James L. Taylor
Mr. Taylor served thirty-four years in the Navy before retiring as
a Rear Admiral in 1999. His tours include Shipyard Commander of Norfolk Naval
Shipyard, Director of Supportability, Maintenance and Modernization on the
staff of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV Staff), and the Fleet Maintenance
Officer for the Pacific Fleet. As the Pacific Fleet Maintenance Officer, Mr.
Taylor was responsible for the maintenance and modernization of all Pacific
Fleet ships and associated support facilities, including the six Pacific Fleet
aircraft carriers (four CVNs). While at Pacific Fleet, Mr. Taylor was
extensively involved in establishing the CVN maintenance facility at North
Island Naval Air Station and in performing the first major availability at that
facility in 1998. He has a broad background in ship maintenance, maintenance
policy administration and financial management. While on the OPNAV Staff, Mr.
Taylor was directly responsible for the funding and associated policies of the
Navy's entire ship maintenance and modernization budget. During his tour as
Shipyard Commander at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Mr. Taylor supervised the Navy's
largest industrial activity including a work force of over 10,000 personnel and
numerous availabilities on nuclear carriers, cruisers, submarines and
conventionally powered ships.
Mr. Taylor's other Navy tours include shipyard assignments, various sea and shore duty assignments, Deputy Director of Industrial Operations at the Naval Sea Systems Command, and Chief Engineer of USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64).
From Navy retirement in 1999 until 2007, Mr. Taylor served as the Senior Vice President for all West Coast business operations of AMSEC LLC, an enterprise of over $100M in annual revenue and more than 1100 employees including engineers, technical support, blue collar workers, support/corporate staffs, evaluation and assessment experts.
In 2007 Mr Taylor joined Epsilon as SVP for Strategic Business Initiative. He also supports several other companies in a consulting role. He continues to be extensively involved in Navy maintenance policies and support.
AMI Advisory
Panel:
Daniel
Bowler
Barry
Costello
Bill
Hancock
Doug
Katz
Dave
Lassek
James L.
Taylor
Tom Wilson
