PAUL A. STRASSMANN’s career includes service as chief corporate information systems executive (1956-1978; 1990-1993, and 2002-2003), vice-president of strategic planning for office automation (1978-1985), and information systems researcher and professor (1986 to date).

Mr. Strassmann was Distinguished Professor of Information Sciences at George Mason School of Information Technology. He is Contributing Editor of the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association Signal magazine and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Queralt, a company that offers Radio Frequency Tag identification services for high-value objects. He was leader of the InfoSecurity practice at the International Data Corporation and retired after that organization was sold to an international firm.

He holds registered U.S. Trademarks for Return-on-Management®, R-O-M®, Information Productivity® and Knowledge Capital®. In 2009 he received an Honorary Doctorate degree from the George Mason University.

After serving as an advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Defense since 1990 he was appointed to a newly created position of Director of Defense Information and member of the US Senior Executive Service, an appointment awarded to only 0.3% of DoD staff.

He was responsible for organizing and managing the corporate information management (CIM) program across the Department of Defense which included a major cost reduction and business reengineering program of the defense information infrastructure. Strassmann had policy oversight for Defense Department’s information technology expenditures.

He is a 1993 recipient of the Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service - the Defense Department’s highest civilian recognition, also awarded to four presidents.

In 2002 he was recalled to government service as the acting Chief Information Officer of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with direct responsibility and accountability for the NASA computing and telecommunication information infrastructure. After completing his assignments in 2003 he retired from government service after receiving the NASA Exceptional Service Medal for improving I.T. architecture, security, and services.

Strassmann joined Xerox in 1969 as director of administration and information systems with worldwide responsibility for all internal Xerox computer activities. From 1972 to 1976 he served as founder and general manager of its Information Services Division with responsibility to operate corporate computer centers, communication networks, administrative services, software development and management consulting services.

He introduced major innovations in global telecommunication management. From 1976 to 1978 he was corporate director responsible for world-wide computer, telecommunications and administrative functions. He was a key contributor to shaping Xerox business strategy for office automation. He developed new methods for evaluating the productivity of computer investments.

Until his retirement from Xerox he served as vice president of strategic planning for the Information Products Group, with responsibility for strategic investments, acquisitions and product plans involving the corporation’s world-wide electronic businesses.

Afterwards he became an author, lecturer and consultant to firms such as AT&T, Citicorp, Digital Equipment, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, ING, SAIC, Shell Oil, Sun Microsystems, and Texas Instruments.

He has held appointments as Adjunct Professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Visiting Professor at the University of Connecticut, and Visiting Professor at the Imperial College, in London, England.

His public involvement includes presentations to the US Senate, the US House of Representatives, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the British House of Commons, and the USSR Council of Ministers.

Strassmann served on the Boards of Directors of Alinean, InSite One, McCabe Software, Meta Software, and Trio Security.

Prior to joining Xerox, Strassmann held the job of Corporate Information Officer for the General Foods Corporation and afterwards as the Chief Information Systems executive for the Kraft Corporation from 1960 through 1969. His involvement with computers dates back to 1954 when he designed a method for scheduling toll collection personnel on the basis of punch card toll receipts.

He earned an engineering degree from the Cooper Union, a master’s degree in industrial management from MIT, and a PhD from George Mason University

He is author of over 250 articles on information management and information worker productivity. His 1985 book Information Payoff: The Transformation of Work in the Electronic Age attracted worldwide attention and was translated into a number of languages.

His 1990 book, The Business Value of Computers, covers his research on the relation between information technology and profitability of firms.

His 1993 book, The Politics of Information Management offers guidelines on organization of the information function for greatest effectiveness. A companion volume, The Irreverent Dictionary of Information Politics reflects on the inconsistencies in information management practices.

His 1997 book, The Squandered Computer was Amazon.com’s #1 best selling book on information management.

His latest books include Information Productivity - Assessing the Information Management Costs of U.S. Industrial Corporations (1999), The Economics of Corporate Information Systems (2007), Paul’s War (2008) and Paul’s Odyssey (2009) and The Computers Nobody Wanted: My Years at Xerox (2009). His lectures are now available as video recordings on the internet.

