Naz Azizian

About Naz Azizian

Dr. Naz Azizian has over two decades of experience in the fields of defense, aerospace, and intelligence. She works at the Office of the Secretary of War where she has led the development of numerous President’s Budget submissions across various administrations, most recently the formulation of a $962B FY26 President’s Budget for the Department of War. Dr. Azizian has vast experience in aligning investments with the National Security and Defense Strategies and analyzing complex multi-billion portfolios (e.g. munitions, ISR, integrated air and missile defense, cyber, ships, next gen fighters etc.) across all domains including space, air, sea, cyber, and land. Naz has led key Department initiatives liaising with Congress, Office of Management and Budget, and interagency stakeholders leveraging her expertise in Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution, Acquisition, Strategy,Naz is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, where her course explores and analyzes salient national security challenges facing the United States, from the rise of China, Russia’s growing geopolitical ambitions, Iranian and North Korean nuclear ambitions, cyber as the “fifth domain” of international conflict, transnational threats.

Experience

1. Office of the Secretary of Defense

   Osw Cost Assessment & Program Evaluation Cape

   Jun 2022 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Provide decision support to help the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense align resource decisions with the National Defense Strategy through the annual Program Budget Review (PBR) and support the development of the President\'s budget for DoD.

Education

• Harvard University

  Fellowship, National Security Policy Studies

• The George Washington University

  Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering

• The George Washington University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Biomedical Engineering

• The George Washington University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Systems Engineering