Bob Kress

Bob Kress was an American aircraft and aeronautical engineer.
He is specially known for being engineering manager for the project of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. He joined Grumman in 1951.
He worked on the:

F9F Cougar
XF10F Jaguar swing wing experimental fighter
F11F-1 Tiger
proposed STOL ASW flying boats
OV-1 Mohawk Observation Aircraft
design of STOL and VTOL aircraft
F-111B TFX
LM Systems Simulation for the lunar module
LM Guidance Navigation and Control.
From the F-14A's inception until 1971, he was the program's engineering manager, after which he was appointed F-14 deputy development program manager.

He can be seen describing the development of the now-retired F-14 into a maneuvering dogfighter on Modern Marvels: F14 DVD, and
He is credited with the idea of a computer controlled wing sweep mechanism that could be used in combat maneuvering.