Chris SosnowskiFounder

United States - Greater Chicago Area

With a background in water and wastewater process design, my career has led me to start a few companies all with the goal of making the world a better place water-wise. I'm a bootstrapping hard worker that loves to get my hands dirty doing the hardest jobs myself. I also aspire to be a life-learner with the only-occasionally-too-rosy belief that I can do anything. I'm married to my best friend and have the best family a man could ask for.

PERSONAL SKILLS
• Motivational leader & speaker with experienced utility market sector discernment.
• Balanced approach to growth, profit, impact, and employee engagement.
• Problem solving, multi-tasker, with a steady, positive attitude when others wilt. Able to foresee business and product/service issues ahead of operational stress.
• Electrically and mechanically inclined problem solver with metal and wood fabrication/maker skills and blue-collar background and resilience.
• Humble learner and avid reader of growth, psychology, theology, sales, and leadership books.
• Professional, above board, driven board contributor with an uncompromising ethical background and record of success and boardsmanship.

BUSINESS SKILLS
• P&L responsibility and proven financial results for over 15 years. Never have exited a business unprofitable.
• 10+ years of board/director leadership experience (active on 5 boards in the past 5 years)
• Public water/data technology evangelist
• 7-figure charity and startup fundraising experience
• Licensed PE Civil/Environmental engineer with water planning, design, and commissioning experience
• SCADA, Controls, Automation, Operational Technology/Cybersecurity planning, design, integration experience.
• Track record of high employee engagement with low turnover; I care for my people.
• ERP strategy, evaluation, implementation, and evolution experience
• Leadership coaching and development skills (mentoring, train-the-trainers, leadership training sessions).
• Growth and strategy development (20-40% YoY growth over a 5 year period)