The Management Team is the commercial core of 4Frontiers. These business and marketing experts develop the product lines and business relationships necessary for the corporation to sustain itself and to grow.
Mark Homnick - CEO and co-founder of 4Frontiers
Mark served as Program Manager for the Gen I Mars settlement programming study and is reprising that role for the Gen II study. His professional experience includes a decade at Intel as program/project manager for wafer fabrication facility design and construction, plus another decade with AT&T developing commercial production facilities. His technical background includes a BSME from Pennsylvania State University and multiple publications on high purity fluids. He is also coauthor on two technical papers on the topics of Mars settlement architecture and space economics.
Joseph E. Palaia, IV - VP Operations / R&D and co-founder of 4Frontiers
Joe holds a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a masters degree in Nuclear Engineering from MIT. A long time Mars and space exploration enthusiast, he has helped to design and build five robots, competing in the FIRST National Robotics Competition. He was responsible for the nuclear and electrical engineering disciplines on the Gen I Mars settlement programming study. He is also co-author of three technical papers on the topics of Mars surface nuclear power planet design, Mars settlement architecture and space economics.
Frank Crossman, Ph.D. - Co-Manager Gen II Mars Settlement Programming
Frank is a graduate of Cornell University (B.S. and M.Eng. in Materials Engineering) and Stanford University (Ph.D. in Materials Science) and conducted postdoctoral studies in Applied Physics at Harvard University. From 1966 until his retirement in 1998, Frank was employed by Lockheed in their Palo Alto Research facilities. He retired as Director of Materials Systems encompassing Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Advanced Technology Centers efforts in materials, structures, controls, and NDE. During 1991-1996 Dr. Crossman was the ATCs Director of three Materials Technologies organizations: Chemistry, Structures, and Materials Applications. Dr. Crossman has published over 50 articles in technical journals and conference proceedings and has co-edited three books. He was a member of the National Research Council's National Materials Advisory Board for seven years and also served as Chair of the Board of Governors of the NSF sponsored Institute for Mechanics and Materials at UCSD and as a member of Industrial Advisory Board of MIT's Materials Processing Center.
