Frank Dunbar

Mr. Dunbar is a founder and MDS President. As Chief Architect/Engineer, Technical Director, Design Authority or Engineer for Lockheed-Martin Corp, Mr. Dunbar has led and/or supported efforts concerning the USAF Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS), Army WIN-T, UK Ministry of Defense SkyNet5, DHS US-Visit and DHS SBI-NET. As Technical Director for the $6B Army WIN-T tactical, on-the-move communications system upgrade Mr. Dunbar lead the open-architecture conceptualization and design for the advanced technology IP network and associate battlefield enabling HW/SW components. Mr. Dunbar supported the Skynet 5, UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) program design authority activities for the next generation of MoD satellites, replacing the existing Skynet 4 Stage 2 system.

As Chief Architect/Engineer for US-VISIT led a team of engineering and business process professionals to develop and validate a complete end-state solution for the system; team worked from the relevant legislation and the team’s direct knowledge of the problem space to build the solution; developed and prototyped a design to the subsystem level that could perform the to-be business process and meet all US-VISIT desired business results; development of an operational Test Bed to demonstrate design feasibility and performance and to mitigate risks associated with the design. Mr. Dunbar served in the Army, stationed at the Pentagon, National Military Command System Support Center (NMCSSC).

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M.S., Operations Research, George Washington University.