David P. Norton

[1][2] David P. Norton co-founded Palladium Group, Inc. (previously Balanced Scorecard Collaborative) and served as its chief executive officer.

[3] Norton obtained his BS in Electrical Engineering in the early 1960s from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, then continued his studies at the Florida Institute of Technology where he obtained his MS in Operations Research and his MBA from the Florida State University.

For his graduate studies he moved to the Harvard University, where he obtained his Doctor of Business Administration.

In 1992 Norton became founding President of Renaissance Solutions, Inc., and became its chief executive officer in 1993.

[8][9] Norton and Robert S. Kaplan created the Balanced Scorecard, a means of linking a company's current actions to its long-term goals.