Frank E. Hummel Email & Phone Number

As a senior executive in the avionics and aerospace technology field, I've accumulated decades of accomplishments throughout my career -- none of which I'm prouder of than the opportunity I've had to build and mentor world-class teams focused on the areas of new product design, development, testing, and launch.A quick synopsis of my background and credentials includes:• Strong technical leader successfully building teams with attention to culture.• Overseeing the introduction of over 40 groundbreaking avionics products. Including hardware (DO-160), software (DO-178) and firmware (DO-254) elements -- all of which successfully passed rigid FAA TSO approvals and STC requirements.• Regularly meeting annual budget targets under my direction.• Created a workplace culture centered around sharing, trust, and open communication; this culture was paramount to maintaining high retention/morale levels for the 100-200 employee team during challenging periods of industry contraction.• Implemented hundreds of cutting-edge process improvements and best practices to streamline operations, reduce cost, and increase productivity. Specific efforts include leading a major change initiative involving the installation of an improved quality and business management system (AS9100).• Successfully recruited top engineering talent from around the country, mentoring and developing many of these staff members into expanded roles of greater responsibility.• Interfaced regularly with the customer base, representing the engineering department in key sales meetings, industry events, M&A due diligence, and strategic partnership discussions.• United States Patent - named inventorAn active networker in my field, I am open to all appropriate leads and conversations via email at frankh909@gmail.com.

Listed skills include Aerospace, Avionics, Engineering Management, Aircraft, and 39 others.