Strassmann was chairman of the committee on information workers for the White House Conference on Productivity and served on the Department of Defense Federal Advisory Board for Information Management, the Army Science Board, and the Defense Science Board. He is a Distinguished Engineer of the Association for Computing Machinery, life member of the Data Processing Management Association, Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society, senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and member of the honorary engineering society Tau Beta Pi. He authored the code of conduct for data processing professionals, was recipient of the 1992 Award for Achievement by the Association for Federal Information Resource Management and was named the Government Executive of the Year; received the 1992 International Industry Award for advancing the adoption of Open Systems, the 1996 Excellence Award for Business Engineering. In 1997 he was named to the CIO Hall of Fame by CIO Magazine as one of the twelve most influential CIOs of the decade. In 2000, he was cited by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control and Intelligence for his pioneering work as one of the executives responsible for advancing the cause of U.S. information capabilities.

He is recipient of the 2006 Neal Business Journalism award for a series of articles on the Economics of Information and the AFCEA SIGNAL award for best feature article in 2011.

Strassmann is recipient of the Gen. Stefanik Medal for his actions as a guerilla commando from September 1944 through March 1945 in Czechoslovakia.

Publications

• A Plant-Warehouse System with Variable Lead-Times and Variable Re-Order Levels
• Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
• Managerial Problems in Designing and Organizing a Large Computer System for Inventory Control
• Forecasting Considerations in Design of Management Information Systems
• Management Sciences in the Food Industry − A Status Report
• Summary of the Results of the New York Sloan School Alumni Questionnaire February, 1968
• The Games Managers Play
• A View of the 1980's
• Xerox Information Services Newsletter, April 1972
• Information Feature
• DoD Business Mission Area Service-Oriented Architecture to Support Business Transformation
• Managing the Evolution to Advanced Information Systems
• How E-Business Affects Knowledge Capital
• Code of Ethics, Conduct and Good Practice for Holders of The Certificate In Data Processing
• Strategy for the 70's: Stay Flexible with Datacomm Investments
• Xerox Information Services Newsletter, July 1974
• Stochastic Decision Trees for the Analysis of Investment Decisions
• New Responsibilities for the Top Computer Executive
• The Management of White Collar Productivity Programs
• Paul Strassmann
• The Future Direction of Information Services to Impact the Bottom Line
• Managing the costs of information
• Stages of Growth
• Information Systems in Management Science
• Organizational Productivity − The Role of Information Technology
• Statement By Mr. Paul Strassmann − Director Of Defense Information Before The House Armed Services Committee Readiness Subcommittee April 23, 1991
• Statement By Mr. Paul Strassmann − Director Of Defense Information Before the House Appropriations Committee Defense Subcommittee April 24,1991
• Statement Of Paul A. Strassmann, Xerox Corp.
• Remarks To The Joint Hearings Of The Subcommittee On Transportation, Aviation & Communications And The Subcommittee On Science, Research And Technology
• Hearings Before The Subcommittee On Investigations And Oversight Of The Committee On Science And Technology U.S. House Of Representives Ninety-eighth Congress APRIL 6, 7, 1983
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum − Interview with Paul Strassmann July 7, 1990
• Development of Stone Age Weapons
• What are Your Employees Worth?
• Why ROI ratios are now crucial to IT investment
• Power Politics of the CIO
• Vernietiging van kennis
• Starting out on a voyage of discovery
• The economics of outsourcing
• The impact of transaction economics
• Foundations of Information Economics − Part III
• Real Numbers: Does Outsourcing Deliver the Goods?
• The Structure of IT Spending as a Measure of Organizational Disorder
• Real Numbers: Taking a Bite Out of Overhead
