Leaders in Advanced Composite Manufacturing Solutions

We leverage our expertise and drive to ease the burden of your daily operations through hands-on execution.

More than consultants, we are doers.

Welcome to Alpha Centauri LLC

ENGAGEMENT RELIABILITY
TRUST

Alpha Centauri is here to help engaged leaders close short-term actions that impact their bottom line, and to support their progress to reach the milestones that build up their strategy.

Our staff finds enjoyment in hands-on collaboration with our clients to accelerate prototyping of concepts and resolve issues that affect daily operations in the manufacturing of aerospace composite laminates.

Our Services

Design for Manufacture

We’ll ensure your composite laminate design is developed with cost and performance as top priorities.

Process Development

Let’s work together to develop effective and robust manufacturing processes. If Lean is your thing we are here for you!

Troubleshooting

Our aim is to provide simple and sustainable solutions to your composite laminate challenges.

Training

We provide training to management, engineers and technical staff in various composite laminate manufacturing topics.

3D printing

We will design your product for 3D printing. We also have 3D printing capabilities to support your prototyping stage.

Testimonials

Alpha Centauri LLC

Meet our Leadership

Lucille Fonseca Jackson

Owner & President

 

Lucille had a strong start in her engineering career working for Toyota Motor Manufacturing. In Toyota she worked in various roles such as Production Engineer, Production Supervisor and Quality Engineer.

James Patrick Hutchins

Senior Advisor

 

Patrick Hutchins joined Alpha Centauri LLC as Senior Advisor in 2019. He currently serves as the President for Staco Systems and is a board member of Omni Lite Inc. 

We’d love to hear from you

If you have any questions or need assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Lucille Fonseca Jackson

Owner & President

Lucille launched her engineering career at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, where she held key roles as Production Engineer, Production Supervisor, and Quality Engineer. During her tenure, she earned Toyota’s highest recognition for her expertise in executing Toyota Business Practice methodologies. She later transitioned into the aerospace industry, contributing to leading organizations such as SpaceX (Manufacturing Engineer, Falcon 9 program), Lisi Aerospace (Manufacturing Engineering Manager), and Esterline Advanced Sensors, Auxitrol Weston (Operations Manager), where she directed production, manufacturing engineering, planning, and purchasing. Her career achievements center on operations strategy, manufacturing cost control, industrialization, visual management, and value stream optimization, consistently driving efficiency and operational excellence. Lucille holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Long Beach, and an MBA from Pepperdine University. She also maintains certifications in Six Sigma (Villanova University), Kaizen Leadership (Toyota), and CAL/OSHA-10. In addition to her direct experience, Lucille has built a strong professional network of Southern California engineers. Her staff holds vast expertise in structural and mechanical design as well as carbon composite structures manufacturing, with decades of experience supporting major programs at Boeing Phantom Works, Northrop Grumman, HITCO, United Technologies, Collins Aerospace (Raytheon), Virgin Orbit, and in the use of Virtek laser projection systems.

James Patrick Hutchins

Senior Advisor

Patrick Hutchins joined Alpha Centauri LLC as Senior Advisor in 2019. He currently serves as the President for Staco Systems and is a board member of Omni Lite Inc. Prior to arriving at Staco Systems, he served as the Vice President and General Manager for Lisi Aerospace -Torrance, CA Division. Patrick also served in several executive roles as Chief Operations Officer of Automated Precision Incorporated, Satellite Division President and Chief Operations Officer of CalAmp Corp and President and General Manager of Chloride Systems, a division of Genlyte Thomas (now Philips Lighting). Mr. Hutchins has extensive experience providing high technology products and services for commercial electronics, wireless communications and power solutions for industrial and aerospace markets. Patrick received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University, and Masters in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.