Darold B. Cummings – Center for Innovation

Mr. Cummings has 38 years experience in aircraft design and development, product design, and education. He retired from Boeing as a Technical Fellow in 2004, and started The Center for Innovation, which focuses on presenting Creativity Workshops to the industry, universities, and government agencies. He holds twenty four patents in a variety of fields. In addition to his experience in the United States, Mr. Cummings has worked with Dasa and RFB in Germany, Bae in England, Aermacchi and General Avia in Italy, and Promavia in Belgium. He has also worked with both Mikoyan and Yakovlev (in the U.S.) on the development of requirements for their new jet trainer aircraft. Mr. Cummings last position at Boeing was manager of the Exploratory Concepts Group within Advanced Design/Phantom Works in Huntington Beach, California.

David W. Hall, P.E. – DHC Engineering

From September of 1999 to June of 2007, Professor Hall taught the capstone senior aircraft design sequence at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo where he had eight proposals place first, four place second, and four place third in the Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design, Undergraduate Individual Aircraft Design, Undergraduate Team Engine Design, and Graduate Team Aircraft Design National Competitions.  Prior to joining Cal Poly, Mr. Hall was Manager of High Altitude RPV Programs at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Operations Supervisor for Battelle Columbus Laboratories Aviation Safety Reporting System, Senior Project Engineer and Principal Investigator at Battelle, and Configurator and Project Engineer for North American Rockwell's Columbus Aircraft Division.

Most recently, he has worked on vehicles ranging from Multi-Role Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Intercontinental Cruise Missiles to Advanced Tactical Transport Short Takeoff and Landing Demonstrators and Personal Air Vehicles.  Mr. Hall has B.Sc. degrees from the Ohio State University in business administration/industrial management and aeronautical and astronautical engineering. In addition, he has almost completed an M.A. degree in counseling psychology at Santa Clara University. He is a licensed professional engineer and has published over three dozen research papers, contractor reports, and a novel over his forty year professional career.

Glen Mills – South West Aero Group (SWAG)

Glen Mills is a Flight Analyst DER for FAR Part 23/25 aircraft and is authorized to witness and approve data for FAR Part 36. Mr. Mills has 25 Years of experience in performance and flying qualities, avionics, air data, noise and icing flight test, and 15 years certification program management. Certification management includes airline/executive interior and avionics reconfigurations, and special mission modifications supporting aerial reconnaissance for US and foreign military organizations. South West Aero Group associates have OEM program management experience in heavy structural modification programs and airline support. South West Aero Group supports PMA certification projects and conducts quality audits for companies working to obtain PMA authorization. Mr. Mills received his Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Glen is a commercial instrument pilot and is also a flight instructor. For information regarding services of Glen Mills please contact his office directly at the following address.

Mark Waters – Consultant

Mr. Waters has a total of 47 years experience, primarily in the analysis and design of gas turbine propulsion and power systems with additional background in complete aircraft design and performance analysis.  Mr. Waters has been with the Cal Poly School of Aerospace as a lecturer and thesis advisor where his work has involved the development of turbine engine models for use by senior and graduate students. Mr. Waters also spent a long career with the NASA at the Ames Research Center working on advanced aircraft design and mission analysis, including a portion of this period being spent as Branch Chief of the Mission Analysis Branch.  In 1979 Mr. Waters formed a consulting firm, Mark Waters and Associates, Inc., where work primarily concerned turbine engine propulsion for aircraft with additional work in electric power generation with combined-cycle power plants.  Mr. Waters has also held a position at the Aerospace System Design Laboratory at Georgia Tech as a Senior Research Engineer.

Mr. Waters has a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia. An additional year was spent full time in a Navy graduate program at U.C. Berkeley studying aeronautics, while three years were spent part time at Stanford University during his time at NASA Ames.