Post-Show Future 5 Spotlight: Paul Wilkowski

	Paul Wilkowski

Each year, AOC recognizes five young professionals as the year’s "Future 5" – individuals who actively innovate and strive for excellence as they support their respective organizations and build their EMSO careers. In each issue of the Show Daily, we will spotlight one of this year's Future 5 and their career goal in their own words.

Today, we recognize Paul Wilkowski, Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer, L3Harris Technologies

My ultimate career goal is to be a disruptor within the Defense Industry; driving not only the new technological pipelines but to also to architect large-scale solutions with our customers which would drastically improve their capabilities and effectiveness. While I currently view a majority of the industry products developed to be one-dimensional, I am looking to harness the ideologies of Open System Architecture and Multifunction Processing in product development. This allows the team that I look to lead to develop innovative technologies at a rapid pace in all aspects of Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations. While personally I may not have executive expertise in all of the EMSO domains, I will lead a multifaceted team where we will quickly deploy effective capabilities into the hands of the warfighter; such that they can successfully execute their missions and return home safely to their families.

I have already laid a solid foundation to achieve this goal. I have earned technical degrees in both Electrical and Systems Engineering which have granted me the opportunities to work at some of the largest DoD Contractors such to develop Avionics, C4ISR, and EW products; bestowing an understanding of the various perspectives of the warfighter's mission. I am pursuing my Master of Business Administration degree in order to hone my financial and entrepreneurial skills such to be able to go to the table with industry leaders to secure funding for my ideas and effectively manage teams to implement them. And lastly I have established a culture of continuous improvement on my teams such that we do not only ensure we improve our products everyday but also the process in which we develop them.

As I continue down my career path, I am looking to empower the not only the best, brightest, and most experienced in their individual domains but also to elevate those curious yet passionate in the areas of EMS/EW/IO, such that together we can introduce technologies which truly disrupt the industry.