Gene Granata
Director of Product Management at CGTech
Director of Product Management and has been with CGTech since 1992. With more than 40 years of CNC manufacturing experience, he is responsible for overseeing the development of CGTech’s full suite of manufacturing solutions including the flagship software product VERICUT, CAD/CAM and Tooling interfaces, Composite Applications, CNC Machine Connectivity, Post-Processors and more.
After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in NC Manufacturing Technology from Northern Illinois University in 1983, his professional career began at Bendix Aerospace (now known as Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies) as an NC Programmer for a variety of CNC lathes, mills, and multi-tasking machines. He then went to work for aerospace companies such as Northrop Aircraft and McDonnell Douglas, working on T-45, F-20 and F-18 fighter projects, as well as B-2 Stealth bomber and C-17 military transport aircraft.
Prior to Mr. Granata’s role as Director of Product Management, he was the VERICUT Product Manager and Technical Support Manager for a team providing support and consulting services to manufacturing businesses in the Americas. Mr. Granata’s strong desire to help customers improve machining processes led him to write technical documentation, design many general-purpose and customized training courses, and provide manufacturing consulting services to hundreds of companies in virtually every industry.
Mr. Granata says that even after decades of service to the manufacturing industry, what makes every day fresh and exciting is the people you get to work with, rapidly advancing technology and opportunities to provide new software solutions to tackle even the most difficult manufacturing challenges.