LEADERSHIP BACKGROUND
With a career spanning more than 30 years in the plastics industry, Chris Morton is the current CEO of Medical Components of America which he started from green field and is now in its eighth year of operation.
A preview of Morton's career experience includes the following:
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Thermoplastic injection molding, associated manufacturing processes, and manufacturing management.
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Working in all manufacturing areas of product design, tool design, tool making, product and process engineering, quality, materials management, plastics technology, facility engineering and operations management.
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During his career, Morton has worked with and for various leading injection molding companies, OEM / EMS organizations around the world.
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Over the past twenty years he has held leadership positions in the industry in varying market segments, with a significant amount of this time in the healthcare market.
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For ten years he held numerous positions with Flex, with responsibilities ranging from international operations leadership to roles in the Chief Technology Group of Flex, leaving the position as Vice President of Global Mechanicals.
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Most recently Chris held the position as Chief Operating Officer for MedPlast, a custom medical injection molding company, overseeing all operations.
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He graduated with a BA in Business Administration, BS in Psychology, with Liberal Arts from Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska.