Bob Benson
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Bob Benson is a Fellow with Cutter Consortium's Business Technology Strategies and Government & Public Sector practices. He is also a Principal with The Beta Group. Mr. Benson applies more than 40 years of academic and corporate experience to assist companies and government agencies in understanding the business value of IT, strategic and financial IT management, strategic IT planning, effective IT application development, and IT governance. He has written more than 100 Cutter Consortium E-Mail Advisors on business technology strategy and IT governance as well as additional Executive Reports, Updates, and Cutter journals. Mr. Benson has consulted for and conducted workshops with Cutter clients in the US, Mexico, and Poland.

Mr. Benson has been instrumental in the development of portfolio management methods and strategic and financial management methodologies based on Information Economics used by companies and consulting organizations around the world. He has conducted executive seminars and management courses on these subjects and has consulted with over 100 companies and organizations in 20 countries.

For 40 years, Mr. Benson taught computer science and information management at Washington University in St. Louis (USA), where he also served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Computing and Communications, Dean, CIO, and in various financial executive positions. He has also taught information management at Tilburg University (the Netherlands) for 20 years and is a member of its faculty. Mr. Benson has appeared in numerous keynote speaking opportunities at executive conferences, including Cutter's Summits in the US and Mexico, Gartner Symposium/Expo events, Information Management Forum CIO, Enterprise Architecture Conference, IQPC-sponsored Summits, and others. He is coauthor of several books and numerous articles and monographs, including From Business Strategy to IT Action: Right Decisions for a Better Bottom Line, Information Economics: Linking Information Technology and Business Performance and Information Strategy and Economics: Linking Information Systems Strategy to Business Performance. Mr. Benson holds a bachelor of science degree in engineering science and a law degree, both from Washington University. He can be reached at consulting@cutter.com.

Government-Related Experience

Robert Benson is a Fellow with Cutter Consortium's Business-IT Strategies and Government & Public Sector practices. He has assisted federal, state, and local government and educational agencies since 1966 with specific expertise in strategic and financial IT management, strategic IT planning, application portfolio management, PMO management, effective IT application development, and IT governance in all levels of government. His career includes extensive management and technical responsibilities as well as teaching and research experience.

For 40 years, Mr. Benson taught computer science and information management at Washington University in St. Louis (USA), where he also served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Computing and Communications, Dean, CIO, and in various financial executive positions. He has also taught information management at Tilburg University (the Netherlands) for 20 years and is a member of its faculty. Mr. Benson is also a Principal in The Beta Group. He has appeared in numerous keynote speaking opportunities at executive conferences, including Cutter's Summits in the US and Mexico, Gartner Symposium/Expo events, Information Management Forum CIO, Enterprise Architecture Conference, IQPC-sponsored Summits, and others. Mr. Benson is coauthor of several books and numerous articles and monographs, including From Business Strategy to IT Action: Right Decisions for a Better Bottom Line, Information Economics: Linking Information Technology and Business Performance and Information Strategy and Economics: Linking Information Systems Strategy to Business Performance. He has also written more than 100 Cutter Consortium E-Mail Advisors on business technology strategy and IT governance as well as additional Executive Reports, Updates, and Cutter journals. Mr. Benson holds a bachelor of science degree in engineering science and a law degree, both from Washington University. He can be reached at consulting@cutter.com.

Selected Client List

The following is a selection of local, state, and federal government organizations (including universities and school systems) for which Mr. Benson has recently provided consulting support:

  • Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)
  • St. Louis and St. Louis County Cooperating School Districts
  • Department of Justice
  • East Tennessee State University
  • Emporia State University
  • FBI
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Government Printing Office
  • Missouri Department of Education
  • Regional Justice Information System (Missouri)
  • Sandia National Laboratory
  • St. Louis Public Schools
  • State of Kansas
  • State of South Dakota
  • University of Wisconsin System
  • US Customs
  • US Customs and Border Protection
  • US Geological Survey
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"[T]he reality is that most companies today demonstrate a considerable gap between the goals of IT and those of the business -- and I believe the gap is growing."

— Bob Benson,
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