JACK L. ELSON

---

Dr. Jack Elson is an Associate Professor and Lead Faculty for Systems Engineering at National University, Los Angeles. He has a broad career in both industry and academia. His 25 years of industrial experience includes positions in engineering and management at several divisions of Fortune 500 companies that include the manufacturing of household hardware, fasteners, and aerospace systems. Besides teaching at National University, Dr. Elson has taught at The Ohio State University, University of South Carolina, Rockford College, Cardean University, Edison State College, and Sinclair Community College. Courses he has developed and taught include the subjects of manufacturing, modeling, engineering economics, management, operations, quality, design of experiments, decision making, and ethics. His research includes the use of system dynamics modeling and virtual world simulations to study and improve decision making.