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Aurel Brudan is the founder and CEO of The KPI Institute, the global authority on Key Performance Indicators research and education. Under his coordination the Institute research team documented over 7,000 KPI examples from 15 functional areas and 24 industries, reviewed 1,000+ performance reports from 125 countries and referenced 20,000+ resources, the result being www.smartKPIs.com, the premier destination for quality performance management and measurement resources. Other research programs resulted in the development of two maturity models for performance management and measurement as well as the establishment of the Key Performance Indicators Architecture Framework to provide the theoretical base for the Certified KPI Architect award, the premier certification program dedicated to KPI practice.

Under Aurel’s editorial coordination, the Institute published over 30 research reports and developed tens of performance management toolkits illustrating the use of performance management tools in practice. Aurel has published a number of forward thinking academic articles on performance management topics and presents his work at both academic and practitioner conferences at international level.

As a consultant, Aurel conducted numerous performance management systems implementations using solutions such as the Balanced Scorecard, operational dashboards and functional performance scorecards. Among his most important clients are Australia Post, the Australian Federal Administration and the Victorian State Government, National Australia Bank, Opportunity Microcredit and SABIS.

As an educator, Aurel accumulated hundreds of hours of experience in a variety of settings, from open and in-house training delivery, to tutoring management for the University of Melbourne. Aurel is a member of the Academy of Management, the Australian New Zealand Academy of Management and the Australian Marketing Institute and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.

Aurel has tertiary qualifications in both Economics and Marketing, complemented by postgraduate certificates in Advanced Learning and Leadership. Aurel is also in the final stages of his PhD. candidature, researching Integrated Performance Management Systems at the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Certificate in Commercialization at the Melbourne Business School in Australia. His certifications in Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF 9) and Project Management (PRINCE2) complement certifications in training and tutoring.