Steve Rohleder is group chief executive of the Health & Public Service operating group, responsible for Accenture's services globally to healthcare providers and plans as well as services to government and public-sector clients in the defense, public safety, human services, revenue, postal, customs, finance and administration sectors.
Before being named to his current position in September 2009, Mr. Rohleder served for five years as Accenture's chief operating officer, leading the company's business strategy and geographic operations and ensuring company-wide operational excellence.
Before becoming COO, Mr. Rohleder served as group chief executive of Accenture's global Public Service (formerly Government) operating group, which achieved double-digit annual revenue growth under his leadership.
From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Rohleder was managing partner of Accenture's Public Service operating group in the United States, and from 1997 to 2000 he served as managing partner of Accenture's U.S. Federal operating unit.
Mr. Rohleder is an industry spokesman, who has been featured on Fox Business News, ForbesVideoNetwork.com, BusinessWeek.com and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. His recent speaking engagements include the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Forum in New York.
He was honored in 2006 as Industry Executive of the Year by Government Computer News, a division of the Washington Post, and was named in 2004 one of the 25 Most Influential Consultants by Consulting Magazine and one of the top 100 business executives in the federal government by Federal Computer Week in 2000 and again in 2001.
Mr. Rohleder has testified before Congressional committees on homeland security, government reform and the need to create a Digital TechCorps and served on several external committees and boards. He is a member of the McCombs School of Business Advisory Council at the University of Texas, and Chairman of the St. Michael’s Catholic Academy Foundation Board in Austin, Texas.
Mr. Rohleder joined Accenture in 1981 and became a partner in 1992. He holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Texas.