About TMA BlueTech
Developing the inventors and entrepreneurs of the future
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TMA BlueTech™ is the non-profit industry association and cluster organizer for the San Diego ocean and water technologies community. Its tag line is Promoting BlueTech and Blue Jobs®.
We bring education, policy and technology resources together to promote innovation and economic development in the Blue Economy. We create a strong “Blue Voice” via unique events, information sharing, national and international outreach, networking, research, and workforce development.
We believe that in order to promote sustainable, science-based Ocean and Water industries, the BlueTech community must collaborate with all members of our society. Diversity and inclusion is critical to the success of the planet and the BlueTech industry. As an organization, we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool that possess the required skills, experience and education to succeed. We support efforts of our member companies and partners to select from a diverse candidate pool. As part of our ongoing efforts, we encourage diversity within our internal practices, the voices we feature and amplify, and the partners with whom we engage. We encourage presenting companies to help provide a diverse speaking panel during BlueTech Week.
Promoting the economic development in the Blue Economy allowing it to flourish and provide the foundation for sustainable growth, and international outreach which fortifies global networks spanning the breadth and depth of the oceans.
TMA BlueTech promotes collaboration in the region combined with active national and international outreach.
Michael Jones is President of TMA and TMA Foundation. He founded TMA in 2007 after noticing that San Diego has a strong cluster of maritime technology companies. His background is finance and international relations, having spent 8 years as a commercial lender and 31 years as an investment banker. He is an angel investor, member of the Board of Directors of the Maritime Museum of San Diego, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS). Michael speaks five languages and travels extensively.
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Matt Classen joined TMA BlueTech as the Executive Director in September 2021. He has worked with small, medium, and multinational organizations in a wide variety of sectors in areas as diverse as communications, corporate strategy development, project management, sports sponsorship, organizational change management, and corporate culture development. One of his proudest professional highlights was co-producing an award-winning documentary that was filmed in both the US and Myanmar. He sits on the board of directors of two nonprofits, is a dual citizen of the US and Germany and speaks four languages.
Danielle Muller’s maritime journey began in 2003 working on SCUBA diving liveaboard vessels as either a SCUBA instructor, marine biologist or a captain leading ships on voyages throughout the Bahamas, Caribbean, and US. She moved to San Diego in 2007 and interacted regularly with TMA while working as the Program Coordinator at Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System at UC, San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Danielle also sits on the board for San Diego’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), which participates in the approval hierarchy of marine mammal research.
Kahlai Pratt is a Junior at California State University Maritime Academy studying for an undergraduate in International Business and Logistics. He was born and raised in San Francisco, spending most of time near the ocean. He has a great interest in the Maritime industry and has a passion to help save the ocean.
I am a Sophomore at Cal Maritime working towards my bachelor's degree in Marine Transportation/my Third Mates License and a minor in Business Administration. As a merchant mariner, it will ultimately be my responsibility to ensure regulations are followed and the environment is well taken care of. De-carbonization is dear to me, and I hope to expand my knowledge of emerging tech, make connections, and expand my skill set while interning for TMA Blue Tech.
Michael Maes joined TMA BlueTech this year as a student intern. He is a senior cadet studying International Business and Logistics at California State University Maritime Academy. Born and raised on the coast of Southern California, he has a deep connection with the ocean and has demonstrated great interest in learning more about the emerging sustainable, science-based ocean and water industries.
A Bay Area Native, Ryan Edmister is a second-year cadet at the California State University Maritime Academy studying International Business and Logistics. Having grown up along the waterfront, Ryan has a strong passion for Global Logistics, Intermodal Transportation and Clean Energy Regulation within the West Coast Maritime Industry.
Eva Tompkins is an International Business & Logistics major at California State Maritime Academy with an anticipated graduation date of spring 2024. Eva’s focus as an IBL major is supply chain and international logistics. Eva is knowledgeable and proficient in handling all major social media platforms. She studied abroad in London in 2021, which gave her unique insights into cultural differences and enhanced her interpersonal skills. Eva is driven, responsible, a good listener, and enjoys collaborating with others. Renewable energy and its relationship to the logistics industry is her passion.
TMA BlueTech™ and
TMA Foundation
Partner
Considine & Considine
Partner
Dentons US
Director of Technical Program Development
Quartus Engineering
Senior VP Maritime Technologies
ION Geophysical
CEO
Training Resource Limited Marine Institute
President
BioLargo
CEO
Ocean Motion
Marine Program Manager
Solar Turbines
CEO
Earthwise Sorbents
Clean Energy Leader & Executive
Global Infrastructure Partners
Director
Miracosta Community College
CEO
Marine Advanced Robotics
Executive Director
TMA BlueTech
Associate Professor, Environmental & Ocean Science
University of San Diego
Strategic Partnerships
SDUSD, Office of College, Career & Technical Education
CEO
Aquacycl
COO/CFO
ThayerMahan Inc
Director of Business Development
Deep Trekker
Business Partnerships Specialist
San Diego Workforce Partnership
Founder & CEO
Seatrec
