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Contributors 23 1 4 5 678 1 Robert Crane under the DOT’s MARAD from 2003 until 2008. He is a Program Executive for the Institute for Home- writes regularly for Marine News.

land Security at Sam Houston State University. Mr.

Crane retired from federal civil service after serving as 5 Erik Milito the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) and Posi- is the president of the National Ocean Industries As- tioning-Navigation-Timing (PNT) Resilience Advisor sociation (NOIA), representing the interests of the at the e U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Mr. offshore oil, gas, wind, carbon capture, and ocean

Crane is the Co-Chair for MRS 2026. mineral industries.

2 Dr. Joe DiRenzo 6 Phil Nester is the Director of Research Partnerships at the U.S. is a Partner with the Transportation & Logistics Prac-

Coast Guard Research and Development Center and is tice Group. He may be reached by telephone at 1-216- the event’s Co-Chair. He teaches part time for Ameri- 363-6240 or by e-mail at [email protected].

can Military University and National University. 7 Barry Parker 3 Mark Ignash of bdp1 Consulting Ltd provides strategic and tac- is Director, Strategic Initiatives & Ecosystem Devel- tical support, including analytics and communica- opment, Michigan Of? ce of Defense & Aerospace In- tions, to businesses across the maritime spectrum. novation (ODAI). He is a freelance writer and regular contributor to this magazine.

4 Robert Kunkel is president of Alternative Marine Technologies and 8 Colonel Randy Pugh,

First Harvest Navigation, served as the Federal Chair- Naval Postgraduate School’s Vice Provost for Warfare man of the Short Sea Shipping Cooperative Program Studies and will be the Co-Chair for MRS 2027. 6 | MN March 2026