Leadership

Michael G. Semmens President and Cofounder Michael has over 30 years of experience in business management, technology development and commercialization. Since graduating from Colorado State University in 1974 with a MS in Mechanical Engineering, Michael has been involved in numerous technology development and engineering design programs for all levels of government as well as commercial businesses. These programs included designing state-of-the-art products, product manufacturing, data processing, systems integration, and analysis and development of advanced instrumentation and control systems. At the corporate level, he has led strategic planning, marketing and business development, large organization operations and administration, acquisitions, financing, and contract execution. Mike was named Engineer of the Year for the state of New Mexico in 1989. His experience includes serving as CEO and Chairman of Electrosource, Inc. (a technology start-up), Corporate Vice President of BDM International (a large R&D firm), President of BDM CSI (a commercial subsidiary of BDM), and President and Founder of The Semmens Group, LLC, and Austin Growth Management and Investments.

Michael currently serves as Chairman of the Rocky Mountain Technology Alliance (RMTA), a regional development organization operating from the campus of University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS). Since its inception in 2004, the RMTA has combined the efforts of industry, government and educational institutions in the Rocky Mountain Corridor, a region stretching from the northern border of Colorado to the southern border of New Mexico, for the purpose of developing, applying and commercializing technology.

E. Paul Semmens Principal, Cofounder, and Executive Vice President for Ballistic Missile Defense E. Paul then served as an Assistant Professor of History at the U.S. Air Force Academy. As a colonel, he was Director of the Combined Arms and Tactics Department at Ft Bliss, where he directed both the Air Defense officer and Non Commissioned Officer schools and oversaw the writing of over 35 doctrinal publications. E. Paul integrated Operation DESERT STORM lessons learned for the branch and updated the doctrinal products. He retired in 1996 after serving as Commander of U.S. Army Space Command (Forward) where he oversaw the development of the Army’s first digital tactical operations center. After his retirement from the Army, E. Paul served as Vice President for Strategic Operations for COLSA Corporation, and then Program Manager for the Army’s first Counter Rocket Artillery and Missile (CRAM) program, called SWORD. In 1999, he joined the Ground-based Mid-course Defense team. As the lead contractor for the GMD Training Program, he devised and implemented the GMD Training and Education Center.

After cofounding Imprimis, Inc, E. Paul became Program Manager for the THAAD Operations and Integration Group (OIG), where his team is currently facilitating the integration of all Terminal High Altitude Air Defense doctrinal, leadership, training and force-on-force analytic efforts. E. Paul is/was a qualified operator on the Hawk, Patriot, GMD and THAAD systems and this in-depth knowledge, combined with his experiences, makes him a unique asset in the Air and Missile Defense business.