Mel Eisman

Biography

Mel Eisman is a senior cost analyst at the RAND Corporation. Eisman has generated system life-cycle cost estimates for analysis of alternative studies on future Air Force airborne tanker and electronic airborne attack options, and participated in cost-effectiveness studies of (1) unmanned airborne systems platform/sensor force mix options for performing future Air Force missions; (2) countermeasures and other security initiatives for improving passenger security at rail stations and airports; (3) space-based and airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems force mix options; (4) Air Force–distributed small satellites over larger monolithic satellites; and (5) reusable launch vehicle options for supporting future Air Force space missions. In addition, he just completed an assessment of the causal factors for improving military space acquisitions in delivering capabilities within cost and schedule. He also led a team that performed an independent program cost and risk assessment on one of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's upcoming earth orbiting satellite missions. He is a committee member on a congressionally mandated National Academies project: "An Assessment of Concepts and Systems for U.S. Boost-Phase Missile Defense in Comparison to Other Alternatives." Eisman received his M.S.I.E. from Pennsylvania State University.