Dean Jorgensen

Dean Jorgensen is a Cofounder of Chiefofstaff.com and heads Product Development, leading our Integrated Product Team, which includes our technology partner Qison Software. With a career spent in the aerospace, defense, aviation, maritime, and energy sectors, Dean brings more than 30 years of operations and product development leadership experience to Chiefofstaff.com. As a principal systems engineer and program manager with Textron Systems and Vice President of Capture Management at Zodiac Aerospace’s Parachute and Protection Division, he has led the development of numerous high-tech systems including the US Air Force’s Mobile Microwave Landing System and NASA’s Genesis Sample Return parachute recovery system. He is a serial entrepreneur, leading the growth of successful small businesses in the field of aerospace, composites, and measurement instruments. Having authored and implemented corporate strategic plans at businesses ranging from small, privately held tech startups to large, publicly traded multinational aerospace corporations, Dean brings invaluable experience to our senior advisory support network. Dean is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, where he has served as chairman of their standing committee on aerodynamic decelerator systems technology. He holds a PhD in aeronautical engineering from the University of Leicester, England, and an ScB in civil engineering from Brown University.