Well-known to composites industry veterans, George Tunis has been creating novel products, processes, and applications in the composites industry since he started his professional career with DuPont Composites in 1984. During his six-year tenure with DuPont Composites, Tunis was the program manager for the U.S. Navy, designing and producing composites for naval ship and submarine composites, and won DuPont’s coveted Corporate Marketing Excellence award in 1989. He then formed Hardcore DuPont Composites and led the development of numerous patented large-scale composite structures for the marine, infrastructure, rail, and shipping industries. Tunis also founded SCRIMP Systems LLC in 1993 and scaled that technology globally along with partners DuPont and Toray. After leaving Hardcore DuPont Composites and SCRIMP Systems LLC in 1998, Tunis formed Tunis Works, LLC and subsequently Hardwire LLC. Tunis is a composites industry visionary, an entrepreneur, and a passionate team leader. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware.

John Hammond has a background in business and product management, strategy development, engineering, sales, marketing and manufacturing operations. He spent 13 years with DuPont in numerous business management, engineering, sales, product management, business development and manufacturing positions. His last position with DuPont was as DuPont’s chief officer and Vice President of Marketing & Operations for a $130 million a year chemical marketing and distribution joint-venture company whose formation Hammond led. For that work, Hammond was awarded DuPont’s Corporate Marketing Excellence Award in 1998. In 2000, Hammond left for another start-up, ChemConnect, Inc., and helped lead the company’s rapid emergence as the most powerful chemical industry online trading hub and online procurement services provider to the chemical industry. Hammond joined Hardwire full-time in 2003 and is responsible for business development, marketing, finance, and government and commercial agreements. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, along with executive education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

Skip joined Hardwire LLC in June 2002 and has played numerous key roles in Hardwire’s emergence, since the Company’s inception. His current focus is on project management of infrastructure protection jobs and the development of Hardwire Bridge Armor and Hardwire ArmorStone. He leads the efforts of the development, manufacturing, and delivery of advanced armor solutions utilized to protect critical domestic infrastructure including bridges, facilities, buildings and utilities. Skip has held various positions as a software consultant, programmer, and analyst during his career. He has been involved in starting and building businesses for fifteen years, two of which he has led. His project management and systems expertise have been central to Hardwire’s success, and particularly critical in his leadership of the Infrastructure Armor arm of Hardwire’s operations. Skip holds a Bachelors of Arts in Mathematics and a Minor in Computer Science from Washington College in Chestertown, MD.

Norm Delbridge joined Hardwire in 2004 and leads Hardwire’s efforts in its developing military and homeland security businesses. He concluded a distinguished 36-year military career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the Deputy Chief of Engineers. In that capacity, he was responsible for more than $10 billion in annual programs for the Corps, as well as for other federal and foreign agencies worldwide. As the Assistant Chief of Engineers, General Delbridge developed plans and programs for the Army's military construction, family housing and real property maintenance programs for presentation to Congress in support of annual legislation. He also commanded the Corps' European Division as the Department of Defense Construction Agent for the United States and NATO in ten European countries.

In the construction industry, he has served as Chairman of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, as President of the California Debris Commission, on the Board of Directors of the American Public Works Association and as a member of the Coastal Engineering Research Board, the Transportation Research Board and with the National Research Council of the National Academy of Science. A graduate of the United States Military Academy, General Delbridge holds a Masters degree in Civil Engineering from Iowa State University and has completed the Executive Program at Harvard University. He is a Registered Professional Engineer.

Rob recently joined Hardwire in 2007 to lead Hardwire’s manufacturing expansion efforts, including the design, construction, and ultimate operation of Hardwire’s new armor manufacturing facility located on an adjacent property. Prior to joining Hardwire, Rob completed a distinguished career with the U.S. Navy, which culminated with a highly successful tour of duty as the Commanding Officer of the nuclear powered fast-attack submarine USS HYMAN G. RICKOVER (SSN 709). Rob led the RICKOVER on numerous missions in direct support of national security objectives and the Global War on Terror. In 2006 his boat’s performance was recognized as the number one ship in Submarine Squadron EIGHT. Rob earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, and a Master’s Degree in Political Studies from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, University of Grenoble (France).

Steve Winckler rejoined Hardwire as a consultant in 2005 and leads Hardwire’s efforts in composite engineering, as well as conduct research and development in support of Hardwire’s military and homeland security solutions efforts. Winckler is currently President of Global Composites, which he formed in January 1999 to provide composites manufacturing, engineering and design consulting. He was a founding member of the Cyclics Corporation, which developed and commercialized cyclic thermoplastic technologies for processes such as resin transfer molding (RTM), pultrusion, resin film infusion (RFI), vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM), compression molding (SMC type processes and others), and making thermoplastic prepreg. Prior to that, Winckler founded General Composites, Inc, and developed proprietary RTM equipment for various recreational applications including rowing shell seats (Vespoli USA), bicycle forks (Serotta bicycles), snow board bindings (Burton), and others. Winckler was an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, and Mechanics, was a Structural Engineer for Robert E. Derecktor of Rhode Island, an Army Research Fellow, and a Project Engineer for Exxon in the carbon fiber arena. He holds a Ph.D., M.E., and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been frequently published, and holds numerous composites patents.