President & Co-Founder

Proactive Worldwide, Inc.

As President of Proactive Worldwide, Inc., David Kalinowski leads the organization in developing and implementing global strategies and tactics to deliver world-class Competitive Intelligence (CI) research, analysis, training, and consulting services. A 35-year CI veteran, his firm has directed over 7,500 global research and consulting engagements for 225+ Fortune 1000 companies. He has training over 3,000 CI professionals in over 25 countries. David has co-written two, bestselling books: New Directions: A Competitive Intelligence Tale (2011) and The CI-Driven CEO (2022), and his new book, The Sacrifice Paradox: Navigating Life’s Choices and Tradeoffs, will be published in 2025