PERSINSD Director

Colonel Robert C. Knutson
Director, Personnel Information Systems Directorate, U.S. Army Human Resources Command

Colonel Robert C. Knutson graduated from Xavier University in Cincinnati with a bachelor of arts in political science and was commissioned in the Armor Corps. He is a graduate of the Armor Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Canadian Land Forces Command and General Staff College, the Army Command and General Staff College, the Joint and Combined Warfighting School and the U.S. Army War College. He holds master's degrees in public administration from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, Mo., and strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College.

Colonel Knutson's early assignments include Platoon Leader, Adjutant, and Company Executive Officer in the 3rd Battalion, 64th Armor, Schweinfurt, West Germany; Assistant S-1, Protocol Officer, Aide-de-Camp, in the 5th Infantry Division; Commander, C Company, 4th Battalion, 35th Armor, later reflagged to C Company, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor, 2nd Armored Division. Staff assignments included Company/Team Armor and TOW Observer Controller. Automation assignments include Chief, Systems Group, Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College; Chief, CIO Operations and Support Branch, J-6, U.S. Transportation Command; Chief, Operations and Network Defense Branch, J-6, U.S. Strategic Command; and Chief, Shared Systems Branch, U.S. Army Human Resources Command. Operational Assignments include Stability and Training Team Chief, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, supporting Kirkuk Province, Iraq. Colonel Knutson assumed the responsibilities of Director, Personnel Information Systems, U.S. Army Human Resources Command, 23 July 2010.

His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak-leaf cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak-leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with oak-leaf cluster, the Army Achievement Medal with two oak-leaf clusters, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, the National Defense Service Medal with bronze service star, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon, and the Parachute Badge.