Our clients represent over $1.5 trillion in annual revenue and we actively measure $100 billion in IT spend.

Dr. Howard A. Rubin is a globally recognized pioneer in Technology Economics and the Founder & CEO of Rubin Worldwide. Over a four-decade career spanning academia, government, and industry, he has built the world’s largest empirical database connecting technology investment to business and economic performance, continuously tracking organizations representing approximately 20% of global GDP.

Dr. Rubin is a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Hunter College, a former MIT CISR Research Affiliate, and a trusted advisor to leading global consultancies and analyst firms including BCG, Gartner, McKinsey & Company, Deloitte, EY, PwC, and Capgemini. His client portfolio represents more than $1.5 trillion in annual revenue and over $100 billion in yearly IT spending.

A pioneer in software estimation and planning systems, Dr. Rubin developed some of the earliest enterprise technology management platforms, including CA-ESTIMACS, PLANMACS, and ADVISOR, which were licensed by more than 4,000 companies worldwide. He also created SOFTSLIDE, a pioneering computer-based presentation system later licensed to Lotus Development Corporation and described by PC Magazine as “The Rolls-Royce of presentation systems.”

His frameworks and research have helped shape modern IT benchmarking, Technology Business Management methodologies, and enterprise technology value measurement. Dr. Rubin has advised heads of state and senior government leaders around the world on national competitiveness, innovation, and technology-driven economic strategy, and his research has informed briefings to U.S. presidential administrations, including those of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

Dr. Rubin is also the author of a Pearson/Financial Times video series on Technology Economics, and his Technology Economics column regularly appeared in Wall Street & Technology. He holds a Ph.D. from City University of New York in Computer Science and Oceanography.

Outside the world of technology, Dr. Rubin has long been active in environmental and philanthropic leadership. He is a former Chair of Riverkeeper, a Trustee of Waterkeeper Alliance, and a member of the NRDC Global Leadership Council. In 2018, he was honored by Robert De Niro and the Tribeca Film Institute for his “Extraordinary Leadership.”

Jed Rubin has worked in the field of technology economics for over 20 years. In addition to providing consulting and benchmarking services to hundreds of the world’s largest companies, Mr. Rubin has also advised big 4 consultancies and has also been involved in academic research, product and service development, publications, and speaking engagements worldwide.

Jed Rubin acts as Principal and Director of Operations at Rubin Worldwide, a pioneer firm in the areas of digital & technology economics, founded by Dr. Howard Rubin.  Working with Dr. Rubin, Jed helped build the world’s largest database in the field consisting of business, national, and technology data captured continuously since 1994.  This database is used by analyst firms such as Gartner Inc, among others. This database monitors technology-economic trends across companies and organizations in more than 20 sectors that account for roughly 20% of the world’s GDP and an equivalent amount of technology spending/investment.    Starting in 1999, Jed Rubin helped build Dr. Rubin’s groundbreaking website/data exchange site, metricnet.com.  Later, Jed helped publish the Worldwide IT Benchmark Report, authored IT Measurement Desk Reference, and created a benchmarking service at METAGroup.  Jed later went on to lead the creation of the IT Key Metrics Report and Service at Gartner.  In 2007, Jed rejoined Dr. Rubin and Rubin Worldwide, where he has supported the firms focus on thought leadership in the areas of digital and technology economics.

Mr. Rubin has been invited to speak for technology events in both English and Spanish in cities around the world including Bangalore, Barcelona, Budapest, London, Madrid, Milan, New York, Paris, and Prague for organizations such as Bloomberg, the Conference Board, IFPUG, Gartner, METAGroup, Mckinsey, and the Research Board.

In addition to their database which includes 350 financial services companies and 270 insurance companies annually,  Rubin Worldwide’s supports engagements and retainer services to support sectors inclusive of banking and financial services, insurance pharmaceuticals, consumer products, technology, media, energy, healthcare, transportation, oil and gas, retail, government agencies, communications, as well as many others.

Jed Rubin has also been an associate professor at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain since 2006.