CHRIS O’TOOLE
Vice President, Operations Practice
Chris is an operations executive and Lean transformation leader with 30 years of experience strengthening industrial operations and global supply chains. He brings hands-on leadership in business turnarounds, acquisition integration, and multisite transformation, including P&L responsibility within private equity portfolio companies.
His experience includes global supply chain leadership at Bio-Techne and senior operations roles at PLZ, Abrasive Form, and Veritas Steel. At PLZ, Chris aligned 13 plants around common operating standards and Daily Management, helping reduce unit costs by 20% in nine months. His approach connects operational discipline with measurable business results while building the leadership capability needed to sustain them.