Craig is a proven business leader and turnaround expert/specialist who has successfully completed four turnarounds – private equity owned, privately held, and family businesses. He is a diverse and talented CEO; a business builder with a proven record of taking companies (automotive, industrial & consumer products, manufacturers, logistics and service) to a superior level of performance. An agile leader who defines the correct strategic path for the realities of the marketplace and who transforms business systems, processes, human assets, management structure, and culture to execute strategies capable of sustaining breakthrough performance.

 

His core competencies include; strategic planning, P&L management, sales growth, process manufacturing, rationalization, automotive products, commercial products, tactical initiatives, supply chain optimization, lean enterprise systems, 6-sigma, leadership development, servant-leadership, change management, culture building, and service excellence.    

 

Previous Experience

• Bancsource – Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Board Member

• Executive Consultant – Third Party Logistics (3PL), strategic planning, organizational, and leadership development

• LMC Industries – President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

• Hedstrom Corporation – Division President and Chief Operating Officer (COO)

• AlliedSignal – Director, Operational Excellence (6-sigma and lean)

• Purolator Products – General Manager (GM), Motor Components Division

• Tenneco – progressive roles from accounting to Plant Manager

 

Education

Craig graduated from Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio with his Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Finance

 

Professional development includes:

• 6-Sigma Greenbelt

• Lean Enterprise Systems