JACK FREDERICK | Rocket Scientist | Former U.N. Weapons Inspector | Former Propulsion Lead, PATRIOT Missile System | R&D, NASA

Jack Frederick is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Rocket Science & Leadership. He has served as an advisor on STEM Education to states, public school systems and universities including the UMass Young Scholars Program and NSF projects. He is a retired Principal Engineer with Raytheon Company and the former Propulsion Lead for the Patriot Missile System. Jack has extensive experience in rocket design, development and testing. As a Black Belt in Six Sigma, he has been critical with projects leading to multi-million dollar savings. Jack served on the steering committee of Raytheon’s Program Management College and also with NASA in research and development. Jack was invited by the United Nations to serve as an UNMOVIC weapons inspector.

Drawing on life and career experience Jack conducts seminars for schools and universities on Rocket Science & Leadership. Here are some of his accomplishments.

  • Retired Principal Systems Engineer with Raytheon Company
  • Former Propulsion Lead for the PATRIOT Missile System
  • BS in Chemical Engineering with extensive experience in rocket design, development and testing
  • Holds a Black Belt in Six Sigma with multimillion dollar project savings $$
  • Served on the Steering Committee of Raytheon’s Program Management College
  • Invited by the United Nations to serve as an UNMOVIC Weapons Inspector in Baghdad
  • Former R&D for NASA
  • Appointed Legacy Ambassador to the Tuskegee Multicultural Human and Civil Rights Museum founded by Fred Gray who defended Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr in the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott trials
  • Taught leadership, rocket design and family values around the world

Description

Mr Frederick has been happily married to Gail for over 40 years; they have three children, two sons-in-law, five grandkids and a very large South African Mastiff named Bigwig. Jack holds the office of ‘servant’ and has led and mentored churches around the world teaching on faith, family biblical principles and leadership values.

Jack’s passion is to encourage students in rural and/or underprivileged schools. Jack works closely with Tuskegee University and other Historical Black Colleges (HBCU’s) with a focus to impact students in the area identified by Booker T Washington as the Black Belt of the South. He has served on advisory boards to Alabama State University and the Florida Center for Research on STEM Education. Jack was appointed Legacy Ambassador to the Tuskegee Multicultural Human and Civil Rights Museum founded by Fred Gray who defended Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr in the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott trials. Fred and Jack are close personal friends and share a vision to impact students and educators to improve education and diversity across the south and the nation.

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