Board of Advisors

Richard E. Neal

As Executive Director of Integrated Manufacturing Technology Initiative (IMTI), Mr. Neal has 30 years of experience in engineering and manufacturing technology development and management. Mr. Neal serves on advisory boards for several academic institutions including the Technical Advisory Board for Pellissippi State Community College, the Industrial Engineering Advisory Board at the University of Tennessee, and the Modeling and Simulation Research Center Advisory Board for Georgia Tech University. He regularly serves as a member of invited panels and committees that seek to understand and drive the nation's manufacturing and industrial competitiveness direction. Mr. Neal has a BS and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee.

Jack Cook

Mr. Cook has extensive management experience in strategic planning, acquisition and divestiture, economic development, contract and license negotiations, and marketing. He holds numerous patents on nuclear energy and weapons materials and commercial processing. Mr. Cook has in-depth, hands-on and management experience in research, manufacturing, testing and inspection of materials and composites. He also brings extensive knowledge of metals, ceramics, carbon materials, fiber and advanced metallic and ceramic composites.