• Does Your Tech Budget Have Teeth?
• Real Numbers: Check How to Verify If You Are Important
• Does Your CIO Have Clout?
• Real Numbers: Find True Indicators of Tech Superiority
• Measuring Your I.T. Superiority
• The 500 Companies That Manage Information Best
• Is Google Cable's Next Nightmare? No.
• Real Numbers: How Much Is Know-How Worth?
• Putting a Price on Brainpower
• How Much Is An Employee Worth?
• Putting a Price on a Head
• Real Numbers: A Closer Look at GM's Tech Spending Cuts
• How to Judge Your I.T. Spending
• What is the Worth of an Employee?
• Governance and Alignment In the Era of Business Transformation
• The 100 Smartest Companies (analysis)
• The 100 Smartest Companies (rankings)
• Business Data Transformation
• Real Numbers: Can You Measure Info Management?
• Workbook: Measuring Info Management
• Real Numbers: How To Transform Your Business
• The Price of Dirty Data
• Real Numbers: What Should You Be: Strategic or Tactical?
• Workbook: Tactical vs. Strategic
• Net Centric Strategy for Defense Transformation
• Leaders Ranked by Revenue
• Real Numbers: 3 Metrics to Gauge Security Spending
• Is Your Security Strategy Sound?
• Real Numbers: 7 Places To Clean The Clutter In IT
• Are You Transforming Your Business?
• Enterprise Services for Defense Transformation
• Information Economics Metrics
• Real Numbers: Building Software? Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Is Consolidation Paying Off?
• Information Assurance for Defense Security
• The 100 Smartest Companies of 2007
• Real Numbers: Is Microsoft Losing its Grip?
• Transformation of HP Information Technologies
• Measuring and Communicating I.T. Value
• Real Numbers: HP: Behind The Ascent Of The New IT Champ
• Real Numbers: Why Pay-For-Use Computing Pays Off
• Benefits of Server Virtualization
• The Baseline 500
• Getting a glimpse, through numbers, of who's using technology well
• Real Numbers: 5 Secure Reasons for Thin Clients
• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for DoD
• The Use of Portals in a Systems Architecture
• Budgeting DoD Information Technologies
• Introduction to Virtualization
• Data Center Evolu.on and the "Cloud"
• Operation of a Network Control Center
• The Economics of Thin Clients
• Network-Centric Systems Need Standards and Metrics
• Assymetric Cyber Warfare
• Operating Network Centric Systems on a "Cloud"
• The Internet's Vulnerabilities are Built Into Its Infrastructure
• Fundamental Internet Security Flaws
• How SOA Fits Into Cloud Computing, 2010 SOA Symposium April 22, 2009
• How SOA Fits into Cloud Computing, 2010 SOA Symposium April 22, 2010
• Cyber-Warfare
• Managing a Portfolio During a Recession
• Lifting the Fog of Corporate Information Management
• Pioneer Profile
• Strassmann on the future of IT
• An Interview With Paul A. Strassmann (OH 131)
• An Interview With Paul A. Strassmann (OH 172)
• Beslan: Events and Lessons Learned
• Wealth and Income Inequality
• The DoD CIO Charter: A Template for I.T. Governance?
• Collaboration economics
• Cyber Operations
• Cyber Security for the Department of Defense
• The Economics of Information
• Life Without Cable: One Man's View of an Untethered Future
• Paul A. Strassmann Archival Collection, 1940‐1986 (Bulk 1940‐1953)
• The #1 CIO Issue: How to Explain and Justify I.T. Budgets
• Defining and Measuring Information Productivity
• Information Productivity Rankings 1995: Banking
• Information Productivity Rankings 1995: Industrials
• Information Productivity Rankings 1994: Global
• Information Productivity Rankings 1995: Global
• Is Outsourcing Profitable?
• A Model for the Systems Architecture of the Future
• The Economics of Outsourcing
• Jewish Partizan Warfare in Slovakia
• Boy Partisan Aids in Destruction of Freight Train
• Six Rules for Finding IT Value
• What is a Service Oriented Architecture?
• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for DoD
• Senior Prospects in New Canaan
• The Next I.T. Tsunami
• Hulbert Financial Digest
• Review of the Current Economic Situation
• Performance of Private Equity Portfolios
• Is the U.S. in an Economic Decline?
• Rebalancing a Retirement Portfolio
• Managing a During a Recession
• The Economics of US Health Care
• Data Strategy for the Transformation of Business Management