Daniel Nussbaum

Dan Nussbaum is the Principal for the Energy Academic Group, and provides leadership to various Executive Education programs. He teaches courses in Cost Estimating and Analysis, mentors students throughout their graduate coursework, including their masters theses, and provides Cost Estimating and Business Case Analyses. He designs, develops and delivers distance learning courses in Cost Estimating and Analysis. He is the co-author of a textbook entitled “Cost Estimation: Methods and Tools”, published by John Wiley and Sons.

Prior to this position, he was a Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton, responsible for a broad range of cost, financial and economic analyses, with clients across the government and commercial spectrum.

He has also been the Director, Naval Center for Cost Analysis, and the chief advisor to the Secretary of Navy on all aspects of cost and schedule estimating and control and single Navy point of contact for guiding, directing and strengthening cost estimating and analysis throughout the Department of Navy. He directed all Navy Independent Cost Estimates as required by Congress and senior Defense leadership on ships, aircraft, missiles, electronics, and automated information systems.

His education includes a BA in Mathematics and Economics, Columbia University, Ph.D. in Mathematics, Michigan State University, a Fellowship from National Science Foundation in Econometrics and Operations Research at Washington State University, National Security Management, National Defense University, Employment of Naval Forces, US Naval War College, and Senior Officials in National Security (SONS) Fellowship, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government.