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Christopher Asoian

PMP

Phoenix, AZ

Professional Summary

Strategic Program Leader and People Manager with 10+ years of experience driving large-scale initiatives across manufacturing, fulfillment, and technology environments. Managed teams of engineers, maintenance technicians, and manufacturing operators across multiple industries. Proven success in leading global teams, managing multimillion-dollar CAPEX/OPEX portfolios, and implementing data-driven frameworks to improve efficiency, scalability, and stakeholder alignment. PMP Certified.

Strategic Program Leader and People Manager with 10+ years of experience driving large-scale initiatives across manufacturing, fulfillment, and technology environments. Managed teams of engineers, maintenance technicians, and manufacturing operators across multiple industries. Proven success in leading global teams, managing multimillion-dollar CAPEX/OPEX portfolios, and implementing data-driven frameworks to improve efficiency, scalability, and stakeholder alignment. PMP Certified.

Experience

Tesla

Sr. Technical Program Manager

Apr 2025Dec 2025 · 8 mos

  • Led enterprise optimization and AI automation roadmap across design, engineering, warehouse, and
  • operations teams, prioritizing 10 high-impact automation opportunities across core business workflows for
  • 2025
  • Standardized warehouse lifecycle tracking, sample management, and technical documentation processes,
  • removing manual status tracking and improving visibility across teams
  • Integrated workflow documentation and operational tracking into Adobe Workfront, consolidating 3 disconnected trackers into a centralized project-management system
  • Drove AI-enabled reporting and visualization adoption, reducing recurring reporting preparation time by an
  • estimated 8 hours per week
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Chewy

Sr. Fulfillment Center Design Program Manager

Aug 2022Feb 2025 · 2 yr 6 mos · Remote

  • Managed national fulfillment center design portfolio across 13 sites
  • Delivered $2M in annual savings by eliminating redundant PIT equipment leases
  • Increased pharmaceutical fulfillment capacity by 41% through automation
  • Built Smartsheet dashboards and SQL/Excel-based models to track project scope & finances
  • Established company-wide Operations–Engineering intake and governance model
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ZXP Technologies

Engineering Manager

Aug 2021Aug 2022 · 1 yr · Houston, TX

  • Led 18-member organization (Maintenance, Process, Continuous Improvement) managing a $3.5MM CAPEX portfolio
  • Designed and implemented a standardized engineering design process that delivered 15+ projects under budget
  • Introduced PM and work-order metrics through Asset Essentials to improve prioritization and reduce maintenance backlog by 22%
  • Improved project cost control by standardizing scope definition, vendor quoting, approval gates, and execution tracking across projects
  • Increased maintenance planning discipline by implementing prioritization metrics for safety, downtime risk, production impact, and labor availability
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PepsiCo

Sr. Engineering Project Manager

Mar 2019Aug 2021 · 2 yr 5 mos · Plano, TX

  • Owner of $30MM productivity budget to overhaul aging warehouses with cutting-edge automation, increasing case shipping throughput
  • Identified new project opportunities working with multi-discipline stakeholders and technical leads on a weekly basis
  • Led Supply Chain Travel Task Force during COVID-19 by successfully implementing travel guidelines for all PFNA travelers along with sourcing & building a sustainable travel kit co-pack operation
  • Responsible for managing and executing the Digital Value Chain (DVC) agenda, including $12.8MM Killingly full site pilot, $6MM Cucamonga commercialization pilot, and developing menu-items for national deployment with multidisciplinary partners across FLNA and PepsiCo Global
  • Developed a run-book for Predictive Maintenance utilizing learnings in DVC Killingly using zero capital dollars and presented findings during 2019 Tech Manager Vertical Meeting
  • On-boarding coach to two new junior engineer employees, mentor to three 2020 interns, and helped re-shape the new hire introductory booklet
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The Dennis Group

Packaging Engineer

Sep 2017Feb 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos · Duluth, GA

  • Proficient in AutoCAD to create state-of-the-art packaging line drawings based on customer need
  • Awarded and managed €2.5MM project with clients in Portugal and Switzerland to build a modular packaging line in Bangladesh by 09/2019
  • Performed ten-day line audit of a high-speed packaging bottling line and identified top line performance issues to customer using Excel statistical analysis to increase line efficiency by 28% within a month
  • Project managed a multi-million dollar dairy equipment installation, aligned with customers and vendors to deliver project 12% below budget and on time with a vertical startup after day 5
  • Assumed Construction Manager role to fill a last-minute opening on a 30,000 sq.ft. building expansion process, managing over 20 contractors to create concrete footings for structure
LOCKED · 18 May 2026, 21:59

MillerCoors

Process Leader - Packaging

Nov 2015Jul 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos · Fort Worth, TX

  • Start-up leader and owner of first-of-its-kind aluminum pint bottling line
  • Constructed weekly deep-dive presentations for Sr Leadership analyzing and streamlining raw weekly runtime data into easy to understand Pareto charts
  • Created corporate-standard shared learning documentation of line start utilized by five in-network breweries
  • Second shift bottle line supervisor for over 30 union employees
  • Assumed process owner position of four warehouses capable of holding 70MM barrels of beer with 98 direct report employees
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Skills
Adobe WorkfrontAgile Project ManagementAutoCADConflict ManagementEffective CommunicationMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft ProjectProgram ManagementProject ManagementRACISAPSmartsheetSprintsTeam Leadership
Education

University of Florida

Bachelor of Science · Chemical Engineering · GPA: 3.78

2014

LOCKED · 18 May 2026, 21:44
Certifications

PMP

PMI · Oct 2024

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Awards

Quantum Leap Award

Frito Lay · 2021

LOCKED · 18 May 2026, 22:03

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Record ID: UT-2026-595284