Robert D. Scott Fellow

Robert D. Scott is a Fellow of the Cutter Business Technology Council and a Senior Consultant with Cutter Consortium's Business Technology Strategies practice. He is the Director of the Information Systems Executive Forum (a CIO development network) of the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Mr. Scott also serves as the Director of the Center for Academic Multicultural Programs within the Michigan College of Engineering. After 32 years of service, he retired from Procter & Gamble (P&G) as the VP of Innovation & Architecture, Global Business Services. In this capacity, Mr. Scott was responsible for identifying and leveraging emerging information technologies, stewardship for the P&G IT enterprise architecture, and innovation of new internal and external IT-enabled business models. Over the course of his P&G career, he worked in a wide variety of roles, including an international assignment in Brussels, Belgium, first serving as Regional IT Leader (covering Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) and then as CIO for the Fabric & Home Care business unit. Mr. Scott also served as the P&G Corporate Function CIO and was a core leader of P&G's Global Shared Services implementation program. In addition, he was the VP of IT Global Market Development, responsible for P&G's global IT program for retail customer systems, including the retail e-business strategy.

Mr. Scott has also served as a Principal Consultant with iGATE as well as through his own consulting practice. He brings a wealth of business experience coupled with an understanding of information technologies and how these can be leveraged to develop or renew business models. Mr. Scott's area of expertise includes business-IT strategy and planning, shared services strategy and implementation, organization performance, and human capital development. He also participates on the boards of several local community social services and arts groups. Mr. Scott is the former Chair of the University of Michigan Engineering Multicultural Program Corporate Advisory Council and is currently a member of several IT executive councils and forums. He can be reached at consulting@cutter.com.