ansel.orr@stealtharmorlabs.com
Ansel OrR: Chief executive officer
Mr. Orr is a proven leader and project manager of complex subsea construction, well intervention, and industry-first decommissioning projects in the Oil & Gas service sector with Oceaneering International Inc.
In 2009, he assisted a CEO in a start-up, within a mentorship program, in researching potential competitors and in drafting a business plan for a follow-on product to a company-owned Hydrogen-fuel cell patent designed for the automotive industry. After graduating from Amherst College, he pursued a technical offshore role as a Sr. Pilot and Technician of subsea Remotely Operated Vehicles before transitioning into project management. Upon completion of a Masters of Business Administration at Rice University, focusing coursework on strategy, entrepreneurship, and marketing (while continuing to work at Oceaneering), he then pivoted into a Product Manager role where he is responsible for defining and executing Oceaneering’s IMR, Installation, and Diving portfolio and services strategy globally.
As a co-founder at Stealth Armor Labs, it is Ansel’s strong background in project management, finance, and strategy that seeks to propel Stealth’s R&D data and results into commercialized military and non-military business solutions.
ben.jawdat@stealtharmorlabs.com
Ben Jawdat: Chief Technology ADVISER
Dr. Jawdat received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Houston in 2015 where he studied superconductivity and designed and fabricated experimental hardware for ultra-low temperature (millikelvin) and high-pressure (gigapascals) measurements.
He completed a postdoc at the Air Force Research Lab in 2018 where he worked on the development of microwave absorbing ceramic heat exchangers for a long-distance wireless power transmission system, after which he worked at Rice University as a Research Scientist on the development of nanoncomposite films for microwave absorption.
Venkat Swaminathan: Technical Advisor
Dr. Venkataraman Swaminathan obtained his doctorate in Materials Science from the University of Southern California in 1975. He worked at Bell Laboratories for 24 years in many aspects of fiber optic communication systems and fiber-to-the-home technologies and held senior management positions. From 2004-2006, Dr. Swaminathan was the Chief of the IR Materials and Devices Branch at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
Between 2008-2014, he served as the Chief of the Acoustics and Networked Sensors Division, and between 2015-2017, as a Research Scientist in the Fuze & Precision Armaments Technology Directorate at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, Picatinny, NJ. He has authored/co-authored 155 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has received 8 patents. He retired from the U.S. Army in Sept 2017 and is currently affiliated with Penn State University and Rice University as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physics and Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, respectively.