Steve Bennett
Director, Global Government Practice

As the Global Government Practice lead, Steve Bennett drives strategic industry positioning and messaging in global Government markets. A thought leader in decision science and the application of analytics in Government, Steve works to enable delivery of effective solutions to Government customers around the world.

Prior to SAS, Steve held a number of leadership positions during his 12 years in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.  Following the events of September 11th 2001,  Steve led the design and application of quantitative analysis to inform some of the United States’ most challenging security decisions, most recently as the Director of the National Biosurveillance Integration Center.  Over the course of his career in Government, he led diverse teams to provide analytic decision support to senior officials in the White House and across the U.S. Government Executive Branch.  Ultimately, Steve has a passion for improving Government decision making, and pursues better organization, management, and understanding of Government data as critical to that endeavor.