Chief Executive of quantumiii                       View Albert Cruywagen's profile
Albert Cruywagen  -  e-mail:  albert@quantum3.co.za View my page on Competitive Intelligence
Work Experience: 1997 - Present, Chief Executive : quantumiii Consultants 1998 - 2000, Senior Associate : Booz·Allen & Hamilton 1995-1998: Deputy General Manager, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) 1992-1995: National Intelligence Service (NIS) 1978-1980: Researcher / Analyst, Bureau for State Security   1976-1978: SA Military Intelligence Service. Areas of Expertise:    Management of Change / Change Management Executive coaching Strategic leadership development Organization development Strategic planning Competitive Intelligence, Knowledge Management & Personal Knowledge Management  Types of Clients: Commercial Enterprises, Local, Provincial and Central Government & Agencies. Business Development Focus: Promoting People Focussed Enterprise Transformation and Change Management capabilities to Government and Commercial enterprises. Key Professional Activities: Emeritus President of the South African Association for Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SAACIP) Member of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) US American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Q-Verband (German Qualification Association) Representative with Financial and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority (FASSET) •Associate lecturer with the Booz Allen Hamilton Corporate University. Functional summary: Professional Profile:   Executive with twenty-five years’ experience. Twelve years’ experience in strategic planning, business development and management in highly professional and successful operations/organisations. Comprehensive international experience. Management Success Factors: · Outstanding people skills marked by exceptional leadership and motivational abilities.  · Possesses a well-developed sense of strategy and timing as well as considerable negotiation and presentation skills. · Represented diverse groups in negotiation and lobbying activities to achieve workable solutions in a new political dispensation. · Managed widely diverse functional entities through innovative thinking and professional conduct.  · Implemented management concepts and programmes in a national training and development institution resulting in international approval and acceptance.  · Developed and managed corporate staff to successfully support the implementation of organisation objectives with budget accountability in excess of US$50 million. International Experience: Comprehensive international experience spanning two decades includes: Programme for Developing a Global Mindset, INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration), Fontainebleau, France. Economic and Enterprise Transformation, Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung, Otto Beisheim Graduate School, Vallendar, Germany. International Management Programme, Nijenrode University, Breukelen, The Netherlands. Seminar on Transition to a Multiparty Democracy and Market Economy, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. Programme in Political, Legal and Business Transformation, International Business School MGIMO, Moscow, Russian Federation. Regular attendance of annual American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Conferences in the USA. Extensive travel experience to and in countries in Western and Eastern Europe, Middle and Far East, North America and Africa. Education: Certificate in Strategic Transformation, University of Stellenbosch Business School. Certificate in Strategic Management, University of Stellenbosch Business School. BAHons (Political Science), RAU. BA (Public Law & Political Science), Rand Afrikaans University.