Craig Fuher is the founder of Affective Business Intelligence Corporation (ABIC), the California-based, future-oriented business network and consulting firm. He has consulted at a senior level with dozens of corporations in many sectors to include insurance, financial services, manufacturing, technology, professional services and consumer goods. For more than a decade he has been exploring the continued evolution of leadership in the knowledge-intensive economy, and the far-reaching consequences for small and medium size organizations.
Craig has over 25 years of hands-on experience as a visionary, leading startup, emerging, and mature organizations by providing decisive leadership, management and guidance with a proven ability to execute in intensely competitive environments. He has built his distinctive background in leadership by developing exceptional expertise in managing large-scale initiatives, consistently delivering results by developing teams to produce innovative solutions in competitive and challenging situations. Some of his specific areas of experience are: Leadership, Strategy & Process Development, Cyber Security Principles & Cyber Risk Management, Forecasting, Cost Controls, Intellectual Property Protection and Intellectual Property Litigation experience.
Craig has been involved in the creation of several technology and business service organizations. He pioneered the Application Service Provider (ASP) space in the insurance industry with the industry’s very first offering in 1999. His company offered the first commercially available “Cloud Solution” years before cloud computing was even thought of as a technology offering term. In 2001, Craig was awarded the Technology Industry Leadership Award by Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce which was presented by the Governor of California.
Craig is the Founder, and former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of XDimensional Technologies, Inc., a technology company which continues to develop and market internet based software and other technology solutions to the insurance industry. The focus of the company is developing internet-based enterprise software solutions (Software as a Service – SaaS), specifically in the area of providing highly secure web applications and services. The flagship product is Nexsure, which is an industry leading insurance platform that is provided as a 100% “Cloud” solution.
Craig was a core member of a Cyber Security Advisory Board that has developed a Master’s of Science Degree in National Security Studies (Cyber Security). The Board is composed of five members from the United States intelligence community and private sector with grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the purpose of establishing a National Model Curriculum for Cyber Security and Intelligence.
Craig served in the United States Air Force from 1985 through 1989 and was named Air Force Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year, 35th Tactical Fighter Wing in 1988. He has a Master’s degree in National Security Studies from California State University (CSUSB) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Southern Illinois University. He is a Member of InfraGard, a partnership between the FBI and the private sector and is a Certified Cyber Security Architect (CCSA). He is a Nationally Licensed Property & Casualty Insurance Broker, specializing in Cyber & Technology Coverages.