Meet the Team
PHOTO: OCEAN IMAGE BANK/RICHARD BARNDEN
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Kakani Katija
Principal Engineer
MBARI
Henry Ruhl
Director
CeNCOOS
Benjamin Woodward
Co-Founder & CEO
CVIsion AI, Inc.
Katy Croff Bell
Founder & President
Ocean Discovery League
PROGRAM STAFF
Lilli Wakinekona Carlsen
Engagement Coordinator
FathomNet/MBARI
Laura Chrobak
MLOps Research Engineer
FathomNet/MBARI
Issie Corvi
Program Manager
FathomNet/MBARI
Emily Clark
Content Manager
FathomNet/MBARI
CONTRIBUTORS
Angus Forbes
Associate Professor
Purdue University
Jo Simpson
Content Strategist
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Cindy Hanrahan
R&D Administrator
MBARI
Kurtis Wothe
Motion Designer
Independent contractor
Erin Butler
Front-end Software Engineer
CVision AI, Inc.
Michaël Bas
Founder
&Ranj Serious Games
Ellemieke Berings
Project Manager
&Ranj Serious Games
Susan Poulton
VP of Strategy & Communications
Ocean Discovery League
Kevin Barnard
Software Engineer
MBARI
Carlos Rueda
Senior Software Engineer
MBARI
Katherine Parker
Graphic Designer
Independent contractor
Brian Tate
CTO
CVision AI, Inc.
Meggy Pepelanova
Game Designer
&Ranj Serious Games
Brian Kennedy
Chief Scientist
Ocean Discovery League
Joost Daniels
Research Engineer
MBARI
Brian Schlining
Senior Software Engineer
MBARI
Mark Taipan
Software Engineer
CVision AI, Inc.
Genevieve Patterson
Computer Vision & HCI Researcher
Barderry Consulting
Henrique Campos
Developer
&Ranj Serious Games
Eric Orenstein
Senior Research Scientist
National Oceanography Centre
Giovanna Sainz
Research Assistant
MBARI
Gautam Shah
Founder
Internet of Elephants
Jonathan Takahasi
Co-Founder & COO
CVision AI, Inc.
Peter Nauta
Game Designer
&Ranj Serious Games
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