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PAUL (PAGE) J. HOEPER
Mr. Hoeper has extensive experience at managing complex entities, both within the federal government and in the private sector. In addition, his broad capital formation background will support SAI’s capital raises for Phases 2 and 3. Mr. Hoeper is currently the non-executive chairman of the board of Versar, Inc. and serves as the corporation’s designated audit committee financial expert. Since 2001, Mr. Hoeper has served as an independent director on the board of the Rockwell Scientific Company. He also serves on the board of VT Systems, Inc., a diversified defense contractor with annual sales in excess of $600 million. Recently, he was elected chairman of the board of trustees of OnPoint Technologies, Inc., a venture capital fund established by Congress. In 1998 the Senate confirmed Mr. Hoeper as Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology). In this position he was the Senior Procurement Executive, the Science Advisor to the Secretary, and the senior research and development official for the Department of the Army. He developed and oversaw logistics policy for the Army as implemented by the various military commands. In his capacity as Army Acquisition Executive, Mr. Hoeper appointed, managed and evaluated program executive officers and program managers; managed the 23,000 members of Army Acquisition Corps; and oversaw $17.3 billion in research, development, test and evaluation, and acquisition programs. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Hoeper was Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (International and Commercial Programs). He was responsible for all cooperative DoD research, development and acquisition programs around the world. He implemented and managed DOD’s dual use technology program and the $15 billion Defense Export Loan Guarantee Program. Mr. Hoeper left government service in 2001. Prior to his government service, Mr. Hoeper was for several years the president of Fortune Financial, a private merchant bank. Before this, he was the proprietor of Northshore Consultants, a firm that focused on problems at the intersection of finance, technology and law. Mr. Hoeper has also consulted to private companies in the high technology and aerospace industries on numerous programs, strategic issues and corporate restructurings. Mr. Hoeper received his B.S.E. in Basic Engineering from Princeton University and his M.A.T. in Mathematics from Harvard University. He served on the faculty of Stanford Law School (1989-90) and as Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California (USC) Law Center (1991-95). |