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Lisa Jean Fronczek (Fed)
Technical Portfolio Manager
Lisa Fronczek is a Technical Portfolio Manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Advanced Manufacturing (OAM), which also serves as the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office for Manufacturing USA. Lisa received a B.S in Electrical Engineer from the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering.
Prior to joining OAM, Lisa served as an Electronics Engineer in the NIST’s Engineering Laboratory and spent over a decade as the Scientific Advisor to multiple directors within NIST’s Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory. Throughout her tenure, her research expertise in manufacturing engineering fostered the design and development of advanced software and hardware automation systems. Her technical expertise in hardware/software automation and collaborative robotics has supported both civil research and multi-agency military applications.
At OAM, Lisa works with federal agency staff as a Technical Portfolio Manager. In this role, she partners with federal agency staff to develop strategic funding opportunities, serves as the program manager for a diverse portfolio of grants and cooperative agreements, and champions advanced manufacturing workforce development activities.
Awards
Lisa’s contributions have earned her several recognitions over the years including: the U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal, the highest award presented by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, for Leadership of a multi-organization effort to develop innovative methods to deploy smartphones and other applications securely; the NIST Colleague Choice Award (twice) for her exceptional initiative with the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program and her outstanding service and support to colleagues, partners at other federal agencies, and stakeholders in the Manufacturing USA community; and George A Uriano Award as part of a team who awarded $12.3 M in 67 days to enabled Manufacturing USA institutes to provide solutions through advanced manufacturing and training to respond to critical national needs for domestically produced medical products. She has authored numerous expert papers, videos, and workshops on collaborative robotics and advanced manufacturing.
