Paul N. Laufman is the founding President/CEO and Chairman of the Board of United Paradyne Corporation. A 1961 Engineering graduate of Washington State University, he provided significant advancements related to strategic and tactical missiles, aircraft advanced composite structures, and space launch systems while serving with Hercules Incorporated, Lockheed, Rohr Industries and GenCorp Aerojet. From its 1995 founding, he guided United Paradyne Corporation (UPC) to its position as premier fuels management provider to our nation’s spacelift fleet and military flightlines, participating in virtually all spacelift activity employing government assets, and providing international spacelift services. Mr. Laufman has been a career-long member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.