Craig has worked in the telecommunication and broadband industries for 38 years and currently serves as the CEO for Hill Country Telephone Cooperative (“HCTC”). Preceding his current role, Craig served as HCTC’s COO.

Craig began his career with San Marcos Telephone Company and has worked for national service providers GTE / Verizon and CapRock Communications as well as consulting firms CHR and JSI. Craig also worked with telecom software developer, MetaSolv, before its acquisition by Oracle.

Craig has been actively involved with industry associations and currently serves as a board member of NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association, a board member and Treasurer of the Texas Telephone Association (TTA), a board member of the Texas Telephone Association Foundation (TTAF) and was a former President of the board of directors of the Texas Statewide Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (TSTCI) and has also served on Legislative and Regulatory Committees for both TTA and TSTCI.

Craig also served on the Board of the Services Management Corporation (SMC), a wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary of NTCA, the Rural Broadband Association, charged with administering NTCA’s benefits programs. Craig has participated in NTCA’s Industry & Regulatory Policy Committee, Advanced Services Committee, and Futures Task Group and is a member of the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Rate Development Task Group.

Other local and national interests include service as a board member of the Boerne Kendall County Economic Development Corporation and member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Business Uncertainty Panel.

Craig has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Subcommittee on rural telecommunications issues and has testified as an expert witness before State public utility commissions in Texas, Oklahoma, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Craig has a BBA in Management from Texas State University, and an MBA from California Coast University.