Chris Pomering

Background

About Chris Pomering

WHAT I BRING- 22+ years of experience across product development, leadership, engineering – especially in the Cycling industry, manufacturing, design and composites – including 20+ committed years at Trek Bicycles- A healthy global perspective on working across cultures and time zones, from cradle-to-grave with mass produced hardgoods. I lived in Colorado (born & raised), Wisconsin (8yrs), Taiwan (7yrs) & Oregon (5 yrs)- A calming presence with a knack for simplifying the complex, grounding in reality, reinventing the traditional, and making decisions for meaningful accomplishments; all with a dash of levity. LEADERSHIP - Director experience: 7 years leading 7 managers with 45 total reports in multiple countries- Manager experience: 8 years leading 5-20 across various categories of hardgoods product development- Training: Passionate reader of leadership books, Trek training sessions (including direct insights from Jim Collins, Admiral McRaven, Simon Sinek, Nick Saban),+8 professional courses from University of Wisconsin- Style: Empowering, caring, candid yet compassionate feedback, culturally aware, servant, transparent, growth mindset, humble. Myer’s Briggs: INTJ. Ask me about my principles document! TECHNICAL TOOLBOX - Microsoft Suite: very capable, my spreadsheets are legendary - Solidworks CAD: proficient with parts, assemblies, drawings, lifecycle & BOM management and advanced surfacing. Basic experience in Onshape- FEA: Abaqus (Basic), Solidworks Simulation (proficient)/ CNC programming: MasterCAM -Experience with Enovia / EPDM (PLM), Workfront (project management), Workday (HR), GABI (lifecycle analysis, Miro (collaboration), ProofHQ (review/approval)- Language: English (1st), Spanish & Mandarin (basic conversational)- Materials (analysis, design and manufacturing): Composites (strong w/ professional Abaris training), Alloys (strong with direct exposure to most manufacturing processes) and polymers (good general understanding), plus sustainability aspects of each.