The Secrets are in You! For thirty-five years, W.C. Benton & Associates’ management programs have focused on the personal development of the entrepreneur as the primary building block for business growth.
International scholar, professor, author, and developer of state-of-the-art applied business methodologies; W.C. Benton grew up pulling nails out of boards in his family’s construction business. Early on, Benton learned how to estimate and finish concrete while he also delivered newspapers, worked as a golf caddy, repaired bicycles, and otherwise revealed the makings of an entrepreneur extraordinaire and future architect of the American Dream. Over more than 30 years, Benton has become the messenger and life force of a system—movement—to transform minority and women entrepreneurs to viable business organizations that can add value to the highway construction industry. Whether it is educational programs for DBEs or seminars for emerging businesses and entrepreneurs, or compliance for public sector project owners, Dr. Benton is supported by a team of expert subject matter teachers, accountants, engineers; regulatory specialists; and authorities on project delivery systems.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
Benton served his country with distinction in the United States Marine Corps, First Division. He earned his B.S. from Texas Christian University, Fort Worth; his M.S. in quantitative business analysis and MBA from Indiana University, Bloomington; and his Ph.D. in business administration specializing in operations and systems management from Indiana University. He has published five textbooks and more than 175 articles in academic journals. Benton is the Edwin Dodd Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business where he teaches MBA’s and Ph.D. students in operations management, operations research, purchasing, and the business of healthcare. In a study of 700 operations management research professors, Benton ranked first in terms of quality and productivity of publications.