Tamara Kahn

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Company: Seaworthy Collective

Location: Austin, Texas

I never expected my love of outdoors and Geology degree to lead me to a career at sea, but there was no resisting it. And I was fortunate enough to spend over a decade working with brilliant, creative-minded innovators and cutting edge geophysical technology.

Yet, during my travels I was horrified by the pollution in our oceans, as well as the sight of water-stressed cities in Africa, India and South America. So, I broke in my land legs gradually at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, studying Climate Science and Policy and intent on combining my new knowledge and my experience to help tackle these humanity threatening challenges.

Connecting and working with sustainable Ocean and Water technology companies, organizations and policymakers that share that goal is incredibly fulfilling and motivating. There are so many solutions that often people don’t know exist! I love spreading the word about these so much I started the Wave Makers podcast. Introducing the companies and people behind them is one way I hope to help the market adopt them, improving lives and sustainable futures globally.

(Perhaps all this is not 100% altruistic… My impulses to swim, paddle boarding, SCUBA dive, surf, sail and hydrate depend on it!)

Jack Pan

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Company: NASA, Ocean Motion

Jack Pan is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Motion Technologies, Inc.. He is also a NPP Fellow at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Jack received his Ph.D. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO, UCSD). Prior to SIO, he worked as a consultant and team lead at JPL and led the development of satellite remote sensing projects on coastal ocean monitoring. Jack has also participated in several polar research expeditions to Antarctica and is a recipient of the Antarctica Service Medal for his instrumentation work and sampling in extreme environments. Jack is also an avid traveler and photographer.

Alissa Peterson

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Company: SeaAhead

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

At SeaAhead, we work with startups that will have an impact in ocean health and sustainable ocean industries. SeaAhead manages a vibrant innovation community, with an incubator, BlueSwell, an accelerator, Gulf Blue Navigator, and facilitates seed-stage investments through our Blue Angels investor group and soon SeaAhead Ventures.

SeaAhead catalyzes the intersection of innovation + sustainability + the oceans – what we are calling Bluetech. The increased stress that our growing population & industrialization is placing on the ocean presents an acute need, as well as an opportunity, for scalable new technologies and ventures to improve ocean sustainability. We are designing SeaAhead to be a nexus, bringing together technologists, scientists, startups, corporations, governments and other ocean stakeholders to create impact in areas including greener shipping and ports, aquaculture and fishery processes, offshore alternative energy, coastal resiliency, ocean plastics and smart cities.

SeaAhead has launched by supporting new startups, working with corporations to facilitate their interaction with new ventures and events to galvanize the community. We will seek in the near future to include a venture investment fund as well.

Alissa Peterson

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Company: SeaAhead

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

At SeaAhead, we work with startups that will have an impact in ocean health and sustainable ocean industries. SeaAhead manages a vibrant innovation community, with an incubator, BlueSwell, an accelerator, Gulf Blue Navigator, and facilitates seed-stage investments through our Blue Angels investor group and soon SeaAhead Ventures.

SeaAhead catalyzes the intersection of innovation + sustainability + the oceans – what we are calling Bluetech. The increased stress that our growing population & industrialization is placing on the ocean presents an acute need, as well as an opportunity, for scalable new technologies and ventures to improve ocean sustainability. We are designing SeaAhead to be a nexus, bringing together technologists, scientists, startups, corporations, governments and other ocean stakeholders to create impact in areas including greener shipping and ports, aquaculture and fishery processes, offshore alternative energy, coastal resiliency, ocean plastics and smart cities.

SeaAhead has launched by supporting new startups, working with corporations to facilitate their interaction with new ventures and events to galvanize the community. We will seek in the near future to include a venture investment fund as well.

Millicent Pitts

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Company: Ocean Exchange, Inc.

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Milly is the executive director of OceanExchange, that gives non-dilutive funding to innovative start-ups that support healthy oceans and a sustainable Blue Economy. She previously was an executive in the chemical/materials industry for 30 years.

In addition to her role at Ocean Exchange, she is a mentor with Creative Destruction Labs (Oceans) in Halifax, is on the Leadership Team of OceansVisions.org, and has previously mentored or judged in collaboration with other partners such as Clean Tech Open and NREL. She leads the Ocean Exchange efforts to grow and communicate with the community of ocean and blue tech innovators.

She holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Inna Ulanova

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Company: Reservoir LLC

Location: Austin, TX

Inna has worked with executives and next-gen leaders to support societal impact, leadership development, diversity and equity, and accessibility design through evidence-based learning and development programs for the past 12 years.

Joe Wheeler

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Company: Bluemvmt

Location: Hingham, Massachusetts

Joe Wheeler is CEO and Founder of Bluemvmt. Bluemvmt’s Subsea Monitoring Platform (SMP) collects data from the world’s most advanced technology providers including the recently introduced Eelume Articulated Underwater IMR Robot from Kongsberg. We derive insights from a range of sensors, cameras, hydrophones and other devices deployed either near-shore, or in the deep sea. Ecological, biological and geophysical data is captured to fuel a host of SaaS-based subscription software solutions.