Hi Larry,
It's like this this when there is an open-ended question.
More likely Greg just started as a supervisor and he has to make the department with what he has. for know at least ...
Yes, Greg needs to hire a good designer over CAD operator but since he has been an experience designer for long time then a good CAD may help.
Greg may have to work with whatever software he has until he complete a justification report and request for a better/new software. It's a little easier to ask for a faster machine.
Wait and see if Greg will give us more info about what he has and what he allows to do with his bugget.

I also agree with part of Jack's idea to have an experience designer setup at home but that's not going to help Greg at this time (Start to setup PCB Department).

Take care Larry and keep in touch.

Fred Dehkordi
Sr. PCB Designer
Texas Micro, Inc.