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Meet the Team

PHOTO: OCEAN IMAGE BANK/RICHARD BARNDEN

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Kakani Katija
Kakani Katija

Principal Engineer

MBARI

Henry Ruhl
Henry Ruhl

Director

CeNCOOS

Benjamin Woodward
Benjamin Woodward

Co-Founder & CEO

CVIsion AI, Inc.

Katy Croff Bell
Katy Croff Bell

Founder & President

Ocean Discovery League

PROGRAM STAFF

Lilli Wakinekona Carlsen
Lilli Wakinekona Carlsen

Engagement Coordinator

FathomNet/MBARI

Laura Chrobak
Laura Chrobak

MLOps Research Engineer

FathomNet/MBARI

Issie Corvi
Issie Corvi

Program Manager

FathomNet/MBARI

Emily Clark
Emily Clark

Content Manager

FathomNet/MBARI

CONTRIBUTORS

Angus Forbes
Angus Forbes

Associate Professor

Purdue University

Jo Simpson
Jo Simpson

Content Strategist

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cindy Hanrahan
Cindy Hanrahan

R&D Administrator

MBARI

Kurtis Wothe
Kurtis Wothe

Motion Designer

Independent contractor

Erin Butler
Erin Butler

Front-end Software Engineer

CVision AI, Inc.

Michaël Bas
Michaël Bas

Founder

&Ranj Serious Games

Ellemieke Berings
Ellemieke Berings

Project Manager

&Ranj Serious Games

Susan Poulton
Susan Poulton

VP of Strategy & Communications

Ocean Discovery League

Kevin Barnard
Kevin Barnard

Software Engineer

MBARI

Carlos Rueda
Carlos Rueda

Senior Software Engineer

MBARI

Katherine Parker
Katherine Parker

Graphic Designer

Independent contractor

Brian Tate
Brian Tate

CTO

CVision AI, Inc.

Meggy Pepelanova
Meggy Pepelanova

Game Designer

&Ranj Serious Games

Brian Kennedy
Brian Kennedy

Chief Scientist

Ocean Discovery League

Joost Daniels
Joost Daniels

Research Engineer

MBARI

Brian Schlining
Brian Schlining

Senior Software Engineer

MBARI

Mark Taipan
Mark Taipan

Software Engineer

CVision AI, Inc.

Genevieve Patterson
Genevieve Patterson

Computer Vision & HCI Researcher

Barderry Consulting

Henrique Campos
Henrique Campos

Developer

&Ranj Serious Games

Eric Orenstein
Eric Orenstein

Senior Research Scientist

National Oceanography Centre

Giovanna Sainz
Giovanna Sainz

Research Assistant

MBARI

Gautam Shah
Gautam Shah

Founder

Internet of Elephants

Jonathan Takahasi
Jonathan Takahasi

Co-Founder & COO

CVision AI, Inc.

Peter Nauta
Peter Nauta

Game Designer

&Ranj Serious Games

GAF van Baalen
GAF van Baalen

Co-Owner & Game Director

&Ranj Serious Games

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Angus Forbes, NVIDIA

Elva Escobar, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Grace Young, Tidal

Hassan Moustahfid, NOAA/IOOS

Judi Gobin, UWI Trinidad

Jyotika Virmani, Schmidt Ocean Institute

Rebecca Helm, Georgetown University

Sara Beery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stefan Williams, University of Sydney

Tammy Horton, World Register of Marine Species

Tanya Berger Wolf, The Ohio State University

Travis Howland, Minecraft Online

Vineeth Balasubramanian, Indian Institute of Technology

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