Chris Lockwood

An Orlando native, Chris received a bachelor’s degree in finance and real estate from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL in 2011. Prior to joining Waste Pro, he worked as an Electrical Estimator.

Chris joined Waste Pro in 2013 as a Financial Analyst in the corporate office. In 2014, he became a member of the Management Development Program, in which he was further trained in leadership and business management skills. In 2015, he was promoted to Division Manager of Waste Pro’s Hattiesburg, MS operations, where he was responsible for supervising more than three dozen employees who operated approximately 27 trucks and serviced more than 25,000 residential customers, as well as more than 1,500 commercial customers in Forrest, Lamar, Stone, Pearl River and Marion Counties.

In 2018, Chris was promoted to Divisional Vice President, managing Waste Pro’s Natchez, Brookhaven, and Hattiesburg divisions. He led the teams in those offices in overseeing daily operations and expanding across the area.

Chris was promoted to Regional Vice President for Waste Pro’s newly-created Southern Mississippi region in 2019. He is responsible for overseeing operations at the Hattiesburg, Gautier, Gulfport, Brookhaven, and Natchez divisions.

Chris was selected as a member of Waste Pro’s inaugural Leadership Initiative class, a mentorship program designed to develop future Waste Pro leaders, in 2016. In 2019, he was honored with Waste 360’s 40 Under 40 Award.