Kristopher Pinnow is the vice president of Supply Chain at Collins Aerospace. He leads a global team responsible for talent development, the strategic management and procurement of products and services, supplier partnership development, and meeting cost, delivery and quality targets supporting over 300 global locations. Prior to his current role, Pinnow held the previous roles of the vice president of Global Strategic Sourcing at Collins Aerospace, vice president and chief procurement officer at B/E Aerospace (now part of Collins Aerospace) and vice president and chief procurement officer at Bombardier Aerospace.

Prior to Bombardier Aerospace, Pinnow worked for Ford Motor Company where he held a number of senior management positions in purchasing, which included international assignments in Germany, Thailand and China. Pinnow worked for Armco Inc., a specialty steel producer, before joining Ford Motor Company. He has over 20 years of global Supply Chain experience.

He received his undergraduate and Master’s degrees in business from the University of Pittsburgh and has completed executive programs in Supply Chain and Operations from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Pinnow is the chair of the board at the Institute for Supply Management, the largest not-for-profit professional supply management organization worldwide and is a Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM).