Eric S. Rebentisch is a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Lead Researcher of MIT's Consortium for Engineering Program Excellence. His primary areas of research include Closing the Strategy-to-Implementation Gap, High Performance Enterprise Product Development, Enterprise Change Management, and System Architecting and Development Strategies. He is editor of “Integrating Program Management and Systems Engineering” and author of numerous other publications. He has played key roles in analysis, policy recommendations, and transformation initiatives within the US and other governments.He holds a Ph.D. in the Management of Technological Innovation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master’s degree in Organizational Behavior from Brigham Young University, and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from California State Polytechnic University. He has taught graduate level and executive education courses on Systems Engineering, Six Sigma, Lean Product Development, Lean Enterprise, and Research Methods.