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Whorton Hamilton Baldwin

Photo: Teledyne Optech

Photo: Caris

Photo: Kongsberg by Q4 2015. In addition to the new sup-

Whorton is the New President Hamilton Joins CARIS of Teledyne Optech Geospatial software developer CARIS port center, Kongsberg Maritime will be

Dr. Mark Whorton has assumed the announced that Travis Hamilton has adding a Seaglider vehicle to the pool role of President of the U.S. organiza- joined its team as the product manager of rental equipment maintained by the tion Teledyne Optech, Inc. Dr. Whorton of the newest application in the CA- company’s base in Aberdeen, U.K., al- will oversee U.S. operations and apply RIS software suite, CARIS Onboard. lowing existing system users to expand his experience to the development of Hamilton has a bachelor’s degree in Seaglider ? eets and prospective custom- the Optech Coastal Zone Mapping and Geomatics from the University of New ers to test ahead of purchase.

Imaging Lidar (CZMIL) and our line of Brunswick and is currently completing

Tureaud, Miller Join Kraken digital aerial cameras. his master’s degree. He has spent the

Dr. Whorton has served Teledyne Brown last two years working in offshore sur- Kraken Sonar Inc. recruited two industry

Engineering (TBE) as Chief Technology vey as a data processor and operator of veterans to further develop its sensors-

Of? cer since October 2014 and previ- AUVs off the coast of Africa and other to-systems strategy. Joining the com- ously as Director, Commercial Earth locations around the world. Hamilton is pany is Dr. Tom Tureaud, who brings 30

Imaging. He is the Principal Investigator already familiar with the CARIS opera- years of industry experience with exper- for the Multiple User System for Earth tion having recently worked under con- tise that resulted in 12 patents, and Gina

Sensing (MUSES) instrument point- tract implementing a new Sound Veloc- Miller, adding 10 years of unmanned ing system for the International Space ity Correction algorithm for the HIPS underwater vehicle (UUV) system engi-

Station (ISS) and led the origination of and SIPS application. neering and leadership to Kraken’s de-

Teledyne’s efforts in commercial Earth sign team. Dr. Tureaud comes to Kraken imaging. Dr. Whorton earned a Ph.D. in with underwater systems industry ex-

Baldwin to Lead Seaglider

Aerospace Engineering from the Geor- perience, having spent over 20 years

Support Center gia Institute of Technology, and prior to Kongsberg Maritime created a Europe- at Vehicle Control Technologies Inc. joining Teledyne in 2009 he served as an support center in Southampton, U.K., in Reston, Va., where he managed the

Chief of the Guidance, Navigation, and for its Seaglider autonomous underwa- company’s underwater platform group

Mission Analysis Branch at the NASA ter vehicle (AUV), a support center to be as chief engineer, overseeing mechani-

Marshall Space Flight Center where he led by Mark Baldwin. The new support cal, hydrodynamic and electrical design. was a subject matter expert in dynamics center will begin stocking spare parts He has been involved in the design of and control of space systems. Dr. Whor- and battery refurbishment kits immedi- over 30 advanced underwater systems. ton will continue his work on MUSES ately and will have the capacity to per- These include: a patented towed dock- as CTO at TBE while he joins Teledyne form standard vehicle battery refurbish- ing system, a buoyant towed vehicle for

Optech. ment services and minor system repairs specialized operations, an underwater

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