Our Team

Mark Hess - President & CEO

  • Entrepreneurial executive with a proven record for developing successful new businesses in various markets.
  • 10+ years working with the defense & aerospace optics market focusing on providing solutions for critical U.S. military optical requirements.
  • Active in the development and support of Grow Florida & greater Orlando HUBZone.

Jason Hess- V.P. of Operations 

  • ERPOC's seasoned executive with complete customer and product manufacturing knowledge, having worked up from the machining floor to management.
  • 10+ years with ERPOC building innovative advancements into our machining methods and processes.
  • Recipient of numerous customer satisfaction award from within the defense industry.

Kevin Ward - Sr. Director of New Business Ventures

  • 30+ years of experience as a technical sales & marketing executive within the optical, semiconductor & electronics markets.
  • Proven record developing market expansion & growth within small business organizations.
  • Multiple customer recognition awards for implementing and managing sales & service support programs.

Eric Verney - Director of Materials Technology

  • 20+ years directly relating to the growth process of Silicon, Germanium and Sapphire in forms of Czochralski, Directional Solidification and steering next generation R&D of advanced Crystallization.
  • Integral role in supporting many successful start-up companies in Semiconductor, solar and optics industries through product growth stages.
  • BSME from New Hampshire College with disciplines in Material Science.

Amy Udelhofen - Quality Manager/Radiation Safety Officer

  • 8+ years implementing stringent methods & advancing the quality focus for ERPOC's growing markets.
  • Licensed/certified with the state of FL for the removal of Thorium coatings on old generation military optical components.

N. Scott Stevens - Production Manager/Sr. Optician

  • 30+ years focused on optics manufacturing: shaping, grinding, polishing precision components with companies, Bausch & Lomb, Laser Optics, Bond Optics and REO.
  • A depth of experience having held positions which include shop supervision, R&D Coordinator, Fabrication Retrofit Manager & Master Optician.
  • 20+ years experience in high precision interferometry with emphasis on Zygo Phase Shifting instruments running MetroPro data analysis software.

Dairo Pedersen - Equipment & Facilities Manager

  • 20 years experience in silicon crystal growth within the solar and optical markets.
  • Experienced Trainer for crystal growth and related tools.
  • Complete maintenance & trouble-shooting background for CZ crystal growers, crop / wire saws and grinders.