Mahlon Apgar IV is visiting professor in the Program in American Studies and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and teaches about entrepreneurship. From 1998 to 2001, he was assistant secretary of the Army responsible for installations, logistics and environmental programs. Previously, he founded Apgar and Company, consultants on corporate infrastructure. As a principal of McKinsey and Company, he built a practice in Europe and the Middle East. He developed and patented a real estate evaluation system to help CEOs assess how corporate infrastructure affects strategy. He has edited two books, and his latest Harvard Business Review article on "The Alternative Workplace" discusses how innovations in technology and organizational practices enable the dispersion of work. Apgar holds a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth and an MBA from the Harvard Business School, and he researched British urban policy at Oxford University.