Paul recently retired from Bell Flight, a Textron Inc. company, after 38 years, capping a 45-year career in manufacturing. He now serves on the Board of Directors for the Manufacturing Technology Development Group (MTDG) and several industrial advisory boards.

An expert in advanced manufacturing, Paul’s strengths span manufacturing technology, engineering, operations optimization, supply chain analysis, and automation. As a Technical Fellow at Bell/Textron, he supported all product lines and advised across Textron divisions on advanced manufacturing and production automation.

He played a key role in technology development, R&D, and innovation strategy—developing roadmaps, supporting emerging product teams, and collaborating on future-focused projects, including autonomous logistics and Bell’s APT (Autonomous Pod Transport) vehicle family, for which he is a co-inventor.

His Fellowship charter included strategic guidance in processing technologies—metals, composites, fabrication, automation, and system integration.

A prolific inventor and respected thought leader, Paul holds 44 patents (with more pending), frequently publishes and presents, and has earned numerous industry awards. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University.