Our Team
Meet the power behind Proteus Ocean Group
Our organization is made up of top experts across diverse fields: Finance, Private and Non-Profit Sector, Science, Design, Marketing, Media, Legal, Capital Formation, and, of course, the Ocean.
Fabien Cousteau
Chief Oceanic Explorer
Co-Founder & Chairman
Storm Boswick
Founder, TRE Advisors &
Board Member
Lisa Marrocchino
Chief Executive Officer
& Board Member
Sung Poblete, PhD, RN
Chief Executive Officer,
Stand Up To Cancer
& Board Member
Jeffrey Sobel
Co-Founder &
Board Member
Courtney Brady
Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center Appointee
Robin van Bokhorst
Principal, Valico Holdings
& Board Member
Executive Team & Board
Randy J. Brandenburg
SVP of Engineering
30+ year Raytheon Veteran, Naval, Maritime, Blue Tech Consultant & Advisor
Mark Patterson, PhD
Chief Robotics Officer
30+ Year Professor of Marine & Environmental Sciences/ Civil & Environmental Engineering of Northeastern University, Aquanaut
Brian Helmuth, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
25-year Professor at the Marine Science Center at Northeastern University - Lead on POG Science & Research Strategy
Gary Rosewell
Director of Partnerships
Seasoned Partnership Marketing Professional with 10+ years in Formula One
Debora Marrocchino
Sr. Director of Marketing
20+ year Marketing & Global Brand Strategy Professional, Men’s Health Magazine, AOL
Lisa Truitt
Chief Business Development
& Creative Officer
25+ year National Geographic Executive, Filmmaker, Storyteller, Innovator in Immersive Entertainment
Scott Parazynski, MD
Director of Space Services
Former NASA Astronaut
Keynote Speaker, Inventor & Business Advisor
POG Team
Barbara van Bebber
General Manager Charter Operations & Sub Centers, U-Boat Worx, Submersible Pilot
Jason Petralia
CEO & Founder Anthropogenic Inc.,
Technologist & Entrepreneur
Jean-Michel Cousteau
Explorer, Environmentalist & Film Producer
Jay Wade
President & Chairman of The International SeaKeepers Society, Technology and Software Expert
Henry Elkus
Founder & CEO, Helena
Lead Strategic Advisor
Jeremy McKane
Founder Ocean Currency Network & Ultramarine, Artist, Tech Expert & Explorer
Rui Ferreira
Managing Partner @ Nascente Value Accelerator, CEO, CFO, Director, Advisory Consultant
Manuel Simas, PhD
Technology Thought Leader,
30+ year experience, CIO Mercedes Benz, MD Microsoft, VP British Telecom, Formula 1
David Godfrey-Thomas
Strategic Financial Expert,
Principal, Afina International,
Food Ag Tech specialist
Rui Morais
Strategic Partnerships, Business Development, Entrepreneur, Monetization of Business Models
Investment
Bruce Polatnick
Garmex Financials, LLC, CEO, Capital Formation
Advisors
Ana Agostinho
European Commission Climate Pact Ambassador, Expertise collaborating with UNESCO, International Union for Conservation of Nature, UN Ocean Decade
Seema A. Khan
Serial Entrepreneur,
Change-Agent, Principal,
The Seed Advisory Group
Tij Bedi
Product & Tech Executive, Gartner Group, WinbyDesign Maximizing Potental Program
João Ribeiro
Strategic Development,
Retired Navy Captain,
Entrepreneur, Consultant on Marine Policy
Mona Dajani
Ambassador for the U.S. Department of Energy, Engineer, Dual-qualified lawyer for UK & US
Global
Hugo de Almeida
Strategic Alliances, 25+ years Brand, Sustainable Events, Activations & Networking
General
Sylvia Earle, PhD
"Her Deepness", Marine Biologist & NATGEO Explorer
Anne Madden, PhD
Award-winning Microbiologist, Professor, Entrepreneur, and TED speaker
Dan Distel, PhD
Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Department Marine and Environmental Sciences
Northeastern University
Bailey Miller, PhD
Natural Products Chemist
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah Health
William Gerwick, PhD
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Scripps Institute of Oceanography University of California San Diego
Dawn Wright, PhD
Esri Chief Scientist, Oceanographer, 1st Black Submersible Diver to Challenger Deep
Science
Richard Hixson, FFICM
Consultant in Critical Care Medicine
Member of the UK Ocean Decade Committee, Co-founder of HealthcareOcean.org
Ché Bolden
Marine Corp Veteran, Technologist, CEO, Charles F. Bolden Group
Sian Proctor, PhD
CEO, Space2inspire & Founder The JEDI Space Foundation
Erik Seedhouse, PhD
Department of Applied Aviation Sciences, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Author of Ocean Outpost
Space
Ian Galt
Angela Jones
Reena John
Jeriyla Kamau
Interns
Yves Béhar
Fuseproject Founder, Industrial Designer, Environmentalist
Saul Rosser, PE
Former Director Aquarius & Mission 31, Marine Engineering Manager, Commercial Diver
Jacques Rougerie
Rougerie Architectes Associés, Founder, President, Oceanographer
Design
Peter Weiss, PhD
Spartan Space Founder & President, Underwater & Space Habitat Expert