Aaron Cruikshank

Current

• Project Manager at Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table
• Managing Partner at Friuch Consulting

Past

• Consulting Partner at Rocket Builders
• Aboriginal Relations Coordinator at BC Hydro
• Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator at BC Hydro

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Education

• Simon Fraser University
• Simon Fraser University

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Connections

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• Friuch Consulting

Aaron Cruikshank’s Summary

Project management, market Intelligence and public policy professional with considerable experience in competitive intelligence, business analysis, science and technology policy, public participation and communications.

Aaron Cruikshank’s Specialties:

Labour market information, competitive intelligence, business analysis, due dilliegence, public policy, public relations, qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis and reporting, consensus building, marketing and communications, survey design and delivery, statistical analysis, documentary research, program review.

Aaron Cruikshank’s Experience

• Project Manager

  Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table

  (Civil Engineering industry)

  August 2008 — Present (3 months)

  The Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table begins operations on October 1, 2008. The mandate of the Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table is to coordinate decision-making and action to address labour market requirements and skills gaps in the Gateway. The scope of the Gateway is infrastructure projects to support road, rail, ports, pipeline, or air transportation in the Pacific "Gateway" situated in British Columbia. As Project Manager, I will be ensuring that pilot projects and research projects are carried out in a manner that meets the mandate of the organization.

• Managing Partner

  Friuch Consulting

  (Management Consulting industry)

  January 2003 — Present (5 years 10 months)

  Previous and current clients/partners include:
  
  Terasen Gas
  University of British Columbia
  Rocket Builders
  (with Rocket Builders: Flowfinity Wireless, Solid Innovation, Razor Technologies, ACETECH, Antarctica Digital, The Level, Acclaro)
  Simon Fraser University
  The Learning Disabilities Association of BC
  The Islands Trust
  NanotechBC
  Canadian Plastics Industry Association
  JURAT Pty Ltd.
  GPT Management
  Salt Spring Coffee Co.
  Prime Minister's Advisory Council on Science and Technology
  BC Premier's Technology Council
  Canadian Homebuilder's Association - BC
  BC Construction Assocation
  Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC
  Canada25
  National Research Council
  The BC Industry Training Authority
  BCIT
  The Canadian Institute for Market Intelligence
  Leading Edge BC

Aaron Cruikshank’s Education

• Simon Fraser University

  MPP, Master of Public Policy, 2004 — 2006

  Capstone (thesis) focussed on public participation and it's impact on large capital projects undertaken by Canadian Public Electric Utilities. Was a teaching assistant for a 400-level Communications Class with roughly 60 students. Research areas:
  
  - Infanticide
  - Post-Tsunami Economic Recovery in Sri Lanka
  - Public Participation
  - Environmental Impact of Technology
  - Labour Policy
  - Inter-Governmental Negotiation
  - Science and Technology

  Activities and Societies:

  Member of winning team in SFU's NetImpact Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility Challenge, sat on SFU's Vancouver Campus Committee as the Grad Student representative.

• Simon Fraser University

  BA (Hon), Communication, 1996 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  Co-op accredited, Sociology/PoliSci minor, Honours thesis with the Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology (CPROST).

Additional Information

Aaron Cruikshank’s Websites:

• Friuch Consulting

Aaron Cruikshank’s Groups:

New Ventures BC, SFU Alumni Association Board of Directors, ProjectWorld, UBC Continuing Studies, Learning Disabilities Association, Vancouver Consultants

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