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Citynet VP Craig Behr Receives Special Recognition
 Citynet's VP of Managed Services, Craig Behr has been recognized by The State Journal as one of its 2009 class of Generation Next: 40 Under 40. Each year, The State Journal highlights the young generation of leaders who are emerging across the state of West Virginia. We are proud to have Craig recognized for his talent, commitment and persistence to the success of Business in West Virginia.
The article from The State Journal follows:
Wheeling native Craig Behr was just 16 when he started his first company. “I had had a paper route, I had worked in a restaurant, and I had done the typical 16-year-old-mow-grass kind of thing,” Behr said. “I was very passionate about computers, and it dawned on me that … I could do something that I loved to do and make some money at it.” Behr sold computer hardware and software and developed software part-time through Computer Companion through high school.
He decided he should go to college in case the business didn’t work out, so he kept running Computer Companion while earning a double degree — bachelor of science degrees in computer engineering and electrical engineering — in five years at West Virginia University.
At WVU, Behr joined a service fraternity. He gave thousands of hours to volunteer projects in West Virginia and across the country — an experience that has shaped his adult life.
In 2003, Behr rebranded his company as Veritech Consulting Group, oriented toward serving businesses rather than individual retail customers. Veritech grew quickly, at one point employing as many as 14. The company worked so often with one client, Citynet, that the two decided to merge in 2007.
Behr is now vice president for managed services for Citynet in Morgantown. In his spare time, Behr continues the habit of volunteerism that he formed in college. He serves on the board of directors of the Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club in Morgantown and of the United Way of Monongalia and Preston County, where he also serves as treasurer.
“I would say that my involvement in the service fraternity in college opened up my eyes to how much need there is in the community and how much of an impact you can make,” he said. “Certainly my family instilled the value of community support, but I think that was really reinforced by the volunteer work I did throughout college.”
Behr lives in Morgantown with his wife, Anne, and their one-year-old son, Alex.
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