THE HONORABLE FRANK KENDALL
Mr.
Frank Kendall was sworn in as Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics on March 8, 2010. He has
more than 35 years of experience in engineering, management, defense
acquisition and national security affairs in private industry, government
and the military. He has been a consultant to defense industry firms,
non-profit research organizations, and the Department of Defense in
the areas of strategic planning, engineering management, and technology
assessment. Mr. Kendall was Vice President of Engineering for Raytheon
Company, where he was responsible for management direction to the engineering
functions throughout the company and for internal research and development.
Before assuming his current position, Mr. Kendall was a Managing Partner
at Renaissance Strategic Advisors, a Virginia-based aerospace and defense
sector consulting firm.
Within government, Mr. Kendall held the position of Director of Tactical Warfare Programs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the position of Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategic Defense Systems. Mr. Kendall is a former member of the Army Science Board and the Defense Intelligence Agency Science and Technology Advisory Board and he has been a consultant to the Defense Science Board and a Senior Advisor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Mr. Kendall also spent ten years on active duty with the Army serving in Germany, teaching Engineering at West Point, and holding research and development positions.
Mr. Kendall is an attorney and has been active in the field of human rights, working primarily on a pro bono basis. He has worked with Amnesty International USA, where he served as a member of the Board of Directors, with Human Rights First, for whom he was an observer at Guantanamo, and with the Tahirih Justice Center, where he was Chair of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Kendall is a Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and he holds a Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering from California Institute of Technology, a Master of Business Administration degree from C.W Post Center of Long Island University, and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.
