Paul is a 1970 graduate of Lehigh University with a BSEE. During his professional career, Paul was employed at Westinghouse Defense and Electronic Systems Center in Baltimore, MD from 1969 until 1974, involved in the development of high-power microwave systems for use in airborne radar applications.

In 1974, Paul joined the Hewlett Packard Company as an Instrument Field Sales Engineer until 1980. While at HP, Paul also developed and taught several courses at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labs, including “Microwave Integrated Circuit Design” and “Microwave Measurements”.

In 1980, Paul became a partner in Applied Engineering Consultants, a manufacturer’s representative firm.

Paul continues to be active as a leader and mentor at The Bridge Church in Bradenton, FL.

In this capacity, Paul provided sales and applications support for a variety of microwave suppliers to the major defense contractors in the Baltimore/Washington marketplace.

In 1987, Paul left Applied Engineering to found Chesapeake Microwave Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of active microwave components and subsystems. During his 13 years at Chesapeake, the company grew from a small engineering “job shop” to a significant provider of microwave power amplifiers for both defense and commercial wireless customers. It was sold to Andrew Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, in 1999.

After the sale of Chesapeake to Andrew Corporation, Paul served as Andrew’s Chief Technologist for active products, as well as the Director of Engineering. Paul was a Co-founder of IDSI after leaving Andrew Corp in 2002. Over the next 5 years, IDSI grew from 2 employees to 170 with annual revenues of almost $100M. IDSI was sold to General Dynamics C4Systems Division in 2008.

Paul retired from GD at the end of 2008, moving to Florida in 2009. He continues to sit on 4 corporate boards as well as several non-profit boards. He continues to be active as a leader and mentor at The Bridge Church in Bradenton, FL.