Jacqueline Parziale is an Operations Research Analyst at the U.S. Department of Defense in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluations (OSD-CAPE), where she analyzes the technical feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and military utility of naval programs. Previously, she served as a fellow in the J5 Strategic Planning and Policy Directorate at the United States Indo-Pacific Command and as the Special Assistant to the Principal Deputy Director of OSD-CAPE. In addition, Parziale has held research and analytical positions at Business Executives for National Security, the Center for a New American Security, and the United States Military Academy at West Point Department of History. Parziale has published numerous articles on defense programming, budgeting, and acquisitions issues. 

Parziale earned a Master in Public Policy with a concentration in International and Global Affairs from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and History from Vassar College. At the Kennedy School, she was a research assistant with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, a course assistant on topics ranging from quantitative analysis to nuclear weapons policy to civil-military relations, and the Finance Chair of the Armed Services Committee.