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Dave’s diverse career has included extensive experience in government and industry as well as the military. He and his wife, Linda, now live on the West Coast. Immediately before he retired, Dave was the CEO of the EADS North America Defense Company. Before that Dave was in Iraq where Paul (Jerry) Bremer selected him to become the Director of Management and Budget for the Coalition Forces.
RECENT POSTS FROM THE AUTHOR BLOG
Defense Acquisition
Last summer the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, co chaired by Senators Levin and McCain, asked several individuals to write about the process of getting equipment for our fighting forces, or in the shorthand of Washington, defense acquisition. Those...
November CSIS Discussion and Book Signing
Against the Tide will be published on 15 November. The Center for Strategy and International Study has agreed to sponsor a discussion of the influence of Rickover’s management style on American industry. This event is planned for the early evening...
Larger than Life Personalities and the 1958 International Geophyiscal Year
Yesterday an international watch company (Jaeger-LeCoultre) rolled out a new watch based on a model they had first introduced during the International Geophysical Year in 1958. In America they unveiled the collection in New York City at the Explorer’s Club...
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