ABOUT ME
Curt B. Craig
Founder & CEO, APEX Operational Partners
Curt B. Craig is a chief executive and operations leader with more than 30 years of experience guiding complex manufacturing and consumer businesses through growth, transformation, and risk. He has led networks of 76 plants and more than 80 distribution locations, directed organizations of up to 5,000 employees, and delivered more than $100 million in savings. His experience spans public, private, and private-equity-backed environments, where he has advised senior leadership teams and boards on enterprise strategy, capital allocation, operational resilience, acquisitions, technology investment, and executive talent. He brings directors independent judgment, financial and operational discipline, and a consistent record of translating strategy into measurable gains in safety, quality, service, margin, efficiency and cash.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Strategy & Transformation
Capital Allocation
Enterprise Risk
Operations & Supply Chain
M&A & Integration
Technology, Digital & AI
Safety, Quality & Sustainability
Executive Talent & Succession
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Where Curt has led
DEC 2025 – PRESENT
APEX Operational Partners, Founder & CEO
Founded an operational advisory firm providing interim and fractional COO leadership, 90-day performance resets, and EBITDA acceleration, with a focus on stabilizing operations and optimizing value ahead of a transaction.
JAN 2026 – JUN 2026
MRP Solutions, Interim Chief Operations Officer
Held single-point accountability for three manufacturing facilities and led 600+ employees. Reduced the total incident rate from 3.0 to 0.5 within six months and achieved resin and yield-loss savings targets in six months. Directed a $16M capital program and implemented a new ERP system at two sites with zero unplanned downtime.
FEB 2022 – OCT 2025
Altium Packaging, Chief Operations Officer
Consolidated 12+ sites in 24 months, generating $15M+ in EBITDA improvement. Raised OEE from 50.2% to 73.2% and reduced the total incident rate by 67%. Delivered a $32M brownfield facility early and 10% under capital forecast, and led multiple acquisitions spanning 16 sites.
SEP 2021 – JAN 2022
TreeHouse Foods, SVP & Chief Supply Chain Officer
Led end-to-end supply chain for the world’s largest private label foods company. Secured Board approval for a supply chain transformation backed by $100M in incremental investment, and created the company’s first integrated five-year capital plan.
2013 – 2021
McCormick & Company, Progressive Operational and Supply Chain Leadership
Led a $4B Americas supply chain across 14 plants and 80+ contract manufacturers. Developed a 10-year, $1B network capital plan, delivered $36M in annual cost reductions, and led the supply chain integration of French’s Food Company.
1995 – 2013
Procter & Gamble, Progressive Plant, Supply Chain and Operations Leadership
Spent 18 years advancing through packaging, supply chain, operations, maintenance and distribution roles, culminating as Plant Manager of a 700-employee site with full site P&L responsibility.
Education
Executive MBA, Global Supply Chain, Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science, Morehouse College
Board & community
John Carroll High School, Board of Directors
Boys Hope Girls Hope, Greater Baltimore Area, Board of Directors
Brockville Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors
Certified Trainer, 5 Levels of Leadership