Mechanical Engineering Advisory Council

Christopher Wells
Vice President Global Marketing
Rosemount Measurement Division
Emerson Process Management

Mr. Wells graduated from the University of Illinois in 1993 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a M.B.A. and M.E.M. from Northwestern University in 1997.

Mr. Wells started his career at PPG Industries as a production/process engineer manufacturing coatings and resins for industrial paint products. He continued his career post MBA at PPG Industries as a financial analyst for the Specialty Chemical division and worked through the divestiture of the business.

In 1997 he moved to Emerson where he became a marketing manager for the pressure instrumentation product line. He later moved into business development then took the position of Vice President of Technology. After working in technology and commercializing a solid state pressure sapphire sensing technology he moved into global marketing. His current responsibilities as the Vice President of Global Marketing include managing a global team that consists of marketing, training, eBusiness, and strategy. In the course of the last three years Mr. Wells has assisted in the successful marketing of several new products resulting in incremental sales of over $100M.