Mr. John Capriotti and Mr. Bernard (BJ) Ryder co-founded Reliability & Performance Technologies (R&P) in 2001. From the inception of R&P, he has supported the Navy’s LPD 17 Program (PMS 317) and Amphibious Warfare Program (PMS 377) in the areas of design, testing and post delivery of new acquisition programs. Prior to co-founding R&P, Mr. Capriotti was an In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) at NSWC Philadelphia (NAVSSES) and worked as a Project Manager in the Smart Ship Program where he led the project team responsible for installing the Smart Ship prototype on the USS Yorktown (CG 48) and USS Rushmore (LSD 47). Mr. Capriotti earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1989.