Head, Robert V

Robert V. Head was an information systems specialist, information technology consultant, and editor. Head received a B.A. in Government from George Washington University in 1952 and in the same year went to work for General Electric, Inc. (GE) in its Business Training Course in Schenectady. He left GE for a brief period to work as a programmer for Univac in Detroit, before rejoining the company’s Computer Department in 1957 as Manager of Deposit Accounting Systems, where he directed programming for GE’s ERMA (Electronic Recognition Method of Accounting) Banking System.

In 1959, Head joined IBM in New York City as a senior planning representative where he supervised development of data format and program specifications for the American Airlines SABRE System. In 1961 he transferred to the Data Processing Division as a senior systems engineer in charge of the IBM Systems Engineering effort at Eastern Airlines. In 1962 he assisted in coordinating the Advanced Systems Course for IBM’s Systems Research Institute, and was appointed to the IBM Systems Research Institute staff in the same year.

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