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Five Minutes With Tim Taylor, Tiburon Subsea

Tim Taylor, Tiburon Subsea

How did you get involved in this industry?

Tim Taylor is an accomplished ocean ex-

I have been interested in exploration my entire life, and it has plorer, businessman and entrepreneur. He been a series of progressive steps from physical exploration taking me to limits and wanting to go further. My role has has owned and operated his own compa- always been to facilitate the actual exploration. Whether it nies in the marine industry for 30 years, was for shark biologists, geologist, archaeologist or the ? lm industry we provided the skills and equipment to get on loca- work which has always included applying tion and accomplish the task. Years of support in underwater innovative diving technologies, and he has operations and explorations aboard my company’s research vessels has given us the hands-on ? eld knowledge of a broad developed a reputation for leading under- base of disciplines. When opportunity was presented to go water expeditions that add to the scienti? c deeper and use the latest technology, I was always at the front of the line. Managing and mitigating risk while executing the knowledge in the ? elds of oceanography, mission on the high seas was my way of life for 30 years. To archaeology, biology and geology. His me, this new company was a logical career progression.

explorations have taken on many forms,

What happened to your research vessel?

but pushing the boundaries with new

The U.S. Navy Warfare Center made me an offer I could not refuse. They needed a good support platform to test AUV’s technology has been a consistent driving and ROV’s. Over the years we totally re-designed and added force, and the use of Autonomous Under- many special features into the “Tiburon” that turned her into a specialized exploration platform. The work we were perform- water Vehicles (AUVs) is a logical path in ing on the Tiburon was exactly what the Navy was looking to his underwater exploration. His most re- accomplish. She was a tried and true platform. After 18 years of adventures form Cuba, Bahamas, Mexico and extended cent accomplishment was the discovery, muli-week expeditions 200 miles offshore I could not think of exploration, and documentation of the a better place for her next mission.

WWI submarine USS R-12 that was lost in

What is Tiburon Subsea?

WWII in 600 ft. of water. A Fellow in the

Tiburon Subsea is a new company that is structured to scale and ? ll the technical equipment needs of the marine indus-

Explorers Club, in 2008 he was awarded try, with our focus on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. That the clubs prestigious Citation of Merit in means investment and infrastructure that allows the newest technology to ? nally gain the traction it requires to break recognition of his explorations.

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