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View from the Top

Casey Moore

President, Sea-Bird Scientif c

MTR caught up with

Casey Moore, the ubiqui- tous president of Sea-Bird

Scienti? c, at the 7th An- nual Blue Tech & Blue

Economy Summit in late 2015 in San Diego. His candor and insight dur- ing his “View from the

Top” presentation makes him a natural selection for

MTR’s April 2016 “View from the Top.”

By Greg Trauthwein

Sea-Bird Scienti? c

Here are Casey Moore’s thoughts on: Challenges inherent in this business, balancing

The ability to look ahead and predict the course everyday work versus long-range predictions.

of the subsea market for the next 20 years. “I’m a nose to the grindstone kind of guy. There is a perspira- “I ? nd that I’m bad at predicting how long things are going to tion/innovation equation that’s going on with all that we’re take when it comes to product innovation and new develop- doing here. In this business, the perspiration is a big part of ments. To that point I’m going to be introducing some things it. We innovate new sensor technology, we get it out in to the today that is part of my vision cycle for 20 years from now ? eld and we learn, and then it is a long road to getting it re- that really was part of my ? ve-year plan when I started my ally right to provide the quality of data necessary for a lot of business in 1992!” today’s scienti? c problems. The ocean is a big body of water

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