Chad Whelan Email & Phone Number

Mountain View, CA

• Advised the President and Board of Directors on strategic technology planning and development
• Undertook extensive international travel to present product line and applications at industry conferences and technical sales meetings with government agencies at the minister level
• Consulted with foreign agencies and ministries in over 40 countries on planning and growing their ocean observing networks with wave and current measurement technology
• Collaborated with Director of Sales and Marketing to promote and sell more than 500 oceanographic radars over ten years generating revenue of over $50M USD
• Successfully proposed and managed budget, personnel and technical direction for over $7M USD in research and service awards and contracts with U.S. and foreign government agencies
• Collaborated on and managed development of new data processing, quality control and diagnostic methods now currently used on over 400 real-time HF Radar systems worldwide

• Project and Budget Management: Managed technical development and real-time ocean monitoring projects. Recent relevant project management experience includes:U.S. Navy SBIR: Multi-Static SeaSonde® HF RADAR Current.
• Data Analysis: Analyzed 2-D surface current and Doppler spectra data for quality control, validation and other technical studies. Devised and implemented numerous improvements to data processing methods and hardware.
• Technical Sales, Marketing and Client Relations: Developed and presented effective technical and marketing presentations for international trade shows, workshops and meetings with potential customers. Developed.
• People Leadership: Managed five-member SeaSonde® HF RADAR network installation team and coordinated SeaSonde installation and field activities in over 20 countries. Coordinated the efforts of CODAR field technicians.
• Proposal/Technical Writing: Coordinated overall drafting of proposal and budget planning for NOFO (see above) among partners in Norway, Spain and the U.S. as well as drafted technical content for the CODAR Ocean.

Moss Landing, CA

• Built an efficient coastal radar network operation (15 station, $200K USD/yr, five part-time engineers) for the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS)
• Created a successful model for commercial/academic partnership to provide quality coastal surface current maps to scientists and operational users that cover over 60,000 km2 including San Francisco Bay and National.
• Developed and managed annual budgets for service, research and software products to NOAA IOOS program office, increasing annual award from <$200K (2014) to over $1M (2018)
• Collaborated with CeNCOOS Director and other CeNCOOS PI’s on strategic planning for the HFR network and surface current map data products.
• Engaged in outreach with regional stakeholders and decision makers such as Cal OSPR, San Francisco Harbor Safety Committee, U.S. Coast Guard, California State and Federal legislative staff and the California Joint.

Physics/Marine Science Teacher for grades 10 through 12 at MAST Academy, a magnet school in the Miami-Dade County School System. Taught College Preparatory and AP Physics courses and labs.

Ms, Applied Marine Physics

Bs, Physics

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