Alan Perlstein is the founder and President of ATMAN Management & Systems Specialists Inc. ATMAN Specialists is a management consulting corporation established in 2011 dedicated to supporting successful growth of corporations, assisting in the preparation and winning of strategic proposals, and putting systems, processes and trained personnel in place for successful execution.Alan was a founder and chairperson of the Midwest Energy Research Consortium and currently serves as the Executive Director and CEO. MWERC is focused on the growth of the Energy, Power & Control industry across the Midwest.Alan has 35 years of experience in ship building, power electronics, design development and program control functions. He has been responsible for the design development, contract administration, business planning and program control functions for navy nuclear, ship controls, propulsion and power distribution programs.Prior to founding ATMAN, Alan worked for DRS Power and Control Technologies (DRS PCT) for 12 years. His most recent assignment was Vice President/General Manager of DRS PCT, growing the business and jobs in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin facility by 30% from 2008 to 2011. His previous positions at DRS include VP of Programs for DRS Power Systems, responsible for program oversight at plants in 6 separate geographic locations, and the VP of Innovation and Planning, responsible for Engineering, Program Control, Contracts, Test and Field Service functions.Before DRS Alan worked for General Dynamics for 20 years, with his last assignment being the program planning and business manager responsible for Virginia Class programs. He was responsible for creating the program scheduling and cost management systems that made the Virginia Class building program the most successful of recent US Navy ship programs.Mr. Perlstein is a graduate of the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University, with a MBA and received a BS in Economics from American University.