Eric Hahn

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Eric Hahn is Pareto Energy’s Chief Project Development Officer. Previously, Eric served in the United States Marine Corps and Navy over a twenty-seven-year military career. Eric’s duties encompassed planning, logistics, construction, specialty shore & ocean facilities, infrastructure, and fixed cyber-physical systems engineering and business management. Eric’s duties also involved leading and developing military and civilian, technical, and acquisition support personnel.

Eric has overseen $185 million in sustainment, restoration, and modernization projects for Navy energy facilities world-wide. Eric was responsible for managing the energy and utilities infrastructure supporting a $1.2B major energetics research and production activity at a Naval industrial activity. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Eric personally supervised the completion of a critical offshore energy infrastructure protection project, helping to support a significant portion of the country’s energy exports during the reconstruction efforts. Eric has supervised other specialized Naval shore and ocean facilities engineering projects at all levels of classification. After retiring from the Navy, Eric has recently served as a seasonal faculty associate in the Energy Academic Group at Naval Postgraduate School, which is a cross-disciplinary group formed to focus on developing energy related intellectual capital for the Navy essential to its mission readiness.

Eric earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island in 1994, a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2000, and a Master of Science in Ocean and Resources Engineering from the University of Hawaii in 2003 where he led the Senior Coastal Design Project Team. Eric has also earned a Diploma from the College of Command and Staff of Naval War College, certificates in contracting and program management from Defense Acquisition University, and several graduate certificates including systems engineering and cyber security from Naval Postgraduate School. Eric is a registered professional engineer in the state of Hawaii, and an Association of Energy Engineers Certified Energy Procurement Professional.