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David J. Berteau

Senior Adviser and Director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group

Associated Research Focus:

Defense Policy
International Security

Associated Programs:

Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
International Security Program
U.S. Defense and National Security

Expertise:

U.S. national security, defense budgets, military transformation, defense acquisition reform, defense logistics, base closures, homeland defense and homeland security, contracting and procurement, defense manpower, defense management

Contact:

202-775-3136
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David J. Berteau is senior adviser and director of the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, where he leads research related to the health and management of the defense industrial base, including projects on defense acquisition reform, export controls, contracts for federal services, the U.S. defense software industrial base, and complex program management. Mr. Berteau serves on Defense Science Board task forces on the defense industrial structure and on integrating commercial systems into defense. He also serves on the secretary of the army’s Commission on Army Acquisition and Program Management in Expeditionary Operations. Prior to joining CSIS, he was director of national defense and homeland security for Clark & Weinstock, with state governments, academic institutions, associations, and private firms as clients. A former director of Syracuse University’s National Security Studies Program, Mr. Berteau is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, a member of the Defense Acquisition University Board of Visitors, and a director of the Procurement Round Table. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a member of the Federal Outreach Advisory Committee of the Association of Defense Communities. Previously, Mr. Berteau was a senior vice president at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) for seven years, and he served in the Defense Department under four defense secretaries, including four years as principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for production and logistics. Mr. Berteau graduated with a B.A. from Tulane University in 1971 and received his master’s degree in 1981 from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas.

David J. Berteau In the News


David Berteau, director of the CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, was quoted by the Washington Post, "Tanker Bid Moves Toward Endgame." 08/29/2008
David Berteau, director of the CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, was quoted by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Pentagon to Rebid Air Force Tanker Contract." 07/10/2008
David Berteau, director of the CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, was quoted by the Washington Post, "Government Cites Litany of Errors in Tanker Award." 06/26/2008
David Berteau, director of the CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, was quoted by Congressional Quarterly, "Tanker Fight Appears to Fizzle, at Least for Now." 05/20/2008
David Berteau, director of the CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, was quoted by Federal Times, "Fuzzy picture hinders DoD efforts to beef up acquisition work force." 04/22/2008
 

 

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