Ray Bender Biography

Ray Bender is an accomplished speaker, consultant, and author with more than 16 years of experience advising senior executives, particularly Chief Information Officers, on the management of Information Technology. With a focus on creating internal and external alliances to support organizational technology requirements, Bender has worked as a Vice President and Research Director for Gartner Group's North American IT Executive Program, where he developed research agendas to support CIOs from companies with over $1 billion in revenue. Before joining Gartner, he was a Consulting Instructor at IBM's Advanced Business Institute, specializing in organizational change, leadership, communications, and alliance creation. With over 25 years of experience in sales, consulting, and management within technology organizations, Bender has successfully led many organizations, the largest of which had over 700 people and $500 million in assets. Bender holds a BS in History and Sociology, an MBA, and a Ph.D. in Management. He is also a US Army's Command and General Staff College graduate. He served two combat tours in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot, retiring as Colonel. An adjunct faculty member at Southwest Texas State University, Bender teaches management courses. He is the co-author of Culture.com: Building Corporate Culture in the Connected Workplace, which outlines strategies for creating a corporate culture to match an organization's dot com business strategy. He also authored "I Should Be Burnt Out by Now" and is working on a book to help technology executives lead their organizations.

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