Rodney Yerger is a cost analyst at JHU/APL, leading a team that provides affordability analysis and assessments for Department of Defense sponsors. He has previously worked as a civilian supervisory program analyst on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. He holds a M.S. in Cost Estimating and Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School, a MBA from the University of Maryland, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy.