Chris McBride is a Minnesota-based entrepreneur and strategic business consultant with a proven track record of growing sales, implementing cost savings, and improving quality. His journey began as a thin films process engineer, manufacturing microchips, with dreams of business ownership and helping small businesses excel. His experiences with high tech manufacturing, business operations, supplier development, customer management, quality management, and his education in engineering and business (MBA) have well equipped him for leadership and advisement. In his role as President of Metro Air, Chris tripled sales and doubled profits in 7 years. Chris lives near Minneapolis, MN and is an outdoors enthusiast and avid fisherman.