Dr. David S. Alberts is both Deputy Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies and the Director of Advanced Concepts, Technologies, and Information Strategies (ACTIS) at the National Defense University, which includes responsibility for the School of Information Warfare and Strategy and the Center for Advanced Concepts and Technology. He also serves as the executive agent for the Department of Defense's Command and Control Research Program.
Dr. Alberts has extensive experience developing and introducing technology into private and public sector organizations. This extensive applied experience is augmented by a distinguished academic career in computer science and operations research and government service in senior policy and management positions.