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John Driessnack is a nationally recognized expert in Systems and Portfolio/Program/Project Management, currently serving as a Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, Defense Acquisition University (DAU), and American University (AU). He has also taught at the University of Maryland’s Project Management Center of Excellence. His career spans over a decade of collaboration with federal agencies, focusing on leadership, organizational strategy, and cost analysis in high-reliability endeavors.
His research centers on federal government portfolio/program management, optimization of governance structures, and expansion of Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) and Integrated Product Team (IPT) frameworks. Notably, he led the strategic review of a major federal health organization in 2019 and co-authored the Guide to Lean Enablers for Managing Engineering Programs (2012). He contributed to the ANSI standard for Earned Value Management and the Section 809 Panel Report Volume III on Portfolio Management.
Driessnack holds advanced certifications in defense acquisition (DAWIA Level IIIs) and industry credentials (PMI PMP, PfPM, ICEAA, Scrum CSM). He previously served as a military officer overseeing major defense programs and has since 2004 led senior consulting groups. His patented CREST framework (US Patent Pending 2012/0215574 A1) provides a novel approach to program analysis.
