Dr. Francis Allen Mansfield
540-***-**** – acd2ub@r.postjobfree.com
Linked In Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/dr-frank-mansfield/31/19b/645/
EDUCATION
Doctorate in Aerospace Engineering, GPA: 3.9, Mississippi State University, MS
M.S. Aeronautical-Astronautical Engineering, GPA: 3.5, Ohio State University, Ohio
B.S. Aeronautical-Astronautical Engineering, GPA: 3.37, Ohio State University, Ohio
WORK HISTORY
WYLE Jun 2011 – Present
F-35 Senor FMS Airframe Engineer (Israel)
• I am the Senior FMS F-35 Airframe Engineer for the country of Israel. I participated
as a subject matter expert in the evaluation and negotiations of the proposal submitted
by Lockheed Martin in response to the request for proposal to incorporate the Israeli
C4I systems into the standard conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) version of
the F-35. I oversee all airframe modifications and analysis to incorporate the Israeli
C4I systems into their jets starting with first deliveries in 2016.
Town of Colonial Beach, VA 2005 - Present
Chair, Board of Zonal Appeals
• Preside over application hearings for variances to town zonal ordinances.
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA Oct 2005 – Jun 2010
Senior Technologist
• Designed, analyzed, evaluated, built, and marketed a new highly efficient
electromagnetic (PANDORA) AC traveling wave universal launcher. This launcher
exceeds the capabilities, robustness, and safety of a rail or coil gun and has the
potential of generating paradigm shift warfare. The development effort is still being
pursed under JTI – Innovations, LLC.
OPNAV N76, Pentagon, DC May 2005 – Oct 2005
Science & Technology Advisor & Integration Manager
• Assess and advocated the naval investment in Science and Technology (S&T) with
respect to identified Future Naval Capabilities (FNCs) program at ONR.
• Assist in the development of an S&T investment strategy based on the Naval
Capability Development Process (NCDP) capitalizing on the outputs of campaign
analyses of future war fighting scenarios involving Naval forces.
• Provide close liaison and interaction with each of the N70 NCDP points of contact as
well as senior staff and FNC S&T leaders at ONR on a daily basis. The S&T
assessments are regularly briefed to Flag Officers and senior civilian leaders at
various Navy and Marine Corps activities.
Name Dr. Frank Mansfield
• Developed an international database for managing and tracking international
cooperative S&T developments with the Navy and developed a database to manage
and track the FNC efforts of the Navy, both in Microsoft Access.
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA Nov 1999 – May 2005
R&D Branch Head, Deputy Advance Technology Coordinator
• As Deputy Advance Technology Coordinator for PEO-IWS:
o Assisted in the coordination of technology efforts across PEO IWS programs in
the areas of FNC, SBIR/STTR, ACTD, MANTECH, RTT, COSSI, and so forth.
o Developed a Database in Microsoft Access that tracked all the SBIR contracting
efforts for PEO-IWS.
• As R&D Branch Head:
o Manage and led 8 engineers
o Planned and directed complex technology projects on Water Assessment
Methodology Development, Agent-Based Modeling & Simulation for Critical
Infrastructure interdependencies, Financial Forensics, Food Assessment
Methodology Development, and Total Risk Based Management.
o Developed DoD/JCS Mission Assurance Asset Database (MAAD) in Microsoft
Access. Streamlined the Defense Program Office for Mission Assurance (DPO-
MA) report reviewing process and reduced the backlog in review.
• As Chief Engineer:
o Brought together key players throughout DPO-MA and J20 to develop a process
for selecting sites for assessments using a mission based approach and using the
Combatant Commanders Integrated Priority List. Led development of Vision,
Goals, Mission, and guiding principles for the DPO-MA.
o Published a classified paper on research conducted to investigate the vulnerability
of the defense industrial base (DIB). The paper identified single points of
manufacturing and site clustering on the production of tactical missiles and smart
bombs.
o Participated in development of requirements for Senior Leader's program and
Foundations of Leadership program for governing council for NSWCDD. As
Chief Engineer, I led the requirements development and systems design for a
classified computer systems that would support a web portal for maps and Critical
Infrastructure Protection (CIP) databases. The system included numerous servers,
100TB of storage, and data backup.
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, CA Apr 1998 – Nov 1999
Area Program for TBMD
• Planned, coordinated and managed/directed a highly technical RDT&E program
supported by multiple in-house organizations, contractors, and other technical
specialists.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively interact and influence program and resource
sponsors, at the SES and Flag Level, from the PEO's, OPNAV, and the Ballistic
Missile Defense Organization.
Name Dr. Frank Mansfield
• Marketed the CFD, thermal and structural analysis capabilities at NAWCWD to
PMS-451 and PMS-422.
• Managed the Area side of the Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (TBMD) Project
Office, which included interpreting requirements, organizing, budgeting,
prioritizing/planning tasks to be completed, executing, coordinating, evaluating, and
directing engineering assignments. Managed a multi-disciplinary engineering team in
support for SM-3 Program Office and Thiokol.
