We Get Deep-Tech. Literally!
Our world-class team comprises engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, innovators, and veterans of ocean technology who are drawn to our ambitious mission.
Ravi Pappu
CEO / Board Member
Ravi Pappu is a deep-tech innovator, entrepreneur, and executive. Most recently, he was CTO at In-Q-Tel and a co-founder of IQT Emerge. Prior to that, he was at Trimble Navigation, which acquired ThingMagic, a venture-backed IoT startup that he co-founded. He earned an MS and PhD from the Media Lab at MIT, an MSEE from Villanova, and a B.Tech from Osmania University in India. Ravi is a TR35 and a Boston Business Journal 40 under 40 honoree .
CEO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mark Abbott
President Emeritus, WHOI
Dave Douglas
Partner, Applied Invention
Sanjeev Krishnan
Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, S2G Ventures
Jono Rosen
Former Partner, Applied Invention
TEAM
Arielle Dede
Structures
Smith College; Started building underwater vehicles in high school and at Smith College
Will O’Halloran
VP, Engineering
NYU; Founded Square Robot, ran technical operations at Bluefin, searched for MH370 and Amelia Earhart
Knut Streitlien
AUV Architect
MIT; Designed several underwater vehicles including the Bluefin21, Bluefin 12, Remus M3V, and Sea Scout; MIT, Bluefin, Qinetiq, and Nextdroid
Jeremy Brown
Autonomy
MIT; Founded Jaybridge Robotics - acquired by Toyota Research; AUV autonomy at Bluefin, software architecture at ITA Software; full-stack software at Brilliant
Rob O’Malley
Sales/BD
URI; Sales and Business Development at iXBlue, Teledyne, and Ocean Power Technologies. Significant federal sales experience in uncrewed maritime ssytems and offshore wind
Justin Marple
Autonomy
UMass; Wrote firmware at iRobot, Macton, and Formlabs; Has led a Battlebot team for several years
Our Challenge + Your Energy
We are building a team of experts in Autonomy, Robotics, Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Rapid Prototyping, Embedded Hardware/Firmware, and Data Engineering/Science to embark on this challenge. If you play in one or more of these fields and care about unlocking the economic and societal potential of our oceans, we want to talk to you!
