Richard Hodges is founder and CEO of GreenIT, an independent consulting firm dedicated to developing sustainable solutions for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) systems. A sustainability thought leader and evangelist for new approaches to the design and management of ICT systems, Hodges has a longstanding commitment to environmental responsibility, the development of appropriate technologies and the evolution to a sustainable built environment.

In 2004, he established GreenIT as the first consultancy to combine those strands into a systematic, strategic, and systemic approach to sustainability for Information and Communications Technology  Systems.In creating The GreenIT program, Hodges has pioneered a systemic approach to addressing the environmental issues associated with ICT systems as an integral part of the built environment. GreenIT is committed to leadership in collecting and creating clear, unbiased information about sustainability solutions for ICT; creating practical programs that organizations can implement to achieve measurable results; and communicating as broadly as possible the liabilities and benefits of ICT in building a more sustainable future.
A champion for CIOs as leaders in the sustainability movement, Hodges helps private and public sector clients green their ICT practices from desktop to data center, using an approach that’s systematic, practical, actionable and designed to achieve return on investment. GreenIT’s clients range from Cisco Systems to the City of San Francisco and the State of California as well as other major public and private sector organizations.

Having obtained his BA from Middlebury College (A Top 10 Green college) and MBA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey CA, Hodges lectures and writes frequently on sustainability issues, publishing articles in public and private sector trade journals and presenting at environmental, green building, facilities management, business and technology conferences in the US and abroad, and on the web.