Douglas J. Buettner

Dr. Buettner joined SERC’s Acquisition Innovation Research Center in 2023. His AIRC research produced reports on improving acquisition decision making through data modeling, using the middle tier of acquisitions for production, and a nine-part series in support of the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Reform. In addition to his work in defense acquisition, Dr. Buettner is a board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies and regularly comments as an expert on unidentified anomalous phenomena, such as questionable drone sightings. See extended bio and research on the AIRC website and connect on LinkedIn.

Career Highlights

• Industry career includes 20 years with The Aerospace Corporation, where he directed flight software systems in the Space-Based Surveillance Division
• Served the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics in the Acquisition Policy Analysis Center
• Teaches at the University of Utah and previously taught at the University of Southern California and the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs