Brad Ellis

Brad joined Ensign-Bickford Industries in January 2023 as President and CEO. He is a seasoned and proven business leader with a track record of success.

Brad joined EBI from Danaher Corporation where he served as Vice President & Group Executive of the Water Quality Platform. Brad joined the Water Quality Platform first as President of Hach. He previously worked in Danaher’s Product Identification Platform as President of Videojet.

Brad earlier spent 23 years at Crane Co. in a diverse set of leadership positions. He was Senior Vice President of Crane’s Fluid Handling and Engineered Materials businesses for 5 years, as well as Group President of Crane’s Payment and Merchandising Technologies businesses for 13

years where he led organic and inorganic transformation of a hardware-only business into a cloud-connected business with digitally enabled services and software workflow solutions. Prior to those roles, he served as Vice President of Crane Business System and Chief Information Officer. He also held various corporate responsibilities over his tenure at Crane Co. spanning global supply chain management, high growth markets, and philanthropy, sustainability, and equality.

Prior to joining Crane Co., Brad worked for Arthur Andersen’s Business Consulting Group in the Pacific Northwest practice, helping manufacturing companies through targeted process improvement and system implementations to enhance profitability and efficiency.

Brad holds a BS in Business Administration with emphasis in Marketing and Finance from the University of California Berkeley.