Robert Neilson SENIOR PRACTICE LEADER

Contact

rneilson@triplei.com

919-522-7414

Biography

Dr. Robert E. Neilson has joined Triple-I Corporation in Overland Park, KS as a Senior Practice Leader for knowledge management and strategic scenario planning. He brings 37 years of experience in the public and private sectors and academia to bear on complex problems in a technology enhanced business environment. He is recognized as a strategic and futuristic leader both domestically and internationally. Bob will be responsible for leveraging his extensive knowledge garnered primarily in the government space to bear on knowledge capital business problems in the commercial space.

Bob was formerly the Knowledge Management Advisor to the Army’s Chief Knowledge Officer and Chief Information Officer, United States Army. His chief duties include crafting strategies and programs to fulfill the Army’s vision of transforming to a knowledge-based force. He is the primary author of the Army Knowledge Management Principles. He was the Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO), department chair and a professor at the Information Resources Management College (now iCollege), National Defense University. He has taught and lectured both in the U.S. and internationally including the Argentine War College, NATO Defense College, Italian Institute for Defense Studies, and in Asia and Australia. He has been a consultant with Computer Associates, DigitalNet, BAE, and federal agencies regarding knowledge management (KM) and scenario planning and has been a featured speaker at CIO and KM conferences domestically and internationally.

Degrees/Certifications

  • B.A. degree in US Government from Norwich University
  • MPA from the University of Georgia
  • Doctorate in Public Administration from the University of Southern California
  • An honorary degree from the Argentine War College
  • Graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University
  • A Federal 100 Award winner for 2010

Publications

  • Neilson, Robert E. “Ensuring Strategic Direction: Using Principles-Based Strategy and Scenarios Together”. World Future Review. Vol. 1 Number 1, Feb.-Mar. 2009.
  • Neilson, Robert E. and Debra Stouffer. “Scenarios: Futuristic Stories with a Purpose”, “The Futurist”, May/June 2005 issue. (Cover Story).
  • Neilson, Robert E. and Daniel T. Kuehl (Sept. 2003). “A National Security Strategy for the Information Age?” in Proceedings , United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland.
  • Neilson, Robert E. and Alex Bennet (2003). “The Leaders of Knowledge Initiatives: Qualifications, Roles and Responsibilities”, in Handbook on Knowledge Management, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Neilson, Robert E, (2001). “Knowledge Management and the Role of the CKO”, in Knowledge Management: Catalyst for Electronic Government, Management Concepts, Vienna, Virginia.
  • Neilson, Robert E. (April 2001). “Knowledge Management: A Timeless Concept?” in The Military Engineer.
  • Neilson, Robert E. (2001). “Building Strategy Through Metaphors”, Knowledge Management Review, (Nov./Dec. issue).
  • Neilson, Robert E. and J. Christopher Wagner. "Strategic Scenario Planning at CA International", Knowledge Management Review, Issue 12, Jan./Feb. 2000.
  • Neilson, Robert E. (1999). "Information Technology and Strategic Decision Making", Corporate Universities International, March/April 1999, Vol.5, No.2.
  • Neilson, Robert E. and Daniel Kuehl (1999). "Evolutionary Change in Revolutionary Times: A Case for a New National Security Education Program", National Security Studies Quarterly (Georgetown University). Fall 1999.
  • Neilson, Robert E. (1997). Sun Tzu and Information Warfare. National Defense University Press, Washington, DC. (book)
  • Neilson, Robert E. (1997). Collaborative Technologies and Organizational Learning. Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA. (book)
  • Neilson, Robert E. with Gerald Abbott (1996). Productive and Technological Base (Chapter 7) in Strategic Assessment 1996. Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University Press, Washington, DC.
  • Neilson, Robert E. (1994). The Role of Informational Technology in National Security Policy. Acquisition Review Quarterly, Volume 1, Number 3.