Jeffrey A. Drezner

Jeffrey A. Drezner

Adjunct Senior Policy Researcher, RAND; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy

Jeffrey A. Drezner is an adjunct senior policy researcher at RAND. For over 40 years, he has conducted policy analysis on a wide range of issues, including energy research and development planning and program management, best practices in environmental management, analyses of cost and schedule outcomes in complex system development programs, aerospace industrial policy, defense acquisition policy and reform, local emergency response, and data governance, management, and analytics. His research continues to emphasize issues associated with technology development, organizational dynamics, and program management.

Drezner formerly served as associate director of RAND Project AIR FORCE's resource management program and participated in a researcher exchange program in the Pentagon, sponsored by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology).

He received his Ph.D. in political science from Claremont Graduate University.

Education

Ph.D. in political science, Claremont Graduate University; M.S. in ecology, University of California, Davis; B.S. in environmental policy analysis and planning, University of California, Davis

Selected Work

  • Riposo, et al, Issues with Access to Acquisition Data and Information in the Department of Defense: Policy and Practice, RAND Corporation (RR-880), 2015
  • Arena, et. al., Management Perspectives Pertaining to Root Cause Analysis of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches, Volume 4: Program Manager Tenure, Oversight of ACAT II Programs and Framing Assumptions, RAND Corporation (MG-1171/4), 2013
  • Drezner, Jeffrey A., Andrew R. Morral, Reducing the Cost and Risk of Major Acquisitions at the Department of Homeland Security, RAND Corporation (PE-105), 2013
  • Pernin, et. al., Lessons from the Army's Future Combat Systems Program, RAND Corporation (MG-1206), 2012
  • Blickstein, et. al., Methodologies in Analyzing the Root Causes of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches, RAND Corporation (TR-1248), 2012
  • Samaras, et. al., Characterizing the U.S. Industrial Base for Coal-Powered Electricity, RAND Corporation (MG-1147), 2011
  • Megan P. McKernan, Jeffrey A. Drezner, Jerry M. Sollinger, Tailoring the Acquisition Process in the U.S. Department of Defense, RAND (RR-966), 2015

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