Jon Haveman is a founding partner of Beacon Economics. Dr. Haveman is an expert in goods movement, international trade policy, and labor market issues. He has authored a number of special reports on transportation and security issues at California's seaports, business outsourcing, and trade in technology products. He has a lengthy record of publishing articles in the areas of labor and international economics. He also has a history of work related to private asset accumulation in the United States. Dr. Haveman is routinely contacted by the press to discuss his work and has testified at numerous Federal and State government hearings on issues related to seaport activity and security, technology trade, and local economic development. Prior to launching Beacon, he was the Director of the Economy Program at the Public Policy Institute of California. He received his Ph.D and M.S. in Economics from The University of Michigan (1992) and his B.S. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin. He specializes in International and Labor Economics. He has been a senior economist with the President's Council of Economic Advisers, and held a faculty position in the business school at Purdue University.