Dan Harper has a passion for the cost community, founding and relentlessly promoting the Cost FACTS (Factors, Analogies, CER’s & Tools/Studies) Group, a networking forum of over 500 cost and acquisition professionals. Harper is a Certified Cost Estimator/Analyst with over 25 years of professional experience and leadership. He has a Finance degree from Virginia Tech as well as a Masters in Technology Management from George Mason University. Harper has been active at the national level, attending annual workshops, and participates with the Eglin AFB chapter locally and Washington DC and Baltimore Chapters by giving and attending webinars, luncheons and training whenever possible.