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Dan Walker, Ph.D., P.Eng., Executive Director of Business Development and Marketing
Dr. Walker helped form Oceanic Consulting Corporation while he was President of Marineering
Limited, a firm he founded in 1993 to provide contract research services to the international
marine industry. A prominent voice in the national and international marine engineering
community, Dr. Walker has served as Vice President, Atlantic North Region, of the
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) as well as being a member of the
steering committee for the Society’s Technical and Research Program. Dr. Walker was a member
of the Shipbuilding and Industrial Marine Advisory Committee to the Canadian Minister of
Industry, and he sat for four years on the Atlantic Innovation Fund Advisory Board to the
Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. He also served as a
member of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Unity Council. Dr. Walker is a Professional
Engineer and has a Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in Naval Architectural
Engineering from Memorial University.