Chris Koffler is the Technical Director for the Americas of Sphera’s Sustainability Consulting practice. In this role he is responsible for the quality of all sustainability consulting projects across the region, methodological development, and project oversight. In addition, he is the primary lead in selected areas such as the automotive sector. Chris is a firm believer in the importance of high quality and accurate data to inform product design and strategy development towards a more sustainable future. Over the last 20+ years, Chris has worked on literally hundreds of Life Cycle Assessment and Carbon Footprint projects across a wide variety of industry sectors, including but not limited to the automotive, metals & mining, building & construction, chemical, electronics, consumer goods, packaging, textile, and financial sectors, either in a project manager, quality assurance manager, or independent reviewer role. Chris received his Doctorate in Engineering from the Darmstadt University of Technology in 2007. His PhD work was on Automotive Product Life Cycle Assessment and was carried out at the Volkswagen Group Research Department in Wolfsburg, Germany. He came to the United States in 2010 for his current position at Sphera (formerly thinkstep, formerly PE Americas). Chris has published numerous papers in the field of Life Cycle Assessment and frequently provides his expertise in peer and critical reviews. Chris is a board member at the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA) and is the current co-chair of its Technical Committee. He has represented the U.S. and SETAC North America in the development of various LCA-related ISO standard and has taught Product Life Cycle Assessment at Yale’s School of the Environment and the Harvard Extension School. In 2023, Chris was awarded the Rita Schenck Lifetime Individual LCA Leadership Award by ACLCA, making him the youngest awardee to date.