Leadership

José Mercado partnered with Thunderbolt Software, LLC in December 2018, and is the president of Thunderbolt Logistics. Thunderbolt Logistics is segment of Thunderbolt Software LLC, a partnership of friends that want to have a positive impact in business. Initially founded as a software development company, this enterprise expanded into areas of systems engineering and logistics. As President of Thunderbolt Logistics, José’s focus is to develop and maintain a high performing and sound logistics business, primarily focused on last mile delivery in partnership and support with Amazon. José is an Amazon Delivery Service Partner (DSP).

José was formerly employed at ASRC Federal Mission Solutions (AFMS) since February 2009, ultimately holding the title of Director of Operations & Infrastructure. In this capacity, José lead a workforce of roughly 500 software developers in support of Department of Defense contracts valued at roughly $40M.  Previously, José held the position of International Project Manager, while working at Private Management Company, conducting mining operations in Colombia, South America. José held this role for 2 years (August 2007 – November 2009). Here, he established and managed multiple mining operations with a focus on alluvial and dredging operations.  Before this, José held the position of Program & Logistics Management Manager, while working for the Lockheed Martin Corporation. José occupied this position for 3 years (December 2004 – August 2007). Previously, José held the position of National Service Delivery Manager, while working at Schenker AG. While at Schenker, José established a national air freight team in support of a Fortune 100 company.  Before this, José served in the United States Marine Corps as a Logistics Officer. While a Marine, José held various roles leading Marines. Particularly, he served as the Logistics Officer of a Marine Service Support Group of 400 Marines in support of a Marine Expeditionary Unit of 1,500 Marines and Sailors.  He also served as an Officer Selection Officer, in an award-winning station, recruiting Marine Corps Officers.

José earned an MS in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007. Additionally, José graduated with a BS in English, with a minor in Spanish Cultural Studies in 1994 from the United States Naval Academy. José also earned an AS in General Studies from Ocean County College in 1991. José is married to Michele Mercado and they have 4 children, José, Elizabeth, William, and Cassandra.

Norman Malnak

Prior to joining Thunderbolt Software, LLC, Mr. Malnak was the Chief Technology Officer for the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company. In this position, he was responsible for the identification, strategic roadmaps, portfolio commonality and technology adoption to drive technology and product commonality across the Aeronautics portfolio.  This included responsibility and oversight of the recovery of troubled programs.  He held this position from March 2019 through December 2020.

Mr. Malnak previously served as Vice President Aeronautics Chief Architect from November 2017 until March 2019. Prior to that he served as Vice President F-35 Mission Systems and Software for the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics business unit from September 2012 to December 2017. He was responsible for mission systems design requirements, avionics software, and mission systems hardware development and delivery. Overall responsibilities included design, development, system and flight test, verification, qualification and production of the F-35 avionics hardware, subsystems, software and build and integration of the product.

  Prior to joining the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics team, Mr. Malnak was Vice President of Technical Operations   for the Lockheed Martin MS2 business unit from November 2010 to September 2012. He was responsible for a    multi-discipline engineering organization of more than 5,800 people spanning multiple locations, and had direct responsibility for providing people, process, and technology leadership in radar, command and control, weapons systems engineering, software, and hardware design and development.  Through this time, he held numerous senior-leadership positions in the systems, computer systems and software engineering disciplines, where he has managed the design, development, integration and fielding of complex, large-scale military systems.

 Mr. Malnak received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Rutgers University in 1984. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and has received the Lockheed Martin NOVA leadership award in 2001, the Lockheed Martin Leadership Association Silver Knight Award in 2007 and the IEEE 2009 Engineer of the Year (Philadelphia Chapter).