Chris Vasta

Chris Vasta is a Senior Director at Portage Point Partners based in the Chicago office. He specializes in providing interim management leadership and strategic, operational and financial advice to underperforming and distressed companies as a senior member of the Performance Improvement practice.

As a seasoned operations professional with more than 15 years of experience, Chris has built a proven track record of driving outsized impact for large-cap and middle market companies across a diverse set of industries including private equity, automotive, aerospace, industrials and healthcare. He is a dedicated client impact partner and deeply committed to driving a step-change in performance leveraging expertise in operational excellence spanning manufacturing, procurement and product development.

At Portage Point, Chris has served as interim Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) for a residential services organization, spearheading growth and cost optimization initiatives across marketing, sales, procurement and field operations. His leadership delivered over $130 million in enterprise value while establishing a performance management infrastructure and continuous improvement culture designed for long-term sustainability.

Prior to Portage Point, Chris was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he led efforts within the Operations Practice, partnering with corporate and private equity clients on value creation and business transformations. He advised C-suite executives and functional leaders on strategy, growth, profitability and organizational capability building. His contributions include delivering $150 million in enterprise value for a healthcare portfolio company, generating $600 million in cost savings for an aerospace organization and securing nearly $1 billion in inflation claims recovery for Tier 1 automotive suppliers.

Previously, Chris was a business unit leader at a professional engineering services firm focused on executing programmatic, organizational and growth strategies. He also led go-to-market strategy for a medical device start-up, project management for Honeywell (HON) and engineering design at Toyota Motor Corporation (TM).

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.