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