Our Team
Executive & Advisory Leadership
Joseph Alioto
Founder & CEO
Executive leader and entrepreneur skilled at complex domestic, international, and government sales as well as strategy, execution, and marketing.
Torgeir Hansson
Chief Marketing Officer
High-end media marketing professional with brand stewardship for Fortune 500 companies and broad-spectrum marketing experience.
Michela Alioto-Pier
Chief Government Affairs Officer
Former San Francisco County Supervisor and Domestic Policy Advisor to Vice President Al Gore. Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.
Torey Presti
Shipping Business Advisor
23 years experience in international and American shipping with senior roles at American President Line, Pacific Far East Lines, and Wanhai Lines.
Fredrik Rusten
Operations Advisor
25 years international experience in the diving industry, including leadership roles at Dykkerteknikk/SubMara and Nexans.
Thomas Pier, Esq.
Maritime Law Advisor
Founder of the Pier Admiralty Group with over 20 years of maritime law experience. Current Chair of the California Division of Boating and Waterways.
Mark Geyser
Schomberg
The inventor and developer of the Vacu-Cart HCM System. Over twenty years experience with hull cleaning systems.
Wilson Sonsini
Corporate Law Advisor
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati — the premier legal advisor to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide.