Paul Kern, GEN, US Army (Ret) is a Senior Counselor with The Cohen Group, a Director with Exelis and iRobot Corporation, and a member of the CoVant Board of Managers.

Since retiring from the Army, he has served as President of AM General, held the Class of 1950 Chair for Advanced Technology at West Point, and worked as a Vice President for Battelle and a Director on numerous boards. Kern retired in 2005 as the Commanding General of the Army Materiel Command. In 2004, he led an internal investigation into abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. He also worked in the Department of the Army Military Deputy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, led the 4th Infantry Division, Mechanized, and was the Senior Military Assistant for the Secretary of Defense. Kern graduated from West Point with a BS and holds Master Degrees in Civil and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.