SOLARMARINE ENERGY - Key Persons


Dr Jon Hancock

Job Titles:
  • Engineering Manager
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering - Chartered Civil Engineer - 20 years' experience in a broad range of disciplines in the oil & gas and construction industry - Lead Structural Engineer on Wave & Floating Solar energy projects from concept design through to detailed engineering, fabrication and operation & maintenance. Strong numerical analysis ability from hand calculations to use of non-linear time domain finite element packages for structural and mooring analysis. Co-author of a book on floating solar. Working with DNV in their joint industry project to write a recommended practice for floating solar plants.

Dr. Kenneth Doherty

Job Titles:
  • R & D Manager
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Experimental Physics - An experienced R&D manager in the marine renewable energy industry with an esteemed track record in Tank Testing of prototype marine devices, Mathematical modelling and writing complex Algorithms. Kenneth is an accomplished Hydrodynamicist.

Eamon Howlin - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
A Chartered Marine and Civil Engineer - MSc. in Offshore Technology - 30 years' experience across the maritime industry including founding a successful marine services company & working internationally as an engineer for oil & gas, civil infrastructural developments, offshore windfarms & wave energy developers. Founder & CEO of SolarMarine Energy. Working with DNV in their joint industry project to write a recommended practice for floating solar plants.

Eleni Trakosa

Job Titles:
  • Marketing & Communications Executive
MSc in Strategic Project Management and BA in Business Administration, with over 10 years experience in customer service, marketing and operations. Eleni is responsible for the SME brand image. This includes monitoring traffic and trends on the website and social media channels as well as internal and external communications with partners and stakeholders.

Marcus Oliver Gay

Job Titles:
  • Commercialization Manager
  • Innovation and Business Strategy Consultant
Mr. Gay is an innovation and business strategy consultant with expertise across the oil, gas, power, renewable energy, environmental remediation, municipal and industrial wastewater sectors. Mr. Gay has a M.Sc in Marine / Environmental Chemistry and is the President of Novus Technical Services, LLC, a Massachusetts based innovation and strategy consultancy that provides technology development, business analytics and operational strategy services to clients working within the Water, Energy and Environmental Services sectors. Mr. Gay is a T shaped professional with broad experience across a variety of business functions and proceses while also having deep experience supporting the successful commercialization of RD&D companies developing novel cleantech solutions.

Mike Whelan

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager
40 years' experience working in the marine sector including oil & gas, wave energy and marine salvage. He founded and successfully ran a number of companies specialising in marine support/towage operations.