CLIPPER CONTROLS - Key Persons


Craig S. Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Company Captain
Craig has captained Clipper Controls since 1994. He previously held the position of Director of North American Sales for Moore Industries and sales engineer for Endress+Hauser. Craig graduated from Cal Poly with engineering and marketing degrees. In his spare time, Craig enjoys golf, sailing, wine making and working on many honey do lists. And since you are probably curious, Craig has learned it is better to have friends with boats...

Dan Bosque

Job Titles:
  • Sales Engineer
Dan is our Inside Sales Engineer, providing technical support to our customers. Although Dan works primarily on the inside, he does make sales and service visits to many customers. Dan graduated from the University of Santa Clara, with a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and is a Registered Professional Electrical Engineer with the State of California. Dan is an active member of the Northern California Section of the ISA, and is the section Secretary and Newsletter editor.

Deborah Johnson

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
Deborah joined Clipper Controls in 1999. She manages the daily operations of the crew, develops policies and procedures and generally handles all personnel related and operational issues to keep us sailing smoothly. Her dedication to creating a highly functioning crew that produces results has kept our Company in ship shape. Deborah graduated from the University of California, Davis with a BA in Psychology. In 2001 Craig and Deborah were married. Deborah enjoys fashion, cooking, psychoanalyzing Craig (accurately of course), and sharing fine wines with friends.

Ehren Ellenburg

Job Titles:
  • Sales Engineer
Ehren graduated from the University of California, Davis with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He is responsible for customers in the northern central California and Nevada territory. After a long productive day he enjoys target shooting, playing his guitar, and looking cool.

Jack Commins

Job Titles:
  • Sales Engineer
Jack is our sales engineer for the south and east bay territory. He graduated from Cal Poly with a degree in mechanical engineering. Jack's industry experience, product knowledge, and organization skills make him a valuable asset to our customers. He and his wife enjoy making wine and he also referees youth soccer games for his two children.

Lauren Broughton

Job Titles:
  • Sales Support
Lauren is responsible for our accounting and order processing functions and provides great customer support. She also enjoys movies...

Robert DiNatale

Job Titles:
  • Sales Engineer
Robert is responsible for supporting our customers in the southern central California valley along with the Livermore valley territory. He is a mechanical engineering graduate from UC Davis with over 20 years experience in our instrumentation, controls, and analyzer field. Robert has a productive garden, and is very active in his Church and various community organizations.