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Dr. Linda S. BrandtDistinguished Professor of AcquisitionNational Defense University, Industrial College of the Armed Forces1140 Palmer PlaceAlexandria, VA 22304
Phone: (202) 685-4488Fax: (202) 685-3520
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In addition to her professorship, Dr. Linda S. Brandt served as director and chair of the Acquisition programs at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), including the DOD's senior acquisition course, from 1992-2004.She has also been a visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.Prior to joining ICAF, Dr. Brandt served as a senior analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses, where she headed up acquisition studies for the navy secretariat.Before moving to Washington, D.C., she was a tenured associate professor of Public Policy at California State University, Long Beach.
Dr. Brandt has written and advised extensively on acquisition issues, participated on a number of Defense Science Board, National Academy of Sciences, and Atlantic Council studies, and has testified as an expert witness before Congress.Her work includes articles and studies on acquisition reform, streamlining, technology management and transfer, manufacturing productivity and incentives, and other acquisition and public policy related subjects.