Mark Herman

Mark Herman is a Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Vice President based in McLean, Virginia, who leads the firm’s modeling, simulation, wargaming, and analysis work. He has more than 30 years of experience designing and developing wargames on a variety of strategic and boardroom topics for the U.S. Department of Defense and Fortune 500 companies.

Mr. Herman is a leader in the development of wargame and simulation methodologies emphasizing strategic planning, the development of measures of effectiveness, and economic analysis. His areas of expertise include:

Wargaming
Modeling & Simulation
Architecture Analysis
Information Warfare
Net Assessments
Network Centric Warfare
New Measures of Effectiveness
Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA)
Strategic Planning

Mr. Herman has designed more than 50 commercial wargames on topics ranging from the Peloponnesian War to tactical warfare in antiquity, the American Revolution, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, modern warfare, and science fiction. His 1983 design Gulf Strike, which covered the Iran-Iraq War and a U.S.–led defense of Saudi Arabia, was used in the initial U.S. analytic efforts at the beginning of the Gulf War in August 1990.

Mr. Herman has received two Booz Allen Hamilton Professional Excellence Awards in recognition of outstanding and innovative client service on an assignment for the U.S. Air Force and on a commercial wargaming engagement.

A recognized wargaming thought leader, Mr. Herman, along with Booz Allen Principals Mark Frost and Robert Kurz, are co-authors of Wargaming for Leaders: Strategic Decision Making from the Battlefield to the Boardroom (McGraw-Hill, December 2008). Mr. Herman has also co-authored books on military history.

Mr. Herman has been an adjunct professor teaching strategy and policy for the U.S. Naval War College and is a lecturer for the U.S. Naval War College, University of Maryland, and Georgetown University. He holds an M.A. in National Security Studies from Georgetown University and a B.A. in History from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

profile updated September 2008