Groups: CARE Senior Fellows
Frank is the co-founder of aiLeaders, a boutique advisory firm that exists to help develop the missing component America needs to win the AI era, i.e., enough qualified analytics and AI leaders.
He is the co-author of the upcoming book: Winning the National Security AI Competition – A Practical Guide for Leaders.
Frank has 20 years of executive leadership experience in all three major sectors: public, private, and non-profit. During 22 years of public service, Frank helped lead several technology innovations including: evaluating and transitioning to production the nation’s first long endurance unmanned aerial system; delivering intelligence to the tactical edge using narrow and wide-brand technologies; agile prototyping of big data analytics; and designing the first wargame to quantify the value of information to military operations.
The Director of Central Intelligence awarded Frank the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement in recognition of these accomplishments. Frank was also the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) Legislative Director, and a member of CIA’s Senior Intelligence Service, where he received the NRO’s Medals of Distinguished and Superior Service.
Leaving the public sector in 2002, Frank co-founded Edge Consulting, a firm that achieved national recognition for pioneering work in the use of analytics to quantify the value of intelligence to special and conventional military operations. Frank helped lead Edge from a start-up to significant year-over-year growth, culminating in an acquisition by the National Interest Security Corporation (NISC).
Frank has extensive teaching experience in government, industry, and academe. George Mason University students in two different tech programs have recognized Frank with the outstanding faculty award. He is a coach with the Center for Creative Leadership. Frank holds a BA in Business Management, MS in Technology Management, and has completed postgraduate course work in human and organizational learning.