Arlington, Va. – Crown Consulting, Inc. announces the appointment of Rubén Del Rosario, Ph.D. to serve as vice president of Aerospace & Advanced Transportation, a practice focusing on developing, testing, and validating transformative aviation and aerospace concepts and technologies.

“Rubén and his team are reshaping air transportation in collaboration with leading-edge companies and government agencies to harness advances in unmanned aviation and aerospace technology to meet the nation’s transport needs,” said Crown’s CEO Al Khan. “Whether forging a statewide roadmap to leverage advanced air mobility or opening the airspace to accommodate faster-than-sound travel, the team’s contributions are setting the foundation for companies and communities to benefit from air transportation’s next generation of technology and services.”

Del Rosario joined Crown as Senior Director for Aerospace Systems in 2019 after a 29-year career at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) John. H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, where he last served as Director of Aeronautics. He provided executive leadership for aeronautics R&D programs and projects in support of NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) and oversaw annual budgets of more than $150 million.

As a renowned expert in advanced propulsion systems and manager of the NASA ARMD Advanced Air Transport Technology Project, Del Rosario developed and executed NASA's strategy for commercial subsonic aircraft technologies research and pioneered the development of national strategies for advancing the electrification of aircraft propulsion systems.

Del Rosario was awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal and the ARMD Associate Administrator Award for Leadership and Management Excellence. He is a fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

He holds a Doctor of Engineering and a Master of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering from Cleveland State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez. He also completed the Senior Executive Fellow Program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

About Crown Consulting Inc.

Crown Consulting, Inc. brings more than three decades of working with the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA, states, and industry. Crown is shaping the future of air transportation with concept development, design, and deployment of systems and aircraft. Its Aerospace & Advanced Transportation, Programs & Engineering, and Integration & Infrastructure teams integrate industry-leading air mobility technology and planning support, engineering, information solutions, and advanced analytics that enhance system performance and provide robust air mobility solutions for government and industry clients. For more information, please visit www.crownci.com.