Biography

Dr. Frank A. Camm, Jr. (Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago) is a senior economist. He currently leads projects sponsored by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and Office of the Secretary of Defense. The first seeks ways to improve the incentive environment present in major Air Force weapon system development programs. The second asks how to reduce barriers that discourage innovative, nontraditional sources from participating in U.S. efforts to develop countermeasures for radio-controlled improvised explosive devices. The third examines how changes in U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) spending on non-U.S. sources affect employment in the U.S. During his 29-year career at RAND, Dr. Camm has participated in a series of efforts to implement process changes in the Department of Defense. He led RAND's development of lean logistics and support of its implementation in the Air Force. He devised and tested metrics systems in Air Force depots and developed metrics systems for high-level oversight of Army logistics. He has studied best commercial practices in change management at first hand and developed ways to adapt these methods to the implementation of process changes in Air Force sourcing practice, DoD environmental management practice, and Army integration of its operational and institutional activities.