Mr. Jack Castro

Technical Fellow

Enterprise Mechanical-Structures Engineering

The Boeing Company

Jack Castro is a Technical Fellow responsible for enterprise structural FEA strategy, development and deployment of improved digital model-based processes dependent on FEA.In this capacity, Jack is working with Boeing internal teams and software suppliers to develop and deploy modernized processes, especially in the Loads value stream. Jack is also the enterprise FEA Design Practice Leader, Enterprise Aeroelastic Loads Focal and co-author/editor of Boeing’s Book 5-- Finite Element Analysis of Aerospace Structures.In his day-to-day activities, Jack provides aircraft program consulting on finite element analysis methods, analysis planning, model development, verification and validation for the stress and loads organizations. In his management facing role, Jack defines strategy and provides technical guidance in the development and execution of strategic initiatives.

Prior to Boeing, Jack worked at MSC Software for 25 years in positions ranging from Nastran QA Engineer to Boeing Global Technical Program Manager.During the majority of this time, he worked in customer facing roles providing on-site consulting and leadership in the usage, collaborative development and deployment of MSC Nastran based solutions in the domains of stress analysis, dynamics, superelements, internal/external/aeroelastic loads and structural optimization.

Jack is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering.