Jack Castro

Jack Castro is a Sr. Technical Fellow responsible for Structural Simulation Strategy and Execution. In this executive role, Jack enacts strategy with collaborative initiatives targeted at both internal Boeing organizations and software suppliers. In his day-to-day activities, Jack provides aircraft program consulting on finite element analysis, analysis planning, model development, verification, validation and loads convergence. Jack is also the enterprise FEA Design Practice Leader and co-author/editor of Boeing’s Book 5-- Finite Element Analysis of Aerospace Structures.

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, substructures/ROMs, 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.