Authors
Robert E. Kress is the COO of Accenture’s high-performance Information Technology organization, which supports and advances the business goals of a $22 billion company with more than 215,000 employees in 52 countries. He has overall responsibility for running IT like a business within the company, including the direct management of IT governance, strategy, planning, risk management, audits and IT policy. Bob has extensive experience in IT planning, governance, technology operations, application development, product management, service planning and program management. Before joining the IT operation, he was an Accenture consultant, and developed and delivered complex IT transformation projects for clients.
Robert's first book, "IT Governance to Drive High Performance: Lessons from Accenture, was published by IT Governance in 2010.
Robert E. Kress is Managing Director of Global IT Audit at Accenture, supporting a $31 billion company with 373,000 employees that serves clients in more than 120 countries. Bob is responsible for identifying and evaluating client-facing and internal technology, financial and operational risk.
He was formerly COO in Accenture’s IT organisation, responsible for running IT like a business, including strategy, planning, risk and all IT operations.
