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.

James Paetz — President
Jim has 25 years of senior management experience with manufacturing, distribution, sales & marketing companies in the United States and Canada. For the last 12 years Jim served on the Board of Directors of a private distribution company in addition to his operational responsibility as Chief Financial Officer. Beginning in 2005, Jim led the formation, financing, and construction of a $60 million world class packaging manufacturing company in Central California utilizing state of the art technology and equipment from international companies. Jim has led company recapitalization efforts, business process improvement projects, and asset acquisition and divestiture activities in several companies throughout North America. Jim received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia in 1984 and his C.G.A. designation in 1986.

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.

Dr. Kortney Leabourne — Director of Engineering
Dr. Leabourne holds a BS and MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. While at Stanford, Dr. Leabourne was a Graduate Research Assistant at the Aerospace Robotics Laboratory – Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Dr. Leabourne has also worked as a senior level engineer for Space Systems/Loral, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space and most recently with Entelos, Inc.