Trond Frantzen

Senior Consulting Partner, The Institute

Trond Frantzen (senior consulting partner) is a management consultant and author, specializing in business requirements analysis best practices. His work ranges from developing The Institute’s event-based approach to rapid requirements analysis, to authoring five books including, “Mastering Business Systems Analysis”, and delivering mission critical and strategic consulting services to clients.

Trond gained his business and technology understanding from a wide range of projects working with clients in Canada and the United States as a specialist in system development “best practices”. He has broad industry experience in financial services and insurance, retail, manufacturing, aerospace, telecommunications, government services, distribution and consulting services. He has extensive interdisciplinary experience in information technology and business operations – including project management, business and system requirements analysis, systems implementation, and metrics (measurement and estimation). He brings considerable international experience to his clients.

Trond received his Bachelor of Arts in business administration and computer science from Loyola College (Concordia University). His first projects (with Canadair, a leading Canadian aerospace company, now Bombardier) involved the CL-89 drone rocket and the CL-215 water bomber. He then joined Industrial Acceptance Corporation (IAC) in Montréal where he was a programmer and system designer for several corporate business systems. He later joined Quantum Information Resources as a consultant on many projects, including as project leader on Pratt and Whitney Canada's massive JT15D non-destructive engine testing project.

Trond was also a senior international consultant with Yourdon, Inc. delivering many consulting assignments and workshops with clients in Canada, the United States and the U.K. Later, he led a massive bail-out project with Prudential Assurance to get an off-the-rails policy issue system up-and-running in record time.

Trond lives in Calgary with his family. His interests are focussed on providing specialized coaching and consulting services to clients, delivering seminar workshops for The Institute, and delivering mission critical and strategic consulting services to clients..

As a professional with many years of experience, Trond has been recognized by the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) and the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA). He was also a finalist as Entrepreneur of the Year in the 1996 Oakville Awards for Business Excellence.