Jerry Wohletz

About Jerry Wohletz

Dr. Wohletz is President and CEO of the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.(Draper) which is a not-for-profit engineering innovation company headquarter in Cambridge, MA. Prior to joining Draper in 2022, Dr. Wohletz held a variety of senior executive roles at BAE Systems including Vice President and General Manager (VPGM) of the Electronic Combat Solutions and VPGM of FAST Labs™. Prior to BAE Systems, Dr. Wohletz was a Director at ALPHATECH Inc, a MIT start-up acquired by BAE Systems. Prior to ALPHATECH Inc, he was a research scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory and at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. Dr. Wohletz began his advanced career as an aeronautics engineer with McDonnell Douglas now Boeing working on the F/A-18E/F aircraft design. Dr. Wohletz holds a bachelor’s of science degree with highest distinction in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas; a MS in Engineering focused on Aeronautics and Astronauts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); and a Ph.D. in Estimation and Control, also from MIT.

Experience

1. President and Chief Executive Officer

   Draper

   Jun 2022 — Present · Cambridge, MA, US

   The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.(Draper), is a not-for-profit engineering innovation company. Draper serves our nation’s interests and security needs; advances technologies at the intersection of government, academia, and industry; cultivates the next generation of innovators; and solves the most complex challenges. With annual operating revenues of $724M (2021) and more than a thousand engineers and scientists bring a multidisciplinary advantage to system design for U.S. government and commercial customers. Draper technical staff provide unbiased assessments of technology or systems designed or recommended by other organizations — whether custom-designed or commercial-off-the-shelf.

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Master of Engineering, Aeronautics and Astronautics

  1995 — 1997

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Doctor of Philosophy in Estimation and Control, Aeronautics and Astronautics

  1997 — 2000

• The University of Kansas

  Bachelor of Science with Highest Distinction, Aerospace Engineering

  1989 — 1994

Skills

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• U.s. Department of Defense
• Thought Leadership
• Management
• Integration
• Microsoft Excel
• Training
• Systems Engineering
• Government
• Customer Service
• Proposal Writing
• Leadership
• Aerospace
• Strategic Planning
• Technical Leadership
• Project Management
• Program Management
• Change Management
• Engineering Management
• Defense
• Dod
• Microsoft Office
• Business Strategy