Advisors

The company is restructuring its Board of Directors in early 2008 to bring in deep experience in high-tech growth companies and in the electric and hydropower industries.

We are honored to name the following leaders as our advisors and colleagues who are helping us achieve success:

• Matt Morrison, Executive Director, Pacific NW Economic Region.  PNWER helps US-Canada cooperation and policy development, and has an ocean energy work group.

• Dr. Mike Williamson, President, Williamson and Associates Inc. Mike has decades of ocean engineering and specialized marine technical and electronic design experience.  His company conducts ocean surveys and builds advanced systems such as deep-sea drilling robots.

• Rob Reuter, P.E., Washington Department of Ecology.  Rob is experienced with environmental permitting, pollution prevention, geotechnical analysis including hydraulics, clean technology development and networks, and state environmental and water policy. 

• Prof. Bruce Adee, Ocean Engineering, University of Washington:  Dr. Adee is a naval architect and engineer who directed the Ocean Engineering Program at the UW for fifteen years.  He now directs the Human-Powered Submersible annual course and international race team. 

• Dr. Vladimir Shepsis, President, Coast and Harbor Engineering Inc.:  Dr. Shepsis is one of the world's great coastal engineers and has developed highly efficient models for estimating current velocities and potential power generation. 

• John Devine, President, Mera Technologies, Inc.: John has many years experience in marine equipment and industries and his company now builds permanent-magnet direct-drive generators. 

• Tracy Carroll, co-founder, FlexCar.  Tracy has decades of experience with energy conservation and home electric systems.  He co-founded Flexcar and helped launch it into the fastest-growing car-share company in the USA.

• Stephen Norman, Executive Director, King County Housing Authority.  Stephen directs a staff of over 400 people and a budget of $150M to provide housing to 17,000 families and households around the County.  He is tremendously experienced with public agencies, stakeholder negotiations, and policy development.