Bas Kruimer

Bas Kruimer, Managing Director of Quanta Technology Europe. Bas has been working in the T&D market since 1990 in commercial roles, in business development and management. He has worked on the supplier side, on the consulting side as well as on the utility side. He is now engaded in setting up Quanta Technology’s Consultants team in Europe and further develop QT’s services towards European customers.

Areas of Expertise

  • Substation Automation and IEC 61850
  • Protection, Control, Communication — Smart Grid
  • T&D Design, Engineering, Construction and Maintenance
  • General & Project Management, Business Development, Sales & Marketing

Experience and Background

  • Over 20 years of experience in the electric power industry
  • Market Segment Mgr Eneco Infra; Sales Mgr Joulz Projects 2008 – 2010
    Eneco Infra / Joulz, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • General Mgr of Division Management Systems & Inspections 2006 – 2008
    KEMA Quality, Arnhem, The Netherlands
  • Managing Principal Consultant + Market Issue Leader T&D Consulting 2002 – 2006
    KEMA Consulting, Arnhem, The Netherlands
  • Manager Product Management ABB Relays 1999 – 2000
    ABB Automation Products, Västerås, Sweden
  • Global Product Manager Substation Automation & Protection 1997 – 2001
    ABB Automation/ABB T&D Network Control & Protection, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Sales Manager Network Control & Protection; BU Mgr SA; Sales Engineer 1990 – 1997
    ABB Industrie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Accomplishments and Industry Recognition

  • Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and CIGRE
  • Program Committee member of Transmission & Distribution Europe and Smart Grids Europe Conferences
  • Board member of Technisch Economisch Genootschap in The Netherlands since 2003
  • Contributions in CIGRE and IEEE sessions and work groups in the area of substation automation and IEC 61850.
  • Co-author of IEEE Special Report paper “Integration Issues of Distributed Generation in Distribution Grids” – End 2010

Education

  • M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 1988
  • Erasmus University. Rotterdam – Institute for Sales and Account Management, 2008-2009
  • Twente School of Management – International Business, 2004

Personal

Married; 2 sons in High school; family man; travelling & sports (golf; tennis; squash; sailing; skiing; motorcycle riding)

Bas Kruimer can be contacted at bkruimer@quanta-technology.com