Douglas C. Cook

Douglas Cook received his BS in aerospace engineering from WVU in 1982, and an MSAE from the University of Dayton in 1989. He is currently vice president and director of technology group operations for Jacobs Technology Region. His overall responsibility includes managing and directing activities at 12 different test facilities in North America and Europe providing various levels of testing services to industry and government clients, including overseeing operations for all of Ford Motor Company's North American wind tunnels. In addition to his current assignment, he has previously served as the director of Dayton Operations, where he managed numerous contracts with the Department of Defense. In that post he was responsible for providing senior level customer liaison and interface for resolution of all contract issues, establishing fiscal budget and supporting marketing activities for Dayton and other advanced systems group offices. Cook also served as the program manager for the simulator validation contract and was the manager of the technical engineering and acquisition support group, Dayton Operations Division.

Prior to joining Jacobs, Cook served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force for 10 years, where he held a variety of positions as a weapons integration and flight test engineer. Additionally, he has served as both president and vice president of the Dayton Area Defense Contractors Association, and he holds membership in the Society of Automotive Engineers and the International Test and Evaluation Association.

Douglas (Doug) Cook is Vice President and General Manager of Jacobs Tidewater Operations Group (JTOG). His responsibilities include providing executive contract oversight and direction on the Center Maintenance, Operations and Engineering (CMOE) contract which provides research operations, maintenance, engineering, and IDIQ project services to NASA Langley Research Center in support of world-class aerospace research. Additional responsibilities include developing new business opportunities in adjacent markets and providing contract oversight and management for several small commercial services contracts.

Prior to this role, Doug served as the Director of Government Operations for Jacobs’ Technology Group where he provided management and oversight for five contracts at various NASA and DOD locations. Additionally, Doug served as a Business Development Principal for Jacobs where he led the pursuit of government contracts in the operations and maintenance functional areas. Previously, he served as the Director of Commercial Operations where he provided leadership in establishing contractual relationships with Ford, Visteon, and General Motors for operations and maintenance services at multiple wind tunnel test facilities and laboratories in the U.S. and in Germany.

Prior assignments with Jacobs include: Director of Dayton Operations for Jacobs’ Advanced Systems Group (ASG) from 1996 until 2001, and Manager of the Technical and Engineering Acquisition Support (TEAS) Dayton Operations Division from 1993 to 1996. Prior to joining Jacobs, Doug served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force for 10 years and held a variety of positions, such as a weapons integration and flight test engineer. He received a MS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Dayton (1989) and a BS in Aerospace Engineering from West Virginia University (1982). In 2008, Doug was honored to be inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of West Virginia University.

Doug is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) as recognized by the Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) and is also an Associate Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Doug currently serves as President and on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Aerospace Business Association (VASBA) and is also on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Air and Space Center (VASC) in Hampton, Virginia. He and his wife Karen were married in 1985 and have three grown children.