Jeff Cross is the director of business development for aerospace at Toray Composite Materials America, Inc. with over 30 years of experience in aerospace composite manufacturing and materials processing. He started his career in 1988 with Bell Helicopter working in MR&D, focused on innovative tooling and manufacturing processes required for composite fabrication. From Bell, Jeff led the advanced development group at Rockwell International. This group was responsible for DoD prototype projects such as the Tier II Global Hawk wing design and build, NASP composite cryogenic tanks and titanium matrix composite structures. In the early 2000s, Jeff joined Ciba Geigy as an application engineer where he moved into a technical sales role with a focus on aerospace tooling, infusion/RTM resins and processes for structural components.