Paul C. Fuqua

MES & Operations Software Development Leader • AI-Native Engineer

Building the Bridge from Rockets to AI

20+ Years of Cross-Disciplinary Engineering Leadership

My Journey

Hardware

2004-2008

Engineered Rockets

Systems

2008-2016

Integrated Operations

Strategy

2016-2020

Led Transformation

AI & Scale

2020-Present

Pioneering AI-Native

By the Numbers

Impact across two decades of operations leadership

20+
Years Experience
$100M+
Budgets Managed
155+
Launches Supported
Total ULA/LM launches as team member since 2005
12+
Years Management
2
Leadership Programs
2
Startups Founded

My Journey

From designing hardware on the factory floor to pioneering AI-native software delivery, I've built operations expertise at every layer of the enterprise.

Hardware Engineering

2004-2009

Ground Support Equipment, Production & Launch

Systems Integration

2009-2016

Manufacturing Execution Systems & Operations

Strategic Leadership

2013-2020

Executive Development & Transformation

AI & Innovation

2016-Present

Software Leadership & AI-Native Engineering

Ready to Scale Operations Together?

I bring 20+ years of ground-up operations expertise to leadership roles. Let's talk about how I can help drive your company's growth.

Learning Game Development with AI

Building a Unity game with my kids using AI-driven tools and processes

Our AI-Native Game Development Journey

Documenting our family's hands-on exploration of building games using AI-powered development workflows. We're learning Unity, C#, and game design principles while leveraging modern AI tools to accelerate our learning and overcome technical challenges.

"This project represents the future of learning: using AI not as a replacement for understanding, but as a catalyst for faster iteration, deeper exploration, and more ambitious creativity."

Unity Engine

Real-time 3D game development

AI-Assisted

Agentic development workflows

Family Learning

Teaching the next generation

Watch Our Journey on YouTube

Follow along as we document our learning process, challenges, and victories