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

Michael Hunter
Data

BYU; Has written software stacks for uncrewed aircraft, drones, and huge fleets of construction vehicles

Justin Marple
Autonomy

UMass; Wrote firmware at iRobot, Macton, and Formlabs; Has led a Battlebot team for several years

August Rabe
Structures

Georgia Tech; Designed autonomous vehicles for the water, ground, and air. Developed ultra-high resolution continuous 3D printing technologies

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!