• Served on the following: SM-2 BLK-IVA IR Dome IPT, SM-2 BLK-IVA Seeker IPR
review committee, and BMDO AIT Technology Committee. Technical manager for
CFD and Thermal analysis for BMDO/AIT PMS-451 P3I efforts in conjunction with
JHU/APL.
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, CA Aug 1982 – Apr 1998
Aerospace Engineer & HPC Manager
• Developed and applied Computational Fluid Dynamics codes for aerodynamic analysis of
tactical missiles and fighter aircraft. Also, have the accompanying experience in grid
generation.
• Served as lead project manager and programmer for software development projects such
as Xvis, a 900K line visualization package for Computational Fluid Mechanics. Managed
requirements definition, object oriented design/analysis, coding, testing, configuration
management, quality assurance, verification and validation.
• Design and analysis of PropFan Cruise Missile, Thrust Vector Controlled (TVC) vehicles,
Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV), Micro-UAV's, Precision Guided Munitions (PGM), High
Angle-of-Attack missiles, Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicles (UCAV), Short-Range
Missiles (SRM), and Jet Reaction Controlled (JRC) Missiles.
• Conducted work on the Flight Operations Program (FOP) for the A-6 aircraft and a six
degree of freedom (6DOF) missile and aircraft simulation program.
• Developed test plans for tunnel tests and analyzing acquired data, developed visualization
packages for analysis of CFD data and comparison to experimental data as well as
development of Euler and Navier-Stokes solvers.
State of California, Kern County, CA Nov 1995 – Jun 1998
Director, East Kern City Resource District
• Administered programs that conserved natural resources, help land users identify
environmental problems, give guidance for solutions by providing technical/financial
assistance, and coordinate local, state, and federal efforts to protect environment.
• Educational Committee Chair and served on the Labor Relations Committee.
Managed development of programs and activities directed towards landowners to
promote environmental awareness and conservation of natural resources as well as K-
12 level educational programs and activities.
• Interfaced with BLM, National Forest Service, and other state and local agencies.
Name Dr. Frank Mansfield
• As a member of the Labor Relations committee insured equal opportunity in the
selection of employees, training, promotion, awards/recognition, and other career
development opportunities for staff
CAL-STATE University Northridge Apr 1997 – Apr 1998
Instructor
• Taught core courses for the Masters program in Mechanical Engineering, specifically
the seminar in Engineering Analysis I and II (ME501A and ME501B).
US Air Force Apr 1973 – May 1976
Microwave Relay Repair and Electronics Instructor
US Navy Reserve Apr 1980 – Feb 1981
Naval Nuclear Power Program Candidate
SECURITY CLEARANCE
Current TOP SECRET
ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS
• Affiliations & Offices
o Member Acquisition Professional Community
o DAWIA Level III Certification, Systems Planning, Research, Development and
Engineering
o DAWIA Level II Certification, Program Management
o Past Member Steering Committee for Computational Structural Mechanics for
o DOD HPC Computational Technology Area
o Past NAWCWPNS Service/Agency Approval Authority for the DOD High
Performance Computing Modernization Program
o Past Co-Chair of the Program Management and System Engineering IPT for
BMDO/AIT Interceptor Test Bed
o Past Board of Director member of the East Kern County Resource Conservation
District for the State of California
• Awards
o Patent for an AC Universal Electromagnetic Launcher
o Letter of Appreciation from JPO-STC Program Office
o Letter of Appreciation from Head, Information Systems Group
o Letter of Appreciation from Commander, Naval Weapons Center
o Commendation from Program Manager, DOD/NASA Propfan Missile
Interactions Project
• Training
Name Dr. Frank Mansfield
o Six Sigma Lean Green Belt certification training
o Product & Quality Management
o Contract Management
o Test & Evaluation Management
o Software Acquisition Management
o Excellence in Government
o Military Sensor Networks
o Executive Supervisory Skills Seminar
o Counseling with Counsels
o The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
o Senior Leaders Program
o NAEI Capital Hill Workshop
o Unified Modeling Language (UML)
o Systems Analysis and Operation Research
o System Engineering Management
o Risk Management
o Financial MGMT for Supervisors
o Weapons Systems Cost Analysis
o Human Factors
• Instrument Rated Private Pilot
• Published numerous conference papers and several referred journal papers including
one in an international journal.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
• AC Tubular Traveling Wave Electromagnetic Launch, 4 yrs
• Technology Director, 7 yrs
• Program Management, 10 yrs
• Theater Ballistic Missile Defense, 3 yrs
• Computational Electromagnetics, 4 yrs
• Computational Fluid Dynamics, 17 yrs
• Grid Generation, 17 yrs
• Graduate Instructor, 3 yrs
• Graphics Visualization, 17 yrs
• X-Windows & Motif, 10 yrs
• Unix System Administrator, 10 yrs
• Object Oriented Design, Analysis, and Programming
• C++ Programming, 5 yrs
• C Programming, 2 yrs
• Fortran Programming, 17 yrs
• Line Management, 2 yrs
Name Dr. Frank Mansfield
• Critical Infrastructure Protection, 7 yrs
• Database Development, 7 yrs
• County Conservation Resource Director, 3 yrs
• Construction, Remodeling, Electrician, 7 yrs
• Backhoe Operator, 3 yrs