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David R. Scruggs

Senior Associate (Non-resident), International Security Program

Associated Research Focus:

Defense Policy
International Security

Associated Programs:

Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group
International Security Program

Expertise:

U.S. defense industry, aerospace industrial supply-chain integration, transnational defense-industrial policy coordination

Contact:

(202) 775-3255
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David Scruggs, senior associate with the Defense Industrial Initiatives Group in the CSIS International Security Program, previously served as the director of Washington, D.C., operations for JSA Partners, a Boston-based management consulting firm serving aerospace, defense, and telecommunications clients in the United States and Europe. There, he advised Global 500 companies on market and competitive strategies at the division, group, and corporate levels.

 

Before joining JSA, he was a manager with A. T. Kearney’s Global Aerospace and Telecommunications Practices (1994–1999), based in Kearney’s Boston and Washington, D.C., offices. While at Kearney, major assignments included technical due diligence on commercial satellite programs; due diligence for space, defense, and commercial aerospace investments; analyzing aerospace and defense opportunities in emerging and postcommunist countries; and performing market and strategy analyses for aerospace and defense primes.

 

Positions prior to A. T. Kearney included vice president of Security Pacific Realty Ventures (1990–1992); vice president of Security Pacific National Bank (1986–1990); and assistant vice president of Lloyd’s Bank California (1982–1986). Scruggs holds an M.A. degree in international law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Diplomacy at Tufts University and B.A. degrees in economics and history from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

CSIS Publications by David R. Scruggs


The Structure and Dynamics of the U.S. Federal Professional Services Industrial Base, 1995-2005 05/01/2007
Atlantic Outlook Vol. 1 No. 1 05/01/2007
Security Threats and Responses in Central Europe 04/23/2007
Beyond Goldwater-Nichols: An Annotaed Brief 08/01/2006
Structure and Dynamics of the U.S. Federal Professional Services Industrial Base 1995-2004 06/05/2006
Transatlantic Security Notes & Comment, April 2006 04/28/2006
Energy & Security 02/01/2006
European Defense Integration: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Capabilities 10/01/2005

David R. Scruggs In the News


David Scruggs, a senior fellow with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at CSIS, was quoted in The New York Times, "Iraq's Fading Grip on American Business." 02/18/2007
 

 

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