The Honorable Paul J. “Page” Hoeper is a private consultant, corporate director, and venture capitalist. Since leaving government service, Mr. Hoeper has focused on corporate governance and board service.  He chairs the boards of OnPoint Technologies, Inc., 501c(3) venture capital fund established by Congress to focus on emerging commercial technologies of interest to the U.S. Army; and Plasan U.S., a non-public company owned by Kibbutz Sasa that provides advanced materials for defense and non-defense applications.

Mr. Hoeper also serves on the board advisors of VT Systems. He previously served on the boards of several defense companies including United Industrial Corporation (AAI), Versar, Inc., Barco Federal Systems, Technology Research Corporation, and the Rockwell Scientific Corporation.

Public service continues to be a focus. Mr. Hoeper is a core member of the Pentagon’s Defense Science Board and chaired the DSB study on the cyber supply chain. The SANS Institute recognized his work in this area with its “Difference Maker” award. In 2017 he was elected to the investment committee of the $1.5 billion Annenberg Foundation.

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 of the Army, 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. Mr. Hoeper left government service in 2001.

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 received numerous honors while serving at the Pentagon. His awards include the Army Decoration for Distinguished Civilian Service, the Defense Award for Outstanding Achievement, and the President’s Award (the Biddle Medal) for his dedication and support to the Association of the United States Army. Mr. Hoeper is also the recipient of the Vice President of the United States “Hammer” award for reinventing government. In December 1996, Secretary of Defense William J. Perry awarded Mr. Hoeper the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service.

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 public and private companies on numerous programs, strategic issues and corporate restructurings.

Concurrent with these business endeavors, Mr. Hoeper taught at several law schools. In 1990, he developed What Lawyers Should Know About Business for the Stanford Law School. Following this, he taught the course for five years as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California.

Mr. Hoeper received his BSE in Basic Engineering from Princeton University and his M.A.T. (Mathematics) from Harvard University.