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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John H. Glenn Research Center
Lewis Field
Cleveland, Ohio 44135

Frank Robinson, Jr.

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Frank Robinson Jr. is deputy director of the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate at NASA's Glenn Research Center. The directorate provides reliability, quality assurance and system safety management, and expertise to support Glenn technical divisions, project offices and contracted programs. In this position, Robinson will assist the director in meeting the goals of the directorate.

Prior to his current position, Robinson was the chief of the Risk Management Office in this directorate. He has extensive experience in managing safety and mission assurance disciplines, including managing the Assurance Technology Center, which was the predecessor to the NASA Safety Center. He also served as verification test manager and electronics components manager for the International Space Station's Electrical Power System.

Robinson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from The Ohio State University and received a Master of Science degree in industrial engineering with a focus on engineering management from Cleveland State University. He also completed a one-year executive training program and is the recipient of many awards including the NASA Exceptional Service Honor Award Medal.

Robinson is active in the community. He is a past president of the National Technical Association and the founding chairperson of the Consortium of African American Organizations in Cleveland, Ohio. Robinson is also a co-founder of the New Approach to Self Achievement Project, which is a career awareness program for inner-city youth focused on the math, engineering and technical fields.

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