Paul Davis — SWCC Master Chief (Ret.), Naval Special Warfare Combat Developer
Paul Davis retired in 2019 after 31 years of active duty service as a Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC), achieving the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer. His operational career encompassed surface maritime special operations and intelligence operations, including multiple combat deployments in direct support of Naval Special Warfare missions across multiple theaters.
Following retirement, Davis continued serving Naval Special Warfare as a government civilian combat developer, accumulating six years of experience across two major NSW commands. At Naval Special Warfare Group 8, he served as Director of TRIDENT SPECTRE, Naval Special Warfare's premier maritime experimentation event, overseeing large-scale multi-platform experimentation that directly informed acquisition decisions across the SOCOM Acquisition portfolios. At Naval Special Warfare Group 4, he served as the Combat Systems Integration Officer for all NSW combatant craft — responsible for the integration of weapons, communications, navigation, and sensor systems across the entire surface craft portfolio — and led combat development activities focused on unmanned systems and sensitive activities programs.
Davis founded WakePoint Tech to provide the defense industry with the operational context that most maritime technology programs lack — a dual perspective as both a former operator who employed combatant craft in combat conditions, and a combat developer who translated operational requirements into acquisition-ready documentation. That combination is rare, and it is directly applicable to any organization developing, testing, or seeking to field maritime systems for the Naval Special Warfare or broader SOCOM community.
Our Approach
WakePoint Tech engages at the front end of your development cycle — when course corrections are still inexpensive. Every engagement is scoped to a specific deliverable, executed by practitioners who have lived the requirement, and designed to produce results that survive contact with the NSW user community.
Areas of Expertise
NSW combatant craft operations — Surface and Sub Surface programs — USV and ASV requirements — Distributed Maritime Operations — CONOPS and TTPs development — Maritime experimentation planning and execution — Combat systems integration — SOCOM acquisition process — SIGINT and sensitive activities
How We Engage
Engagements are structured as short-term consulting contracts, typically 30 to 90 days, scoped to a specific program need. We respond to every inquiry within one business day and offer a no-cost 60-minute consultation to assess fit before any contract is executed.