Albert Cornelissen

Albert Cornelissen is the current Product Owner and Team Lead for United Kingdom at Humanstate. Albert has also previously worked as an Editor & Writer for ZADroid from September 2010 to September 2012. Their responsibilities included writing about Google's Android in South Africa.

Cornelissen began working at Humanstate in July 2009 as the product owner for GivenGain. GivenGain is a global, cross-border fundraising and donation processing platform serving thousands of charities and fundraisers, as well as mass-participation events. Cornelissen was responsible for stakeholder communication, needs and priority analysis, managing expectations, writing specifications, taking care of the product development roadmap, translating projects and work into manageable tasks, writing user stories and defining acceptance criteria, managing the backlog and sprints, running sprint retrospectives and planning meetings, managing releases, and enabling their team to thrive in a collaborative trust-driven environment where taking ownership of work is second nature.

Albert has been with Humanstate for over 10 years and has been instrumental in the company's growth and success.

Albert Cornelissen received a Hons BA in Socio-Informatics from Stellenbosch University. Albert then pursued a BA in Socio-Informatics, Decision Making and Value Studies, and English from the same school. After that, they attained a Comptia A+ certification in Computer Technician from CCS IT. Albert also acquired a Comptia N+ certification in Network Technician from CCS IT. Lastly, they obtained an MCSA in Microsoft Certified System Administrator - Windows 2000 from CCS IT.

Their manager is André Holtshausen, CEO, United Kingdom. Werner Bättenhaussen - Product Owner, United Kingdom, Miranda Jacobs - Senior Product Designer, United Kingdom, and Paul Purton - Product Designer, United Kingdom report to Albert Cornelissen. They are on a team with Willem Cecchi - Group Financial Accountant, United Kingdom, Andrew Elvidge - Consultant, United Kingdom, and Matthew Lawrence - Senior Developer, United Kingdom.