In 1994 Rudolf Benko graduated at the Faculty of Forestry of the Technical University in Zvolen. From 1996 he works for the Slovak Agency of Environment as expert for GIS. He was concerned in implementing the GIS technologies within the SAŽP as well as within the Ministry of Environment. He participated on strategy papers and was responsible for GIS in several international projects. From 2005 he is the Head of Information Technologies Department of Environment and Informatics Centre of the SAŽP and project manager of Environmental Information Portal www.enviroportal.sk.