Deep Ocean Engineering, Inc. is a technology-based engineering and manufacturing company that provides robotic solutions for various underwater applications in harsh and diverse operating environments. DOE designs, builds and tests its ROV’s from its plant in California. DOE has been in continuous operation for twenty four years and has sold more than 500 ROV systems in over thirty countries worldwide. DOE’s ROV systems have been utilized in a broad range of industry applications - military, security, salvage, long tunnel and pipeline inspection, customs, nuclear and hydroelectric power plants, dams and lakes, offshore oil and gas servicing, scientific research and education, fisheries and broadcast filming. Customers include the military organizations of eighteen (18) countries (including the U.S. Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Explosive Ordinance Disposal, Naval Facilities Engineering and Service Center and Army Corps of Engineers), the FBI, Canadian Defense, UK Customs, various utility power companies, science, law enforcement and security groups.

In addition to offering a complete range of standard ROV systems, DOE provides customized solutions for clients with specific requirements. Tailor-made solutions are engineered from component technologies, which have been proven in various industry applications. The engineering and manufacture of appropriately configured submersible delivery systems also include the integration of a wide variety of sensors, tools, electronic navigational controls and tracking systems, instrumentation packages and accessories.

DOE has won several awards, including the State of California Governor’s Small Business Award and the Marine Technology Society’s Compass Award for “Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of the Science and Engineering of Oceanography and Marine Technology”. DOE has also won several U.S. Government Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants. SBIR grants are research-based awards to high tech firms with the ability to develop cutting-edge technology concepts and applications to meet Federal research and development needs for the military, defense and space industries.

The senior managers on average have 25 years of relevant experience and collectively have strong functional expertise in engineering, project management, manufacturing, operations/supply chain management, finance and strategic planning in both small and large organizations.

Steve Weiss — President
Steve has managed technology companies for more than 25 years. In addition to serving as President of Deep Ocean Engineering, Steve is Chairman of Medical Tactile, Inc. (MTI), an early stage medical device company. Mr. Weiss also serves as Executive Advisor to Patient Comfort Systems, a Director of Sierra Scientific Instruments and Alara, Inc. Mr. Weiss previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Lumisys (NASDAQ:LUMI) until 1998. As CEO of Lumisys, Inc. he was responsible for taking the company public in 1995; Lumisys was subsequently acquired by Kodak in late 2000. Prior to Lumisys, Mr. Weiss co-founded and served as President of Virtual Imaging, a medical imaging company that was acquired by Cemax-Ikon in 1991. From 1971 to 1985, Mr. Weiss was Executive Vice President of ADAC Laboratories (NASDAQ:ADAC). ADAC was acquired by Philips Medical in 2000.

Mike Gilson — Vice President, Customer Solutions
Twenty-five years of experience in sales, marketing and customer support of technology driven products for multinational corporations. Mike has significant experience in developing and implementing new-product launch strategies especially in the aviation industry with Airbus Industrie and GE Capital. He co-founded a high-technology components business, where he developed markets and grew annual sales from less than $100K to over $18 million in less than five years. Mike began his professional career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co, serving clients in a variety of industries with an emphasis on strategy and organization building. MBA (Wharton), prior to that served with National Security Agency in Asia.

John Bergman — Chief Technology Officer
Began career at DOE in 1996 as the Senior Electronics Engineer, providing system designs, project management, field training and support for DOE‘s high-end and custom undersea robotics products and special engineering programs. John was previously involved in advanced aerospace materials research and development - formulated a revolutionary material, a closed cell expandable syntactic epoxy, currently patented and marketed worldwide as SYNSPANDTM by the Loctite Corporation. He holds U.S. patents for both laser and ultrasonic instrumentation for biomedical and meteorological applications. John has a B.S. in Physics with honors, concentration in Astrophysics (San Francisco State University).

John Blazek — Director of Operations and Engineering
John brings over twenty–five years of senior–level managerial experience in operations, manufacturing, engineering and product development for advanced technology companies—including demanding biomedical manufacturing. He has successfully designed and developed the mission–critical operations infrastructure (organization, manufacturing processes, material planning, procurement and control, quality systems, and facilities) and made major contributions in research and development. His expertise in these key areas facilitates higher efficiency, lower product costs, reduced product cycle times, and enhanced product quality, resulting in greater profitability and customer satisfaction. John has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Northern Illinois University).