Our Team

Ocean Exchange Team

Ed Bailey

Director Program and Portfolio Development

Ed Bailey is the director of Program and Portfolio Development at Northwestern Michigan College.

The Marine Center at Northwestern Michigan College provides comprehensive technical training solutions for the marine, surveying, and remote sensing industries. This program provides workforce development, professional training, accreditation programs, and micro-credentials in support of the geospatial industry sector.

Ed has an extensive background in program and project management and has worked in the academic, pharmaceutical, and commercial industries. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University and a Master of Science in Project Management from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville. Ed serves as an adjunct instructor teaching Marine Project Management at Northwestern Michigan College

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Testimonials

“The delegates are a very strategically chosen body of individuals. Virtually everyone who attends Ocean Exchange has the capacity to open doors.”

“When you bring an eclectic mix of highly intelligent, passionate people together, that’s when lightning strikes.”

“Ocean Exchange is entirely different from any of the other organizations that I’m involved in. It is about sustainable innovation. I think it’s also very different in the extremely broad range of stakeholders that it involves.”