Team Spotlight - Craig Giles, Director of Operational Excellence

Team Member Spotlight - Craig GilesMeet Craig
Craig Giles came on board when Benchmark was scaling from a few bespoke system designs to a full operational facility with a team that had tripled in size in just a few months. With experience at Husky Technologies and Northern Power Systems, he oversaw the upgrade to our 40,000 sq ft facility and continues to oversee vertical integration with expanded testing and production capabilities. 

Time at Benchmark:
3 years

What projects are you working on?
Operational Excellence is a broad role designed to collaborate with the organization to identify and resolve operational constraints and challenges to delivering customer commitments. I have touchpoints with every department in our organization, from operations to production to business development and marketing.

Craig and Family-1What do you do for fun outside of work?
I am the co-founder and coach of VT Volleyball juniors travel volleyball club, and a proud father of two young men (Coen and Maddox). I enjoy hiking and exploring with my wife Bridget and our two Rottweiler’s and enjoying time with friends and family.