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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.
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Last Rickover Draft
Naval Institute Press will publish my Rickover leadership book next August. Because of the necessary steps in the process, I submit the manuscript on 2 December, so this week is set aside to edit the final draft. I was reading...
New leadership book
According to a telephone call this morning, Naval Institute is on the verge of deciding to publish my Against the Tide (working title) next fall. This non-fiction book uses previously unrecounted history to demonstrate the unique management practices of the...
Blog for 11th.
Wonderful to finally have time to write novels about events I have been involved in that make a difference. Have completed two novels. One revolves around the drive to eliminate “uncontrolled nuclear weapons” and weapons-grade plutonium. The second had to...