Dr. Reed most recently served as President & Chief Growth officer (CGO) of Altamira Technologies Corporation, and as Senior Vice President (SVP) and CGO for Serco's North American business, where he oversaw the company’s growth, corporate strategy, and mergers & acquisitions efforts and was recognized by Washington Exec Chief Growth Awards as Public Company CGO of the Year in 2020. His other positions have included: President & Chief Operating Officer of NT Concepts; SVP of Strategy & Corporate Development at Engility; SVP of Strategy & Corporate Development at DynCorp International; VP of Strategy & Business Development for Intelligence Systems at Northrop Grumman; Managing Director at CSP Associates; Senior Policy Advisor and Executive Director of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board at the U.S. Department of Energy; and several strategy, growth, and Washington Operations leadership roles at Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin.

Currently, Craig is the founder and CEO of Growth Strategy Leaders, an advisory firm he began in 2011, helping corporate clients develop and achieve their inorganic and organic growth strategy and transformation objectives.  He also sits on the board or is an advisor to First Light Acquisition Group, Sincerus, ERC, Republic Capital Access, and the Association for Corporate Growth, of which he also served as president.

Craig holds a Ph.D. in public policy with a concentration in national security studies from George Washington University, where he wrote his doctoral dissertation on U.S. commercial space launch policy. He also earned a Master of International Affairs degree with concentrations in international business and international security studies from the School of International & Public Affairs at Columbia University, a B.A. in political science and psychology from the State University of New York at Albany, and completed the Oxford Management Programme at Said Business School at Oxford University.