Jay Kurtz

Mr. Kurtz is the founder and President of KappaWest. He is an internationally acclaimed authority on the application of military principles in the competitive business environment. As such, Mr. Kurtz helped to pioneer and popularize the concepts of "Business Warfare" worldwide as a speaker and lecturer in over thirty countries on five continents and as a consultant to more than 150 companies.

Mr. Kurtz remains one of KappaWest's most active professionals and typically travels more than 100 days per year to visit clients, deliver training programs and to conduct consulting and facilitation assignments. He is involved personally in preparing and conducting major business wargames for clients each year. Many clients turn to KappaWest again and again because of the trust they have in Mr. Kurtz, his ability to provide structure and discipline, help executive teams deal more quickly and effectively with complex business situations, and the close personal relationships that he maintains with many top corporate executives.

Mr. Kurtz combines conventional marketing and planning theory with military concepts and analogies for a pragmatic, effective approach to business. His no-nonsense approach has enhanced the performance of large and small companies in highly competitive, demanding situations across a broad range of industries and markets. He has an established track record of success in high technology companies, especially in the information technology, telecommunications, bio-technology and pharmaceutical industries, as well as in areas as diverse as defense/aerospace and professional services.

Mr. Kurtz was one of the original founders of Multiple Access Limited (since acquired by a large international information technology company), a multi-million dollar computer services and communications firm, where he held the position of Vice President-Marketing. Previously, he was National Marketing Manager of the Data Center Division of IBM Canada.

Mr. Kurtz served in the Canadian Army as a Captain in the Royal Canadian Engineers. He is a licensed professional engineer, a graduate in Engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from Queens University.

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