Paul Hess

Owner

About

Experienced builder and leader of diverse and distributed teams charged with development and execution of complex defense science and technology programs. Proven resilient management approaches to withstand challenges such as funding and requirement instability, technical risk, and intellectual property law. Skilled in working with government labs, universities, and industry via FARS/DFARS contracts, non-FARS approaches (OTAs), and grants. Extensive experience in international multilateral science and technology exchange and collaboration programs. Former consulting expert to Navy IP counsel. Ongoing engagement with advanced technologies supporting sea platform system state awareness (e.g. digital twins, artificial intelligence and machine learning, structural health monitoring, and condition-based maintenance), at-sea and expeditionary logistics (e.g. novel rearm, autonomy, environmental sensing, robotics, system engineering), Arctic and Antarctic operations for non-ice-classed ships, and advanced manufacturing (e.g. additive and composites). Internationally recognized ship structures expert. Open to serving on corporate boards.

Country

United States

City

Falls Church

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Volunteer Engagement, Community Service, Volunteering, Technology Research, Research and Development (R&D), Navy, Engineering, Program Management, Systems Engineering, Analysis, Military, Composites, Management, Structural Engineering, Engineering Management, Earned Value Management, Defense, Security Clearance, DoD, National Security

Experience

Owner

StructRel Solutions LLC

2023-4 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

Falls Church, VA

Adjunct Professor and Senior Advisor, Naval Engineering

Virginia Tech National Security Institute

2023-4 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

Principal Engineer

Integer Technologies

2023-4 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

Director, Maritime Systems

McCormick Stevenson

2023-10 - Present · 3 yrs

Providing SME and Project Management services

Volunteer

National Ski Patrol

1995-9 - Present · 31 yrs 1 mo

Davis, West Virginia, United States

Ski Patroller with Blackwater Ski Patrol

Technical Fellow

UMaine Advanced Structures & Composites Center

2023-6 - 2025-6 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Portland, Maine, United States

Program Officer

Office of Naval Research

2006-7 - 2023-4 · 16 yrs 10 mos

Arlington, VA

Responsibilities - Leading and managing teams in the development of reliability-based, tools and processes for design and life-cycle management of manned and unmanned Naval surface and undersea vehicle structures, to withstand wave, weapon, and ice loads. - Developing advanced at-sea sustainment technology to support blue water and littoral Naval and expeditionary USMC operations. - Leading NATO Science and Technology Organization Advanced Vehicle Technology Activities in the areas of Naval ship operations in the polar regions (focus on hull-ice interaction) and modeling of maintenance in UxV design. - Subject Matter Expert in the areas of naval ship structures and platform system reliability, risk, and resilience.

Naval Architect (Structures)

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, U.S.Navy

1989-7 - 2006-7 · 17 yrs 1 mo

W. Bethesda, MD

- Developed reliability-based, operational performance metrics and acceptability guidelines to support acquisition and life-cycle management of surface ship structures, specifically naval combatants. - Created and calibrated reliability-based structural design and analysis methods for surface ship structures. Developed methods apply to both metallic and composite materials. - Characterized the statistical behavior of strength parameters, the effect of this randomness on the structural strength, and the uncertainty inherent in strength prediction methods. - Managed and conducted investigations in topics impacting the structural strength of naval surface ships under seaway loading. - Established failure mode characterizations for use in surface ship structural reliability, analysis and design.