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Introduction
Maj
Gen Charles R. Davis
BGen
David R. Heinz
Mr.
John E. White
Former
Leadership
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Mr. John E. White
John E. White is the Director of Engineering
for the F-35 Lightning II Program Office in Arlington, VA.
The Joint Strike Fighter Pro¬gram Office is the Department
of Defense’s agency responsible for develop¬ing
and acquiring the F-35A/B/C, the next generation strike aircraft
weapon systems for the Navy, Air Force, Marines, and many
allied nations.
Mr. White was born August 23, 1946, in Houston,
Texas, and graduated from the University of Maryland in 1977
with a Bachelor of Science from the College of Engineering.
He earned a Masters of Science in Computer and Software Engineering
from the National University at San Diego, California, in
May 1987. He served as Dean of Computer Sciences and Systems
Engineering at National University from 1992 to 1997 and as
a Chapter Chair at the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE). He completed the Defense Systems Management
College in 1995, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces
in 2002 and the Defense Leadership and Management Program
in June 2006.
Mr. White served almost 13 years on active
duty with Army Intelligence and the National Security Agency
as a field operative in foreign weapons systems. Mr. White
also spent five years working in commercial industry for Mobil
Oil and Clorox Corporation as an engineering foreman and plant
manager. In 1983, Mr. White joined SYSCON Corporation at Sacramento,
California, where he was responsible for engineering and project
management for the US Navy’s Surveillance Towed Array
Sensor System program and the F-111 Avionics Dynamic Test
Station program.
In December 1988,. Mr. White joined the
Air Force Civil Service and until June 1997, he was assigned
to the Aircraft Directorate and ATF/F-22 Program at McClellan
AFB and Wright-Patterson AFB, respectively. He functioned
as the Integrated Product Team Lead for Computer Resources,
Offensive Avionics, Stores Management and Sustainment Planning.
He also served as the Weapon Systems Engineering Lead and
the Technical/Engineering Planning Lead.
In July 1999, Mr. White accepted the position
as Senior Systems Engineer for HQ AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB,
where he led the Command’s efforts in implementing Operational
Safety Suitability and Effectiveness policies and directives.
He was also the Command’s Chief Engineer for Modeling
and Simulation.
In September 2000, Mr. White took a management
reassignment as Chief Engineer and Enterprise Planner for
the Aging Aircraft Program Office at Aeronautical Systems
Command, Wright-Patterson AFB. Mr. White defined the role
of the Program Office, established a joint aging aircraft
steering committee and lobbied successfully for a process
to define retirement criteria/process for aircraft in the
Air Force inventory.
In October 2002, Mr. White was assigned
to the KC-767A Program Office where he served as the Deputy
Director and Director of Engineering, responsible for defining
many innovative program strategies and authoring a number
of acquisition and program documents associated with the acquisition
of a new multi-role tanker/transport aircraft.
In July 2003, Mr. White assumed responsibility
as the Deputy Director for Science and Engineering for the
Engineering and Acquisition Excellence Directorate, Air Armament
Center, Eglin AFB, Florida. He provided technical, logistics
and program-management expertise to develop, acquire and sustain
the world's finest air armament weapon systems. He was also
responsible for developing and advancing over 900 Scientists
and Engineers and more than $4B in policies, processes and
tools to deliver precision-strike capabilities to the warfighter.
From June 2006 until June 2007, Mr. White
was the Deputy Director for Weapons Munitions Directorate,
Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base FL. In
this capacity, he shared in the management and direction of
the directorate and provided administrative and technical
guidance to a staff of more than 500 scientists and engineers,
developing air-launched conventional munitions technology.
The activities of the Munitions Directorate include research
on missile seekers, navigation and control, image processing,
munition integration, warheads, fuzing, explosives and technology
assessment methodology.
Mr. White assumed his present duties
in June 2007.
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