Mr. James W. Poindexter (DR-III) is a Sr. Technology Manager who joins MACH-20 from the Propulsion, Structures, & Manufacturing Enterprise Branch, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. As a Sr. Mechanical Engineer focusing on high-temperature materials manufacturing supporting hypersonic applications, Mr. Poindexter was the Manufacturing lead for the $900M Joint AFRL/DARPA High-Speed Strike Weapon (HSSW) Technology Maturation program. He owned the AFRL/RXM Hypersonics Manufacturing Product area and was in charge of planning and executing the ManTech Hypersonics portfolio totaling over $20M. He was instrumental in developing the $50M Title III effort for High Temp CMC Materials for Hypersonic Strike currently awaiting Presidential signature. In addition, Mr. Poindexter served on the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) Materials and Manufacturing IPT as a subject matter expert. Prior to becoming the ManTech Hypersonics Lead in 2015, Mr. Poindexter was a member of the ManTech Strategic Planning Team responsible for the definition of, and project planning for, the Factory of the Future strategic thrust. His primary focus centered on the application of flexible robotics in a factory setting and the development of real-time process control techniques using embedded sensors. Mr. Poindexter was also the ManTech SBIR program focal point where he developed and executed a number of high-dollar value SBIR projects supporting F-35 Production.
