Benjamin Gilad

Benjamin Gilad is a pioneer in the field of competitive Intelligence, he has published multiple books and articles on the subject, is a co-founder of the Fuld-Gilad-Herring Academy of Competitive Intelligence, and serves as a consultant for many Fortune 500 companies.

Benjamin Gilad obtained his undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Philosophy from Tel Aviv University. After moving to the United States he obtained his Master of Business Administration from Central Missouri State University, and later obtained a PhD from New York University.

While living in Israel Dr. Gilad served in the Israel Defense Forces. and worked as a police intelligence officer in Tel Aviv. He worked on many different cases covering a wide variety of criminal activity.

Dr. Gilad is a former Associate Professor of Strategy at Rutgers University's School of Management.

He also consults for many Fortune 500 companies including Kellogg, Dupont, Ericsson, and many others.

Dr. Gilad, with Jan Herring, founded the Academy of Competitive Intelligence in 1996, and in 1999 they joined forces with Leonard Fuld to establish the first accredited professional program in CI. The academy has experienced great success with a wide variety of students from many varying backgrounds.

The Business Intelligence System published in 1988, co-authored with Tamar Gilad, was the first publication to introduce a model for a formal competitive intelligence function to the corporate world. This model has been adopted by an overwhelming number of large companies in the western hemisphere.

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