Manufacturing Council
Carol Craig
Carol Craig
Founder & CEO, Craig Technologies
Carol Craig is Founder and CEO of Craig Technologies, headquartered in Cape Canaveral, FL. Starting from one person in 1999, Carol doubled 2009 revenues of $16.5M during three years of our Nation’s most tumultuous economy. The company now supports a diverse portfolio of government and commercial customers with nearly 400 associates in 20 states and Washington DC.
In 2012, Carol negotiated and executed a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the loan of 1,600 pieces of specialty equipment once used to process Shuttle systems, and opened the Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing Center in the 161,000 SF landmark building in Cape Canaveral to support aviation, aerospace, transportation, energy and other high technology industries.
Prior to her entrepreneurial pursuits, Carol served as an active duty P-3C Orion Naval Flight Officer responsible for all tactical communication and navigation aboard combat aircraft; she was the first woman aviator in her squadron. An engineer by trade, Carol consulted for the military as a designer of cockpit systems, and created and provided instruction in flight planning software systems.
Carol’s been lauded for her business success to include the 2013 NDIA Kathleen P. Sridhar Small Business Executive of the Year Award, the 2013 HENAAC Entrepreneur Award, and received the 2008 SWE Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Carol holds a BA in Computer Science from Knox College, a BS in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Illinois, and an MS in Electrical Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology.
In 2010, Carol founded the Danny Craig Foundation to raise and administer funds to help children with medical disorders live better lives. She enjoys traveling with her family, making music in her church, and attending Orlando Magic basketball games.
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