Paul J. Kern

Retired General Paul J. Kern, is a Senior Counselor with The Cohen Group. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of AM General LLC from August 2008 through January 2010. He is currently a Director with Excelis and iRobot Corporation, and a member of the CoVant Board of Directors. Since retiring from active duty in 2005 as the Commanding General of the Army Materiel Command, he has held the Class of 1950 Chair for Advanced Technology at West Point, was a Vice President for Battelle, and a Director on the Anteon International Corporation and EDO Corporation boards. Gen. Kern graduated from West Point in 1967 with a bachelor's of science degree. He holds master's degrees in civil and mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2006. He is a National Security Fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.