Rear Admiral (ret) James Taylor
Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Initiatives

Mr. James Taylor serves as Epsilon Systems’ Senior Vice President of Strategic Business Initiatives. Prior to joining Epsilon Systems, Mr. Taylor was a Senior Vice President with a defense firm supporting naval ship maintenance and modernization.  He currently serves as a national council member of the American Society of Naval Engineers.

Mr. Taylor served a distinguished career in the Navy before retiring as a Rear Admiral in 1999.  His tours included Shipyard Commander of Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Director of Supportability, Maintenance and Modernization on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations, 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 of which were nuclear powered. While serving the Pacific Fleet, Mr. Taylor was extensively involved in establishing the nuclear powered aircraft carrier maintenance facility at North Island Naval Air Station and developing regional maintenance policies for the Navy.  He has a broad background in ship maintenance, maintenance policy administration and financial management.  While on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations, 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 powered aircraft 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).

He is a graduate of the Executive Program, Graduate School of Business at the University of Southern California. He earned MS degrees in Computer Systems Management and Mechanical Engineering from the US Naval Postgraduate School and his BS in Naval Engineering from the US Naval Academy.