Co-Founder and President:      Burt Hamner Burt is uniquely qualified to lead the Company. He studied marine biology at Harvard, and obtained Masters' degrees in Business Administration and in Marine Affairs at the University of Washington. He worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District as a marine environmental coordinator. He later became an Environmental Planner for the Washington Department of Ecology and worked extensively with shipyards, ports and marinas. Since 1994 he has been a consultant for the United Nations, the US Agency for International Development, the World Bank, the City of Seattle, the Grays Harbor Paper Company and others, promoting clean technology and sustainable business in developing countries and at home.  He still produces the website Cleaner Production, one of the top websites for international information on how to manage a green and sustainable business and find clean technology solutions. Returning to the USA in 2004 after living for two years in Peru, Burt founded a new company to develop tidal power.  He was the director of the Tacoma Narrows Tidal Power Feasibility Study for the City of Tacoma, supervising eight engineering, environmental and economic consulting firms and three university professors for all of 2007.  Download the Final Report.  During the study he identified the offshore wind/wave power technology solution that makes large-scale offshore power really feasible in the USA.  He founded the Company to capitalize on this in late 2007. Burt is the chair of the Renewable Energy Committee of the Marine Technology Society.  He was appointed as an international advisor to the New Zealand Marine Energy Deployment Fund in early 2008.  Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer:      Chris Leyerle Chris Leyerle and Burt Hamner were classmates together at Harvard.  Chris has 12 years of experience at Microsoft as a senior project manager and has been CEO of a technology company for six years including successful patent filings, grant applications and fund raising. Marine Technology Advisor:  Dr. Mike Williamson Dr. Williamson is founder and president of Williamson and Associates, Inc.  After a distinguished career as a Navy diver he received his PhD in Ocean Engineering from the University of Washington.  His company has over 20 years of specialization in Marine Geophysical Surveys, Search and Recovery and Ocean Engineering Development.  He was a team member for the Tacoma Narrows Tidal Power Feasibility Study and provides a lifetime of ocean engineering capability to the team.  Collaboration The Company has partnered in the past successfully with the following outstanding marine technology companies.  Companies and organizations interested to partner with the Company to develop the Project are invited to contact us. Manson Construction is the largest marine construction company in the Northwest region  It is a 100-year old family-owned firm based in Seattle and has extensive experience with marine construction.  Manson can install large structures such as offshore wind turbine foundations.  Coast and Harbor Engineering, Inc. have extensive experience providing the full spectrum of engineering services required for design and construction of coastal projects. They specialize in analyzing coastal physical processes and their effects on coastal zone and waterfront projects. Waves, currents, and sediment transport are analyzed and simulated for assessing project feasibility and for planning, permitting, and design.  Williamson and Associates Inc. is a leading offshore survey expert with global and local experience with cable surveys and custom ocean engineering.