Dr. John Goodman

John Goodman is managing director of the U.S. Defense portfolio at Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. He is responsible for Accenture’s support to the Department of Defense and Intelligence agencies.

Prior to joining Accenture in 1998, Dr. Goodman served for five years in the Federal Government – as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Affairs and Installations (1996 – 1998), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Affairs (1994 – 1996), Senior Director on the staff of the National Economic Council in the White House. Before the NEC, he was an Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School, where he taught, conducted research, and consulted in the areas of business strategy, international business, and business-government relations.

Dr. Goodman currently serves as Chairman of the Defense Business Board, a federal advisory committee that supports defense transformation by delivering management advice to the Secretary of Defense based on best practices from the private sector.

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