Meet the TSi Leadership Team
TIM TAYLOR
Founder / CEO
Tim Taylor is an internationally recognized and awarded ocean explorer, advocate, and founder of Tiburon Subsea. He has spent over thirty years in the marine industry advancing innovative diving technologies within the scientific, archaeological, and oceanographic fields. He has been profiled in the London Financial Times, The New York Times, and Bloomberg News, and he appears regularly on FOX, CNBC, BBC, CBC, and CNN as an ocean technology and robotics expert.
DR. SYLVIA EARLE
Founder / Advisor
Dr. Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Explorer in Residence, has been called a Living Legend by the Library of Congress and First Hero for the Planet by Time Magazine. She is an oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer with experience as a field research scientist, government official, and director for corporations and non-profits including the Kerr McGee Corp, Dresser, Industries, Oryx Energy, Aspen Institute, Conservation Fund, American Rivers, Mote Marine Lab, Duke University Marine Lab, Rutgers Institute for Marine Science, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, and Ocean Futures.
RB Havens
CTO
RB has more than 30 years of engineering and project management experience in marine and industrial environments, ranging from waste to energy power plants to state-of-the-art marine robotics. He has managed 100 employees and tens of millions of dollars in operational, contractual, and capital project budgets. He has logged thousands of hours as the Lead Operator and Maintenance Technician for offshore and inshore geophysics, inspection, and search and recovery projects utilizing ROVs and AUVs.
Matt Watson
COO
After beginning his career as a lawyer, Matt spent more than a decade as a founder and operator of multiple businesses in the industries of e-commerce, logistics, and business consulting. Matt’s companies span multiple States and have received accolades in publications like Kiplinger, Internet Retailer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and others. Matt has a passion for innovation and clean energy, and he believes TSi is an integral part of the transition to ocean renewables.
Tony Lawson
Engineer
Tony holds a B.S. in Engineering from UC Santa Barbara with additional coursework in Mechanical Design, Ocean Structures, and Marine Vessels. He worked as a senior mechanical engineer for a leading ROV manufacturer and has been responsible for a wide range of projects including manned submersibles, nuclear inspection systems, and submersible rescue systems.
Christine Dennison
Advisor
Christine is a Tiburon Subsea founding team member and prominent figure in ocean and polar exploration, team leadership, women’s empowerment, and environmental advocacy. As co-founder of international adventure company Mad Dog Expeditions, she achieved remarkable success in brand building and securing licensing, advertising, sponsorship agreements with prestigious companies and impactful environmental collaborations with Casio, Japan, DENTSU, Patagonia NA, and Red Fox NA.
The USS Grunion. Image provided courtesy of Tim Taylor and The Lost 52 Project.
