William C. Greenwalt, Ph.D.
Bill Greenwalt is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on the expansion of America’s defense industrial base and defense management issues. Issues include technology-transfer reform, defense acquisition and procurement reform, technology policy and innovation, and the civil-military integration of U.S. and allied commercial and defense industrial bases. Dr. Greenwalt is also a founder of the Silicon Valley Defense Group.
Before rejoining AEI, Dr. Greenwalt served in senior positions at the Department of Defense, in Congress, and in the defense industry. As deputy under secretary of defense for industrial policy, he advised the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics on all matters relating to the defense industrial base. In Congress, he served as a senior staff member for the Senate Armed Service Committee, the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, and the House Appropriations Committee. In the private sector, Dr. Greenwalt worked for Lockheed Martin and the Aerospace Industries Association.
Dr. Greenwalt has a B.A. in economics and political science from California State University, Long Beach, an M.A. in international relations and defense and security studies from the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. in public policy from the University of Maryland.
Experience
2017–20: Atlantic Council: Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
2015–17; 1999–2006: Senate Armed Services Committee: Professional Staff Member
2013–15: American Enterprise Institute: Visiting Fellow, Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies
2012–13: Aerospace Industries Association: Vice President, Acquisition Policy
2011–12: House Appropriations Committee: Deputy Director, Surveys and Investigations
2009–11: Lockheed Martin Corporation: Director, Federal Acquisition Policy
2006–09: U.S. Department of Defense, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense
1997–99: Senate Governmental Affairs Committee: Professional Staff Member
1994–97: Professional Staff Member, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management