Mr. Craig Hufford
Managing Partner
NextGen Global Executive Search
Naperville
specialties
- Engineering
- Aerospace
- Energy
- Military
- Product Development
biography
Craig Hufford has been instrumental as a retained executive search consultant in aerospace and defense, cyber security and InfoSec, enterprise telecom, life sciences and medical devices recruitment that ensure long-term success for clients of NextGen Global Executive Search.
With over 30 years of experience as a retained executive search consultant leading well known staffing firms based in the Chicago area, including Hufford Associates, Craig has solid relationships and contacts within the military and aicraft markets as an aerospace and defense recruiter.
In preparation to becoming a top notch retained executive search recruiter, Craig Hufford attended the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and majored in Business Communications.
Craig’s expertise in recruiting executives and leaders is in:
Aerospace – UAV, aircraft, robotic vehicles, space systems
Defense Systems – C5ISR, Battle Management, weapons systems
Airborne – Power Generation, Test Simulators, Structures and Cabin
Cyber Security – electronic warfare, InfoSec, white box, black box
Medical Devices Retained Executive Search Recruiter
Surgical – electrosurgical, minimally invasive and non-invasive
Biotech – biomaterials, biomass, bioinformatics, DNA genomics
Pharmaceuticals – biomedicine, immunology, pharma
Plasma Separation – blood collection – transfusion therapies, processing
Radiation Therapy – image-guided intensity modulated device
Neuromodulation Therapy – implantable neurotransmitters
Renal – peritoneal, kidney dialysis, hemodialysis, CRRT
Imaging - MRI, medical imaging software
typical job/search assignment
Chief Engineer - Power Generation and Distribution
Aerospace and Avionics
North America
June 2014