Biography

"Many consultants like to fix systems, forgetting about the people.
But in my view, a systems problem is always a people problem."

About Peter Kraan...

Peter Kraan founded P. Kraan Corporate Engineers in 1991. For the work he has done since then, please see "References". Prior to 1991, he worked for such major companies as:

Bell AG, Basle, Switzerland
(food manufacturing and retailing)
( http://www.bell.ch/)

• Member of the Management Board
  
• Vice President of Finance and Accounting
• Head of the Computer Services Department

Sandoz AG (now Novartis), Basle, Switzerland
(pharmaceuticals)
(http://www.novartis.com/)

• Computer Services Project Manager (Basle, Switzerland)
• Market Research, Product Management and Sales (Hanover, NJ, USA)
• Operations Research (Basle, Switzerland)

Prognos AG, Basle, Switzerland
(consulting)
(http://www.prognos.ch/)

• Research Fellow Market Research and Marketing Consulting

In addition, he has taught at the following schools:

Engineering School of Basle, Switzerland
(http://www.fhbb.ch/)

• Data Processing Project Management

Vocational Academy of Lörrach, Germany
(http://www.ba-loerrach.de/)

• Operations Research
  

Peter studied mathematics, physics and astronomy, and has a Master's degree in mathematics from the University of Basle, Switzerland. Born in Brazil, he grew up in the United States, the Netherlands and Switzerland - where he has lived since 1970. He is fluent in English, German, Dutch and Swiss German, and has a good working knowledge of Spanish.

Peter is married to Renée C. Kraan-Korteweg (http://www.kraankorteweg.com/), a renowned astronomer. They have three children, Christiaan (http://www.ckraan.com/), Tiemo and Marisa (http://www.mkraan.com/).