Our Team

Ocean Exchange Team

Eric Siegel

CIO, Ocean Frontier Institute

Eric has worked in ocean science, technical innovation, and international business for twenty years.

Eric has worked in ocean science, technical innovation, and international business for twenty years. He has held director positions in global ocean technology companies leading teams in sales, business development, and advanced manufacturing.  Eric is a demonstrated growth leader with extensive experience in North America, Europe, UK, and Asia. Eric serves as the Chief Innovation Officer at Canada’s Ocean Frontier Institute and the Executive in Residence at the Creative Destruction Lab, as well as Strategic Advisor for international ocean technology companies.  Eric is trained in physical oceanography and earned an MBA with a focus on leadership, innovation, and global business. 

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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.”