Christopher Ruhland

Christopher Ruhland has a diverse and extensive work experience in the mechanical engineering field. Christopher currently holds the position of Senior Mechanical Product Engineer at Luminii since March 2020. Prior to this, they worked at Emerson Automation Solutions, where they served as an Engineering Group Leader from January 2019 to March 2020 and as a Senior Project Engineer from January 2016 to January 2019. In these roles, they coordinated product development activities, provided technical guidance to a global team, and led engineering projects for various product lines.

Before joining Emerson Automation Solutions, Ruhland worked at Generation Brands as a Senior Mechanical Engineer from August 2013 to January 2016. During their time there, they engineered the award-winning Merge Linear system and developed additions and enhancements for the GATICA lighting system. Christopher also traveled to China to collaborate with manufacturing partners.

Prior to that, Ruhland served as a Senior Product Development Engineer at Rambus from August 2012 to July 2013. Christopher played a key role in developing LED light bulbs for commercial and residential applications and secured several patents for innovative designs. Christopher collaborated with a cross-functional team of scientists and engineers to convert intellectual property into novel lighting applications.

Ruhland also worked at Focal Point, LLC as a Senior Design Engineer from July 2010 to August 2012. In this role, they introduced new ideas and concepts to expand the luminaire product offering, developed conceptual ideas into mass-producible final products, and advanced the integration of high-performance LED modules.

Prior to their time at Focal Point, Ruhland worked as a Mechanical Engineer (Contract) at TK Simplex from March 2010 to July 2010, where they designed components and tooling for a new product line and updated forging and casting drawings for offshore manufacturing. Christopher also performed failure mode analysis using COSMOS.

Ruhland started their career as a Mechanical Project Engineer at Eagle High Mast Lighting Co., Inc. from April 2008 to December 2009. In this role, they supervised construction personnel, created drawings for manufacturing operations, and optimized the contract bid process.

Overall, Christopher Ruhland has consistently demonstrated their expertise in mechanical engineering through their various roles and contributions to product development, project management, technical guidance, and innovative design.

Christopher Ruhland pursued their higher education from the University of Illinois Chicago, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. Christopher attended this institution from 2004 to 2009. Following this, Christopher continued their education at the same university and obtained a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from 2010 to 2012.