Paul is currently Executive Vice Chairman and was a founder and the original President & CEO of Houston Technology Center (HTC) serving from 1999-2007.  HTC was formed in 1999 to serve as a business accelerator for Houston-based emerging technology companies.  It is a non-profit, 501 (c ) (3) organization that seeks to enhance Houston’s position as a leading city for starting and growing companies in key technology sectors such as: energy, information technology, life sciences, nanotechnology and NASA-originated technologies.  

Since Paul’s move to Houston in 1975, he has been President and/or CEO of three public, technology based companies: LifeMark (1975 – 1984), NYSE; ComputerCraft (1984 – 1986), NASDAQ; and LifeCell (1986 – 1999).  He has been involved in numerous other start-ups by serving on the Board of Directors.  His broad experience includes many mergers and acquisitions.  He has raised multiple rounds of venture capital, two IPOs, and more than a dozen follow-on rounds of public financing.  In 2004, he was honored by the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year program and by the Kauffman Foundation as a nationalist finalist for his achievements as Supporter of Entrepreneurship.

Paul and his wife, Barbara, have two daughters and six grandchildren.  He is a native of Glendale, California and received his B.A. from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.  He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the HTC, BioHouston, The Institute of Research and Rehabilitation (TIRR), The Entrepreneurship Institute, The Lions Eye Foundation – Houston, Boy Scouts of America – The Houston Angel Network (HAN), Prepared 4 Life (P4L), and the Advisory Council of the University of Houston - College of Technology.