Frank has been intrigued at how new technologies are developed and adopted throughout his career. Indeed, it's been a thread that has connected Frank's careers in international relations, medical devices, information technology, venture capital, and research with IFTF.

Frank began his career in arms control and nuclear nonproliferation policy, working with the U.S. government. His work on arms control verification technologies took him to the so-called weapons research labs (Sandia, Los Alamos, and Lawrence Livermore), and kindled his interest in technology. Frank's interests in both national security and emerging technology led him to work on a wide range of projects from physical and information security for the Departments of Energy and Defense, to commercializing government-developed technology from federal research labs. Working with USAID, Frank advised Indian start-ups on partnering and marketing their commercial technology in the United States.

Frank took his experience in commercializing technology to the private sector, where he had the opportunity to work at one of the leading corporate research labs, IBM's TJ Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. There, he led a marketing group to commercialize "disruptive" technologies, and to evaluate emerging market requirements for select industry verticals. Frank was also Director of Corporate Strategy for IBM where he was responsible for identifying new growth opportunities for IBM globally. In this position, he helped to launch IBM's Life Sciences solutions unit which provides core technology, solutions, and services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Frank is also a venture advisor to Baltimore, Maryland-based venture fund, Nobska Ventures. The fund's focus is on early stage investments in information security, homeland security, and health care informatics.