Bill Benton

As Chief Executive Officer of GAINS since 2012, Bill balances a steadfast commitment to healthy business growth and world-class product innovationthat drives value for customers. He is dedicated to offering career fulfillment for the GAINS team and instilling a passion for social-responsibility to make a sustainable global impact (check out GAINS social & environmental initiatives). Bill is focused on GAINS continuous improvement methodology, sustaining renowned customer service, and relentlessly pursuing supply chain innovation for both the roughly 500 organizations that have already become GAINS practitioners and future partners. Recognized as an industry visionary, Bill is known for rolling up his sleeves and applying his expertise to creatively solve complex supply chain challenges utilizing machine learning, artificial intelligence, and advanced optimization. Bill enjoys fostering teams to help customers transform and optimize their supply chain operations to move forward faster. As a lifelong learner, Bill frequently engages with customers, industry leaders and world changers. Bill received an MBA, magna cum laude, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and BS and BA degrees, cum laude, in Decision Science and Foreign Languages (French and Spanish) from Southern Methodist University. In 1999, he was awarded the University of Chicago’s Bain Award for Strategy. Bill is also active on the board of an educational charity.Read More