Leadership

Graham Hine is the Chief Executive Officer for Liquid Robotics, a Boeing company based in Sunnyvale California. As one of the founders of Liquid Robotics, Graham’s expertise in business, technology, and operations has played a major role helping to transform Liquid Robotics from a small start-up to an industry leader of autonomous ocean robots.

Prior to Liquid Robotics, Graham managed Software Engineering at Asyst Technologies, a manufacturer of robotics, control systems, and embedded applications. Earlier in his career Graham was President and CEO of Gibraltar Software, Inc., a security management enterprise application and President and CEO of Tuxtops, Inc., maker of Linux-based laptops and mobility software. He led the creation of the software engineering function and served on the board of directors at Hine Design, his family’s robotics company. He helped negotiate its sale to Asyst Technologies and helped integrate the two companies. He started his career as an embedded software engineer at Centigram, Inc., one of the pioneers of voice processing technology.

Graham has degrees from Columbia University and Claremont McKenna College.

Graham enjoys outdoor activities including skiing, scuba diving, fishing and kayaking.

As CTO, Jeff is responsible for steering the technological direction of Liquid Robotics, across software, mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering teams.

Jeff first joined The Boeing Company in 2000, and throughout his career has been extensively involved in the pursuit of new business and execution of development programs. Before joining Liquid Robotics, he served as the Chief Engineer for the capture of the New Zealand P-3K2 Under Water ISR program; the technical lead for various international customers; project manager / principal investigator for IRaD programs; and as product roadmap visionary and system architect for the Acoustic Programs organization.

Jeff brings deep experience in systems development, having served as Deputy Program Manager, Chief Engineer, and Chief Technologist for Acoustic Programs at Boeing, and as the Project Lead for the P-8 India Acoustic Subsystem.

Prior to joining Boeing, Jeff held software engineering leadership roles at Qualcomm, Ericsson, BONN Corporation, Systems Control Technology, and Lockheed’s Advanced Development Projects.

Jeff earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Computer Science from the University of Southern California. He holds patents in collaborative web browsing and a “virtual me” networked presence.

Robert Gelbard is an international business consultant specializing in project development and implementation, crisis management and risk analysis.

During his career in the United States Foreign Service, Ambassador Gelbard held senior foreign policy positions, including as President Clinton’s Special Representative for the Balkans, Ambassador to Indonesia and East Timor, Ambassador to Bolivia, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (including responsibility for counter-terrorism), Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South America, Director for Southern Africa and Deputy Director for Western Europe.

Ambassador Gelbard served as the U.S. Government representative to the Paris Club and as President George H.W. Bush’s Personal Representative for the 1992 San Antonio Summit. Other Foreign Service assignments included Paris, Manila and Porto Alegre, Brazil. Gelbard also was a staff member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Gelbard was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia.

Ambassador Gelbard received the Presidential Meritorious Award, the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award, the State Department’s Superior Honor Award and Meritorious Honor Award, and the U.S. Coast Guard’s Distinguished Public Service Award, as well as numerous other commendations. He was awarded the Condor of the Andes, Order of the Grand Cross, Bolivia’s highest decoration for a foreigner, and the Medalha do Gaucho from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Ambassador Gelbard is a graduate of Colby College (AB) and Harvard University (MA). He also studied at MIT. He holds honorary LL.D. degrees from Villanova University Law School and Colby College for his work on peacekeeping and international democracy building.

Dr. Terrill is an oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography leading basic and applied research programs in a variety of marine and environmental disciplines. Under his leadership, he founded the Scripps’ Coastal Observing Research and Development Center (CORDC) in 2003 to focus on the development of new technologies, their application for basic and applied sciences, and the exploitation and fusion of data for improved decision-making.

He has extensive experience with the design, coordination, and implementation of complex field measurement programs that are executed globally, both in the ocean and on land. Sponsorship for these initiatives comes primarily from federal and state agencies; including USACE, NOAA, and Navy ocean observation, and Maritime Domain Awareness initiatives. Dr. Terrill was also one of the early leaders in establishing the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System, one of the eleven U.S. Regional Associations that form the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS).

He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Science from University of California San Diego (UCSD) and a Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography – Applied Ocean Sciences from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Admiral Sir George Zambellas is a highly distinguished British Royal Navy officer, with an exemplary background in maritime, joint service and multinational command. In April of 2016, he completed a three-year appointment as First Sea Lord, a period that included the UK Strategic Defense and Security Review. During his tenure, his principal focus was on people, to ensure that, with significant quantities of new equipment being delivered to the British Royal Navy including two new carriers, new ballistic nuclear submarines, frigates and aircraft, the quality and quantity of technical expertise is ready.

He began his 36-year career as a helicopter pilot in frigates and carriers, before a series of sea commands, culminating in command of the UK Amphibious Force, the UK Maritime Force, NATO’s 4-star Maritime Command and Royal Navy Fleet Command. He has extensive operational experience, including as Chief of Staff in the UK Joint Headquarters for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, in Operation Highbrow in 2006 to evacuate multinational civilians from Lebanon, and in Operation Palliser in 2000 where, as Captain of HMS Chatham, he was deployed to Sierra Leone, earning the Distinguished Service Cross.

Zambellas achievements have earned many honors and awards. The most notable are: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Bath (GCB), 31 December 2015, Knight Commander of the Order of Bath (KCB), 16 June 2012, Distinguished Service Cross and Operational Service Medal for Sierra Leone in 2000, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 2009, Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset, September 2013 and Honorary Doctorate in Science from Southampton University in 2014.

Sir George Zambellas was educated in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and at Stowe School. He studied aeronautical and astronautical engineering at the University of Southampton and graduated in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons) degree.