Oxnard, CA – JSL Technologies Inc announced today that Patrick Montford has been promoted to Vice President of Operations. In this position, Mr. Montford will be responsible for execution of all JSL contracts and will report to JSL President/CEO Joe Black
Mr. Montford has served as JSL’s Division Director for the Weapon System Division since 2022 and joined the company about a year earlier as Program Manager for the company’s prime Integrated Ship Defense contract. He soon was leading business development efforts for multiple west coast projects.
President/CEO Joe Black described Mr. Montford as “a well accomplished leader with a solid technical background”.
Mr. Montford earned a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He spent eight years on active duty aboard the aircraft carriers USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER and USS JOHN F. KENNEDY.
Before joining JSL, Mr. Montford served as the Senior Program Manager for Valkyrie Enterprises, providing support to the Ship Defense and Expeditionary Warfare Department (S Department) and the Littoral and Strike Warfare Department (L&SW Department) at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme, as well as in San Diego, CA, Bremerton, WA and Norfolk, VA. He has also supported NSWC Port Hueneme and the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Point Mugu as a Program Manager for Synectic Solutions.
JSL is a Combat Systems Engineering company founded in 2008 with the commitment of delivering practical, innovative and affordable solutions in support of the U.S. Navy’s surface ships and advanced weapons systems. JSL is a Small Disadvantaged and Veteran-Owned Small Business that is Cybersecurity Maturity Model CMMC Level 2 certified, ISO 9001:2015-certified and NIST SP 800-171-compliant. It is headquartered in Oxnard, CA, with more than 200 engineers, logisticians, information technology specialists, program analysts and support personnel who provide customers solutions, services and products nationwide and at international locations.