Craig Raucher

Most recently the senior vice president of general management at Total Freight Solutions, Craig Raucher has extensive experience in the freight industry, with time at companies like Corporate Express Delivery Systems and Skynet Worldwide Express. Accomplishments at Total Freight Solutions include establishing and uniting a number of operating divisions and increasing revenue to $57 million from the start-up stage. Personally, Craig Raucher made sales in excess of $17 million while also developing a strong sales team. A good sales department can mean the differe nce between a relatively stagnant company and a truly successful company. One element is to set the business apart from the first contact. Whether sales are initiated online, over the phone, or face-to-face, the process should be approached with a clear and interesting point of view and context. For example, by setting a frame of reference for the product or service, the salesperson allows the potential customer to immedi...

Throughout his professional career, Craig Raucher has focused his work in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, marketing, and finance as an executive with several international shipping companies. Also active in his local community, Craig Raucher leads the Brooklyn/Staten Island Basketball League (SIBL), which practices in the gym of Staten Island’s Public School 8. Over the last three decades, SIBL has made a home at Public School 8, which hosts a regular student body of nearly 600 spread across grades ranging from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade. Also known as the Shirlee Solomon School, it has been based in Great Kills for more than a century. Throughout its life, the main facility has undergone two renovations in 1937 and 1952 to add extra space. One of the school’s most unique spaces is its historic gymnasium, which features wooden backboards and basketball court flooring that both date back 60 years. Though smaller than similar courts of its kind, the Public ...