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MTR100LinkQuest Inc.6749 Top Gun Street San Diego, Calif., U.S. 92121 Tel: (858) 632-9900 Email: [email protected] Website: www.link-quest.com CEO/President: Ning XiaoLinkQuest Inc., of San Diego, CA, manufactures precision acoustic in- struments for offshore oil exploration, construction, drilling, survey, environ- mental study and other oceanographic applications. The company?s acoustic communication and positioning prod-ucts are based on the innovative Broad- band Acoustic Spread Spectrum (BASS) Technology and are widely used world- wide. LinkQuest?s high speed under- water acoustic modems transport more than 95% of the world?s acoustic com- munication data. These systems have set a series of techni- cal performance records in  eld deploy- ments all over the world. LinkQuest?s line of TrackLink Acoustic Tracking Systems provide highly robust, accurate and cost-effective Ultra Short Base- line (USBL) solutions.The FlowQuest Acoustic Current Pro lers, FlowScout Acoustic Flow Meters and NavQuest Doppler Velocity Logs (DVL) were designed to provide solutions for cur- rent pro ling, wave measurement,  ow measurement or precision underwater navigation applications. These products offer signi cantly longer range with high accuracy. LinkQuest also manufac- tures PinPoint LBL acoustic positioning systems and Precision Marine Geodetic Systems used for tsunami and earth-quake monitoring and prediction. Marinexplore 920 Stewart Drive Sunnyvale, Calif., U.S. 94085 Tel: (805)2345415 Email: [email protected] Website: www.marinexplore.com CEO/President: Rainer Sternfeld Vice President André Karpi?t?enko Kalle Kägi Number of Employees: 14 The Case:Marinexplore is providing the offshore and maritime industry with a trusted data platform to organize and make sense of diverse types of ocean data, dramatically reducing risk, effort and time associated to decision-making.The Company:Marinexplore is a Silicon Valley-based company founded in 2012, creating a big data platform for ocean data. The company has already aggregated and or- ganized over 1.5 billion measurements from more than 31,000 ocean-borne platforms and 12 satellites products. The open data focused Marinexplore community has grown close to 5000 people involving ocean professionals from across the globe.The Tech: Marinexplore secure solutions are tai- lored for streamlined data connectivity, management and distribution, helping companies to understand data that is structured spatio-temporally, run analy- sis without moving the data and make informed decisions.Mariscope MeerestechnikGettorfer Str. 1, Osdorf, Schleswig Holstein, Germany 24251 Tel: +4943466000490 Email: [email protected]: http://www.mariscope.com CEO/President: Christian HaagNumber of Employees: 20 Mariscope Meerestechnik was founded in 1994 in Kiel, Germany, with the aim to develop and construct oceanograph- ic equipment. The main manufactur- ing lines are: ROVs (Remotely Oper- ated Vehicles); Underwater cameras and communication systems; Towed vehicles; Deep Sea systems; Custom Designed systems. Today, Mariscope Meerestechnik produces all types of oceanographic instrumentation for  u-vial, coastal, lakes, off-shore and deep ocean applications. The Tech: Mariscope designs, develops and builds almost all components in house. Ful-ly equipped electronic and mechanic workshops in Germany for the manu- facturing. Fully equipped mechanic and electronic workshops for service and repair in South America. Some systems are developed in strong cooperation with other marine technology companies in northern Germany, where Mariscope is part of a Maritime Cluster. Mariscope is also highly involved with applied oceanographic research. In Argentina Mariscope is carrying out a project on Marine Mammal research related to the Southern Right Whales. Christian Haag 18 MTRJuly/August 2013 MTR #6 (18-33).indd 18MTR #6 (18-33).indd 187/19/2013 10:46:27 AM7/19/2013 10:46:27 AM