Initially a joint venture between Jupiter Research Foundation and Roger Hine to develop an unmoored, station-keeping data buoy for monitoring humpback whales, Liquid Robotics was incorporated in January of 2007 to continue development of the technology. The Wave Glider is our flagship product, allowing dozens of applications and missions never before possible. Now with a staff of 32 and growing, headquartered in California with marine operations in Hawaii, the company is poised to capture this newly created niche in the marine technology market.
Officers and Key Contributors
Roger Hine, President & CEO, co‐invented the Wave Glider technology and co-founded the company. Prior to Liquid Robotics, he directed automation and robotics technology development at Asyst Technologies.
Tim Richardson, COO, was President and CEO of Micro Linear Corporation (acquired by Sirenza Microdevices), as well as President and co‐founder of VeriFiber Technologies (acquired by Bandwidth 9). He also sits on the boards of Jupiter Research Foundation and IXYS Technology.
Graham Hine, Chief Products Officer, was Senior Manager of Software Engineering at Asyst Technologies as well as CEO and founder of Tuxtops, Inc. and Gibraltar Software until their acquisition.
Michael Schradle, CFO, was CFO for two public companies: Micro Linear Corporation and Photon Dynamics Inc. He holds degrees in Physics and Engineering, and earned an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Timothy Ong, VP Mechanical Engineering, was general and engineering manager at Lancair Intl. He lead the development of the Lancair Evolution, their newest and most technologically advanced aircraft to date.
David Walker Ph.D., VP Electronic Systems, was Chief Scientist at Micro Linear Corporation. His graduate studies were at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Robert Olson, VP Software, was previously SVP, Products for VeraCarta Corporation and VP, Engineering for PostX (now part of Cisco). Earlier he was CEO and co-founder of Virtual Vineyards/Wine.com and co-founder of several other companies.
Kurt A.F. Kiesow III, VP Customer Support, was director of world-wide customer advocacy for AristaSoft Corporation, and president of Copperless Networks and Security before joining Liquid Robotics. He also sits on the board of Jupiter Research Foundation.