Henry L. Nicholes, Jr. currently serves as the MOSA/OA Team lead and the Systems Engineering Transformation Team (SETT) Open Architecture Theme Lead for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Joint Program Office (JPO) where he is tasked with Developing strategies for implementing and integrating a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) throughout the entire JSF Enterprise. Henry has worked for NAVAIR for over 30 years where he has received numerous awards and recognitions for his service. Henry began his career as a software engineer at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), in the Electronic Warfare (EW) Concepts Development and Analysis Branch in China Lake, CA. During that time, he performed various Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) tasks for multiple airborne platforms and avionics systems. After serving eleven and a half years in China Lake, CA, He transitioned to the Navy Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, MD on a long-term development assignment within the program offices. He attended the USN Test Pilot School and has served as mission systems test team lead, systems engineering lead, and other roles to support the NAVAIR mission. Henry graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN where he majored in computer science and electrical engineering.