Hank Pennington
Hank is the President & CEO of Craig Wire Products LLC.
Hank has an extensive background with more than 20 years of leadership roles in industrial manufacturing and distribution.
As President of Essex Brownell, Hank led the company’s distribution of magnet wire, insulation, and related materials across North America, working closely with sister magnet wire manufacturing operations and many of the same customers CWP serves today. He brings significant international experience, having lived and worked in Europe leading strategic development for magnet wire operations and partnering with manufacturers across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America. Hank’s recent experience also includes a role as COO of Krayden, a distributor of specialty adhesives for electronics, aerospace, and industrial applications.
Hank holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a B.A. in French from Auburn University and an MBA from the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University.
Michael Danckaert
Mike is CFO of Craig Wire Products and has over 30 years of accounting and finance experience. Prior to joining Craig Wire in 2009, Mike was a partner at Ernst & Young in their Transaction Advisory Services practice. Before joining the transaction advisory group, Mike was an Audit Partner at Ernst & Young.
Brad Archambeau
Brad is the Vice President of Sales for Craig Wire Products. Brad has over 30 years of experience in the manufacture of coils and magnet wire. Prior to co-founding Craig Wire, Brad was Vice President and General Manager of Von Roll Austral for 12 years where he developed a “customer solutions” culture in a magnet wire manufacturing operation. Brad joined Austral after 13 years at Swiger Coil in Cleveland. Brad’s background in coil manufacturing makes him a valuable resource for our customers when questions arise in the processing and manufacture of coils.
Linda M. Belcher
Linda is the Vice President of Operations for Craig Wire Products. Linda has over 24 years of experience in magnet wire manufacturing, operations and quality assurance. After graduating from Georgia Tech Linda began her career in the electrical industry by joining Chemtronics as a quality assurance chemist. Upon leaving Chemtronics she joined Von Roll Austral and developed an in depth quality assurance program. In 2007 Linda co-founded Craig Wire Products and immediately developed a “customer first” culture within both the manufacturing and the quality assurance departments.
Brett A. Portwood
Brett is the Plant Manager and co-founder of Craig Wire Products. Brett has over 37 years of experience in engineering, production and equipment design. This experience was key to the development of CWP as a world class manufacturer of magnet wire. Most of our manufacturing equipment is of his proprietary design. This allows us to produce superior magnet wire to what can be produced by commercially available equipment.