Ben Crawford

PRESIDENT | CEO

Ben R. Crawford currently serves as President & CEO of ETI.  Prior to joining ETI, Ben provided Industrial Services in Heat Treatments for 25+ years and worked for the three largest North American providers, Bodycote, Bluewater, and Paulo.

He has held titles of COO, Vice President and Regional Operations Manager directing up to $100.0 M in revenues, twenty-facilities and seven-hundred employees in three countries.   During his time, he has guided growth, acquisitions and transaction events.

His experiences include working for publicly traded companies, private equity, and family-owned businesses.  In 2018, he built Paulo’s first green-field plant in Monterrey, Mexico serving Brembo Brakes.  Mr. Crawford participates annually raising funds for Tatum’s Bags of Funds helping local children with cancer.  Mr. Crawford received a B.B.A. in Business Administration in 1992 from Indiana State University, his M.B.A from Bethel College, IN in 2002.