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CONFIDEE Welcomes Craig Haywood to the Team
March 20, 2023 | CONFIDEEEstimated reading time: 1 minute

CONFIDEE your compliant printed circuit partner is proud to announce the appointment of Craig Haywood as Operations Manager. “With nearly three decades of experience in PCB manufacturing, Craig brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to our team”, says CEO Vidar Olsen.
CONFIDEEs foundation is a transparent and long-term partnership with our partners.
“As an industry veteran with extensive experience in PCB technology, Craig will ensure that we can further build close and personal relationships with our partners. With Craig on board, we are taking partnerships to the next level”, says Olsen.
The combination of an advanced IT system and highly experienced and skilled human resources create a powerful synergy.
“We have worked tirelessly to create, ID, our compliance technology software, streamlining and digitalizing the PCB supply chain, protecting our partners' data. By leveraging compliance technology and combining it with human resources like Craig, we are taking a small step in increasing our team, but a significant move towards improving the industry” says Olsen.
Craig Haywood is equally enthusiastic about joining the team.
"I am thrilled to be part of a company that has a strong commitment to learn, build and share competence and technology. They have a clear focus on developing solutions which create value prepositions for their partners and finding new ways to make the work-day easier and more transparent", he says.
"For me, it's all about the people, the culture, and respect in relation to how you do business and how you treat people, always with a goal to do better, and make a difference as a person, friend, colleague and partner”, Haywood concludes.
With Craig Haywood's appointment as Operations Manager, the Operations department consists of Asle Høibybråten, Craig Haywood and Yik Chuang Tang and more people are on the way.
“We are ready to take the industry to the next level, being agile, transparent, and humble to those who have placed their trust in CONFIDEE,” says Olsen.
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