30 years of industry experience and has previously served in operations and leadership positions with Bosch, TRW, Kohler, and Piston Automotive. Prior to joining Neapco, Chris served as Piston Automotive’s Director of Quality and Continuous Improvement. Throughout his career, Chris has held roles of increasing responsibility in manufacturing engineering, operations, program management, quality, supply chain and continuous improvement. Chris has spent a significant amount of his career living and working internationally, having completed multiple expatriate assignments in Europe and Asia and three years working in Mexico.
Chris is native to Michigan and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) with a focus on Operations Management and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Chris is both an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) and Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE). Chris currently resides in Brighton, Michigan.
Monday, May 20
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM