Craig Rigby
Vice President Product Management and Strategy, Power Solutions
Career
Craig Rigby is currently serving as the Vice President Product Management and Strategy. Craig leads a team to research, analyze, design, communicate and drive business and product strategy for the Original Equipment (OE) group. He will have global responsibility for product management to include road-mapping, core products, and optimizing the OE product line including SLI, EFB, AGM, and Lithium-ion products supplied to OE customers. He also coordinates market research and competitive intelligence for the OE group
Rigby joined Johnson Controls as Director of Hybrid Systems Engineering in March 2007 and was responsible for the development of lithium-ion and nickel metal hydride hybrid battery systems. In his new previous role as Vice President Global Product Engineering he was responsible for research and development initiatives which position Johnson Controls as a technological leader in our industry across all chemistries and battery initiatives.
Prior to Johnson Controls, Rigby was Director of Program Management and Business Development at Collins & Aikman Corporation. He also worked as an Engineering Supervisor at Ford, with a leadership role in the launch of the Ford Escape Hybrid.
Education and Background
Rigby holds a Master of Science in engineering management from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in naval architecture and marine engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.