Max Watstein is an associate at Herren Associates with over 8 years of experience supporting the Navy, Army, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and JPEO-CBD as a cost analyst. He has developed cost estimates (LCCEs, ICEs, and IGCEs), AoA estimates, CBAs, BCAs (including PSBCAs), and CARDs. These products covered a variety of areas including IT/defense business systems, ships, ground vehicles, radars, command and control systems, mobile networking systems, and biometric collection devices. Additionally, Max served as the database administrator for the DASA-CE Wheeled and Tracked Vehicle (WTV) Database (an ACDB database). While in that role, Max analyzed data from the DASA-CE WTV Database in CO$TAT to develop cost factors, CERs, and Learning Curves. He currently supports NAVWAR 1.6, where he is developing a POE for MyNavy HR (PMW240). Max has held a Certified Cost Estimator/Analyst (CCEA®) certificate since 2017. He is a 2009 graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park where he majored in Economics. Max has also served as the Treasurer for his Condo building in Adams Morgan since 2018.