Honorary Government Co-Chairs
Command for Naval Meteorology and Oceanography (CNMOC)
Quah Ley Hoon (CEO, Marine Port Authority, Singapore)
Chan Eng Soon (CEO, TCOMS, Singapore)
Honorary Corporate Co-Chair
Leidos
General Co-Chairs
Capt. Craig Peterson, US Navy (retired), Mississippi Research Consortium/USM
Thomas Wissing, Naval Oceanographic Office
Venugopalan Pallayil
Chia Chin Swee
Liaisons
Jerry C. Carroll, IEEE/OES
Bob Heitsenrether, NOAA
Zdenka Willis
Patronage
Laurie Jugan, MSET
Exhibits
Ken Sharp, CEO, KMS Oceanic Consultants LLC
Bharath Kalyan
Finance
Richard L. Crout, PhD, Naval Research Laboratory
Mike Pinto, MBARI (retired)
Koay Teong Beng
YP Committee
Katharine Weathers, Perspecta, Inc.
Brandy Armstrong, University of Southern Mississippi
Richard L. Crout, PhD, Naval Research Laboratory
Student Poster Competition
Stephan Howden, PhD, University of Southern Mississippi
Leisl Hotaling, MTS
Shyam Madhusoodana, IEEE OES
Josh Kohut, MTS
Ahmed Mahmood (Co-Chair)
Too Yuen Min (Co-Chair)
Technical Program Committee
Steve Lingsch, Perspecta, Inc. (Co-Chair)
Mike Jugan, MTS (retired)
Bill Lingsch, Perspecta, Inc (Co-Chair)
Rhonda Price, MS Department of Marine Resources / Gulf of Mexico Alliance
Stephen G. Cucullu, NOAA NDBC
Charly Alexander, NOAA
Philip Hoffman, NOAA
Pam McDowell, PhD, CNMOC
Mandar Chitre (Co-Chair)
Special Demonstrations
Capt. John Cousins, US Navy (retired), PMP, CSM / General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)
Clint Edrington, PhD, Mississippi State University/NOAA NCEI
Cheng Siong Chin
Promotion & Social Media
Brandy Armstrong, University of Southern Mississippi
Manu Ignatius
Outreach Engineering Challenge
Jeanne Allen, EPA
Shannon Mensi, Naval Research Laboratory
HS Outreach Program
Leisl Hotaling, MTS
Subcommittees
Pete Furze, Navy Program Development – Teledyne Marine
Stephen (Craig) Cumbee, Naval Oceanographic Office
Mark Smits, Woolpert
Kayla Adcock, CNMOC (PAO)
Roland Bouffanais
Hari Vishnu
Malika Meghjani
Local Hospitality Chair
Grace Chia (Ms)
Web & Technical Support
Matthew Gelis, Veraprise
Rajat Mishra
Kristina Norman, MTS Director of Events