Craig Bauer

Global SVP

New York, New York, United States

About

Multinational executive with extensive experience in international operations, strategic planning, M&A transactions, integrations, P&L turnarounds, and digital media transformations. Accomplished in designing and delivering profitable growth in private equity and publicly traded firms.

Experience

  • Global SVP at RR Donnelley
    May 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

    Senior Vice President for RRD's Publishing Services Group across APAC, UK, EU, LatAm and N. America. Led the launch and sale of Motif, a direct-to-consumer e-commerce app.

  • Principal at Midpoint Advisory Services, LLC
    Jul 2017 - Jun 2018 · 1 yr

    Family Office Fund of Lili and Michael Lynton, HD Capital Trust. Led due diligence on the acquisition of Arcadia Publishing and History Press for Lezen Acquisition, LLC. Additional Corporate Development clients included CNG, LSC, Bain and FinTech startup ModelShop.

  • Macmillan Education (London Area, United Kingdom)
    • Global EVP, COO
      May 2015 - Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      BC Partners Private Equity (Fund IX) and GvH Joint Venture, Springer Nature. Promoted post merger to direct operations throughout 15 countries in Europe, Asia, S. America, Oceana, and S. Africa. Completed digital curriculum for the launch of Macmillan LMS and mobile app development, restructured organizations in the UK and Asia, established an entity and offices in Thailand for SEA expansion, set up 3rd party distribution in Brazil, and completed an equity divestiture in India.

    • SVP, Global Operations
      Jan 2014 - May 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Implemented global shared services across Nature Scientific Journals, Palgrave Academic Journals & Scientific American Magazine digital operations. Centralized digital, supply chain, logistics, procurement, fulfillment & distribution operations for Macmillan Education. P&L and Board responsibilities of MPAL Ltd in Hong Kong, Malaysia & Thailand.

  • Hachette Book Group (New York City Metropolitan Area)
    • SVP, Operations & Strategic Planning
      Jan 2013 - Jan 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Led the acquisition and integration of Disney’s Hyperion Division. Negotiated global SaaS agreements for Hachette Livre and property lease and architecture agreements in the U.S and Canada.

    • SVP, Operations
      Sep 2009 - Dec 2012 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      Led digital transformation initiatives given the industry shift to digital eBooks and audio, including digitizing rights, xml workflows, metadata, asset management and revenue recognition. Implemented a successful statistical demand planning and S&OP process utilizing Oracle Demantra.

  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Greater Boston)
    • VP Strategic Sourcing & Corporate Development
      Feb 2007 - Aug 2009 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      EMPG Holdings & Davy Group, Private Debt Placement. Participated on the leadership team for the 2007 merger with Riverdeep Education Software and 2008 acquisition of Harcourt Inc. with responsibilities in developing and executing operational synergies. Completed agreements for asset divestitures. Led a corporate cost analysis to guide post merger integration and contract negotiations in $1.1 billion of multi-year direct and BPO agreements.

    • VP Global Supply Chain
      Aug 2005 - Jan 2007 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Bain and Thomas Lee Private Equity Capital (Fund V) Setup the Asia supply chain and domestic and international agreements to achieve PE targets. Supply Chain Leader for a SAP R/3 implementation with APO, MM, PP, BW modules and Ariba EDI.