David J. Berteau

David J. Berteau is senior adviser and director of the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, covering defense management, programs, contracting, and acquisition. His group also assesses national security economics and industry. Mr. Berteau is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, a member of the Defense Acquisition University Board of Visitors, a director of the Procurement Round Table, and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. 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. From 2001 to 2003, he was the director of Syracuse University’s National Security Studies Program. 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.