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Craig Bower is a Director with CTPartners, a premier executive search firm committed to performance, quality and results. Drawing on more than a decade of search experience, Craig quickly assesses success potential and fit, bringing clients candidates with customer focus, creativity, and superior leadership skills. A member of the firm’s Retail Practice, Craig serves clients across the industry. He has assisted companies ranging from emerging to established in identifying senior leadership. Craig has successfully completed assignments for CEOs, COOs, Chief Merchandising Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Presidents, and EVPs and SVPs responsible for key functions including sales and marketing.During his search career, Craig has collaborated with clients from diverse industries, all requiring creative, high caliber talent capable of leading companies in intensely competitive, fast changing business environments. Most recently, Craig was a Principal in the Retail Practice of Cook Associates, Inc., where he worked closely with boards of directors and top leadership in identifying executives for general management and senior functional and operations roles. While with Taylor Winfield, Craig recruited top management for early stage technology companies. During his tenure with this Dallas-based retained search boutique, Craig specialized in working with Tier I venture capital firms to identify CEOs for pre-IPO companies. His search experience includes serving telecommunications, consumer products and manufacturing companies, conducting both domestic and international searches. Among the positions he has filled are vice presidents of sales and marketing, operations, engineering, loss prevention, research, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, information technology, finance, and human resources. Craig graduated from Drew University and earned his MBA from the University of Dallas. He is attached to the firm’s New York office. A native of Pennsylvania, he has resided in Texas for more than twenty years. | 