Francois Melese is Professor Emeritus and former Defense Resources Management Institute executive director. He has over 30 years of experience conducting courses and workshops for U.S. and international civilian and military officials. He received his B.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1977, M.A. in Economics from the University of British Columbia, Canada in 1979, and Ph.D. from the University of Louvain, Belgium in June 1987. He is an author and co-editor of the book, Military Cost-Benefit Analysis: Theory & Practice.