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Authors Contributors &

Ben Bryant is Marine Market electronics and wireless tech-

Manager at Klüber Lubrica- nology. He has been active in tion. A graduate of the Massa- the design, patenting and de-

MarineNews chusetts Maritime Academy, velopment of a range of safety

July 2019 he is a long-time contributor technology for the UK, Euro-

Volume 30 Number 7 to our pages. pean and North American mar- kets. John is part of the senior

Bryant

Timothy Charters is Vice Pres- team at Ramtech Electronics ident of Government and Politi- and is based at the company’s cal Affairs at National Ocean In- UK of? ces in Nottingham.

dustries Association (NOIA).

Lisa Overing is an award-

Tom Ewing is a freelance winning marine journalist and writer specializing in energy copywriter. Lisa served on the and environmental issues. board of directors of Boating

Writers Int’l from 2007-2012.

Chad Fuhrmann is the Di- She is published in nine lan-

Charters Ewing rector of Regulatory Affairs guages for some the world’s for the Offshore Marine Ser- leading yachting titles. Addi- vice Association (OMSA). As tionally, she is creative direc- a licensed Chief Engineer and tor for Megayacht Media, an subject matter expert, he advertising agency for marine has consulted with numerous businesses. Email: lisa.over- organizations focusing on de- [email protected] veloping awareness of marine operations at the individual Aaron Smith is President and

Fuhrmann Mosterd level and within organizations. CEO of the Offshore Marine

Chad is active in various indus- Service Association (OMSA) try volunteer efforts including the National Offshore Safety Matthew Wallace is the

Advisory Committee and the CEO and President of VRSim,

Marine Technology Society Dy- Inc., an established VR train- namic Positioning Committee. ing system developer. VRSim is responsible for creation of

Jon Mosterd is currently a SimSpray, and works in part- member of the North Ameri- nership with Lincoln Electric

Newbury

Overing can Center of Excellence at to develop the VRTEX product

Danfoss Drives. Alongside his line. VRSim has developed team, Jon helps to support custom and commercial VR,

Integrators, OEMs and end simulation, and software solu- users with their marine and tions for industry since 2001. heavy industry applications. Matthew leads the company through the perils and suc-

John Newbury, Product Man- cesses of VR technology and ager at Ramtech Electronics is renowned for his expertise

Limited, has a background in on practical applications of VR.

Smith

Wallace

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