As the President of Kittyhawk, Brandon Creason brings more than 20 years of progressive sales, marketing, operations, and management experience to lead our growing team. He has been a proud member of the organization since 2005—and has been an enthusiastic innovator driving sales activities and developing support systems for the Hot Isostatic Pressing services Kittyhawk provides to clients worldwide.

Brandon has demonstrated success in bringing people and technology together. He stays focused on streamlining manufacturing processes while overseeing financial controls, budgets, strategic planning, performance measurement, production schedules, and staff development. He has also committed to providing increased value for our clients by expanding production capabilities at our California headquarters and opening an additional facility in Oregon.

Brandon Creason holds a B.A. in Communication from San Diego State. He previously performed the Business Development Manager role at Kittyhawk and was a member of the national sales team at CareerBuilder.

Dan Bednar is the Chief Financial Officer of Kittyhawk and has more than 25 years of experience leading high-impact finance, accounting, strategy and business intelligence departments. Dan is responsible for all financial aspects of the company which include planning, accounting and internal controls, reporting, risk management and compliance, M&A and corporate strategy.

Prior to joining Kittyhawk, Dan was most recently with the Motor Trend Group, where he held a number of prominent financial and operational roles throughout his career, including CFO of the Digital Division, SVP Finance and SVP Business Intelligence. Dan began his career as an associate at PwC, where he worked in the Assurance and Business Advisory practice.

Dan earned an M.B.A. degree in finance from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University and is a California Certified Public Accountant.