Leon van de Wiel - Director of Global Sales and Service - Buchi Labortechnik AG
"Chris Sopko’s position as General Manager / President of BUCHI Corporation gave him a full P/L responsibility over our biggest organization in the global BUCHI-group. This included the management of the whole team including finance, HR, marketing, sales, warehousing and logistics.
I could closely work together with Chris and learned to know him as a senior manager with outstanding skills in general management of an organization in the scientific business environment. He has demonstrated the ability to handle pressure, manage time, plan and organize, communicate and work as a team member. His ability to work in international environments with multicultural setups turned out to be a big help in forming and professionalizing our global management team.
During the years Chris worked with us we experienced him as a hard working, proactive manager who turns challenges into opportunities to achieve sales targets. His management style can be described as teambuilding oriented, conceptual, strategically focused, leading by example, customer focused, target oriented.
Unfortunately Chris decided to leave our organization which gave us a substantial challenge replacing him.
He got on very well with his colleagues and was highly respected as a person and as a professional by the management, his co-workers and customers.
I can unreservedly recommend Chris Sopko for a management position of a market oriented organization. He will be an asset to any employer. We would not hesitate to hire him again as a manager for one of our organisations.
If you do have any further questions with regard to Chris Sopko’s suitability please do not hesitate to call me."