Leadership

Hernán Luis y Prado | WFW Founder

Hernán Luis y Prado

Founder & CEO

Hernán Luis y Prado served in the United States Navy for 15 years as a Hospital Corpsman and then as a Surface Warfare Officer.

Hernán saw three combat tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, and is a graduate of the Navy Surface Warfare Officer School, where he completed the Chief Engineering Officer and Combat Systems Officer curricula.

His personal decorations include the Navy Achievement Medal and Combat Action Ribbon, as well as various unit and service awards.

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Board of Directors

Beginning

Amanda Barber is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the University of Texas and is a registered Professional Engineer (Mechanical). She currently serves as a Commander in the Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps in San Diego.

Vice Admiral Mike Shoemaker, Ret., has over 20 years of senior executive experience leading complex and diverse organizations ranging from 250 to over 82,000 personnel culminating as the Commander of all Naval Air Forces. He is currently Vice President, Strategic Planning at Lockheed Martin, Aeronautics.

Mr. Biben spent over 40 years in government and industry positions. He retired in late 2016 as the CEO/President of Gibbs & Cox, Inc., the leading independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm in North America. His previous executive positions included Senior Vice President at SAIC; Vice President at Computer Science Corporation (now within General Dynamics); Sr. Vice President at Anteon (now General Dynamics); and Sr. Vice President at Northrop Grumman. Mr. Biben is active on a number of Boards and holds leadership roles within the Shipbuilders Council of America.

Peter is the Vice President, Outside Operations for Haas Automation, Inc. Mr. Zierhut’s career at Haas spans more than 33 years, with experience including management positions in manufacturing, sales, marketing, and IT. He is a senior-level manager at Haas and is responsible for oversight of Haas Automation’s HTEC-branded education program comprising more than 2,000 institutions around the world that utilize Haas machine tools for educational purposes.
Pete, over the last 50 years, has owned and operated companies involved in many different factions of business to include public accounting, real estate development, and health clubs, and, generally, holding the position of chief financial officer and/or managing partner. He is semi-retired from the company he started in 2005, PFW Holdings, LLC, which owns and operates Planet Fitness franchises in four states. His background and expertise helps support WFW’s efforts in construction, financial analysis, and expansion of its facilities and operations.
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Board of Advisors

Our Advisory Board is comprised of industry leaders who make themselves available in support of our mission. They provide guidance on issues including machining education, nonprofit governance, fundraising, and other matters.

Greg Altman

VP District Manager, US Bank

Lyle Anderson

President, C&H Machine

Wayne Arendsee

Owner, The School of Shop

Rosie Davis

Retired

Tuck Forsyth

Board Member, San Diego Social Venture Partners

Doug Harris

President, HE&M Saw

Kathy Looman

Director of Education, Gene Haas Foundation

Erica Martinez

IT Project Mgr, Sr., Qualcomm.

Jeff Metts

President, Dowding Industries Inc.

Brenda Miyamoto

Vice President, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

Vivian Moreno

San Diego City Councilmember, District 8

Judy Oliphant

Retired

John Phillips

Principal, Fish & Richardson

Joe Riel

Executive, Dassault Systems

William Rios

Northrop Grumman

Ed Sullivan

Principal, Business Development, TurbineOne

Craig Vogel

Retired