David Dilts, PhD, MBA, CMA, management scientist, serves as Director of Strategy Alignment for the Knight Cancer Institute, Professor of Management and co-director of the Center for Management Research in Healthcare (cMRHc.org) all at the Oregon Health & Science University. Prior to taking this position he was the sole joint Professor between the Owen Graduate School of Management and the School of Engineering at Vanderbilt University. He has researched and consulted in multiple industries (including oncology, optometry, automotive, capital equipment, floral, and sports, particularly world-class track & field athletes), for a diverse set of products (from the Trident II D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missile to single-use cameras) and services (from opening of clinical trials to the impact of quality certification on firm stock prices to critical success factors for business incubation). In his current position he is responsible for aligning all the diverse pieces of a major cancer institute for strategic and research excellent. His work has been published in over 200 articles, editorials, conference papers and presentations, book chapters, books and monographs, and his research has been supported at nearly $20 million for the past decade. His work has appeared in Nature Medicine, Clinical Cancer Research, Science Translational Medicine, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and Health Economics. His work has resulted in numerous awards, most recently a 2011 National Institutes of Health Award of Merit.