Strategic advice and global connectivity to drive commercial launch and adoption of Balboa Geo's POINTER geolocation technology developed at Caltech / NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab for GPS-denied and degraded environments
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Balboa Geolocation, Inc. ("Balboa Geo") is pleased to announce the formation of its Strategic Advisory Council ("SAC") to provide high level advice and guidance for the commercial launch of its first-in-class geolocation technology, known as POINTER.
The SAC is composed of senior leadership from the defense and private sectors. It reflects the broad application of POINTER technology and numerous use cases across multiple segments of the market - Public Safety, Defense. Industrial and Commercial. In particular, Industrial and Commercial opportunities include: Construction; Energy; Transportation; Autonomy / Robotics; Maritime; Mining; Supply Chain and Logistics; IoT, among others. Admiral Patrick Walsh, PhD (Ret) will Chair the SAC and is joined by Ed Dolanski and Jim Bethmann as additional founding SAC members.
Admiral Patrick Walsh, PhD (Ret) is a highly experienced military leader and business executive in aerospace and defense, cybersecurity and higher education. As a United States Navy four-star admiral, he served as Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and Commander of the U.S. 5th Fleet. Admiral Walsh, a Naval Aviator commanded multiple Strike Groups and flew 77 combat missions while deployed aboard various aircraft carriers. Walsh was selected and became a member of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, "Blue Angels". During his Naval career he was appointed a White House Fellow and Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. He also chaired the Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law at the U.S. Naval Academy and served as the Chief of Naval Personnel and reported to the Joint Staff. Concurrently, Walsh served as Director, Navy Quadrennial Defense and Director, Navy Programing Division. Admiral Walsh is the recipient of numerous awards and decorations by the U.S. Navy.
Since retiring from the Navy, Admiral Walsh served as an executive in aerospace and defense, cybersecurity and higher education including serving as Vice President, Boeing Global Services managing a $1.3B portfolio with full P&L responsibility, Senior Fellow - John G. Tower Center for Public Policy and International Affairs, Southern Methodist University, Senior Advisor to Oliver Wyman, a management consulting firm and business unit of Marsh McLennan and co-founder of the First Watch Group, a strategic advisory and consulting firm. Admiral Walsh also serves as President of Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep.
Admiral Walsh obtained a BS from U.S. Naval Academy, MA from Chairman University, and MA and PhD (distinction) from Tufts University.
"POINTER offers the potential life-saving advantage to the warfighter, first responder, or commercial user to track individuals or high-value assets in GPS-denied or degraded environments," stated Admiral Walsh. "POINTER leverages Magneto-Electro-Quasi-Static ("M/EQS") technology to operate in a Non-Line-of-Sight environment, without the associated challenges of drift or multi-path signal bounce. POINTER will save lives, time, and money. We recognize the dependencies created by the existing legacy overhead architecture and have an acute need to develop alternative and redundant techniques for geolocation. POINTER plays an important role in filling that largely unmet need for position, navigation and timing benefiting many sectors," Admiral Walsh further noted.
Ed Dolanski is a highly experienced Fortune 50 business executive with 30+ years of experience leading organizations through performance turnarounds and into sustained transformational growth. His experience includes full P&L responsibility of businesses ranging in size from $300M to $10B annual revenue within the Aerospace / Defense, Industrial Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Distribution Services and Retail Industries.
Ed is co-founder of the First Watch Group, a strategic advisory and consulting firm. He founded North Star Advisors LLC, an advisory, M&A and investment firm. Dolanski had significant senior management responsibilities at Boeing including President of Boeing Services, a $10B operating division of Boeing, President and CEO of Aviall, a $4.4B subsidiary of Boeing. Additionally, Dolanski served as Vice President of Mission Support and Cyber Engagement at Raytheon. Previously he held management positions at MagneTek and Walmart in supply chain management and logistics.
Ed currently serves as Chairman of MD Helicopters, board member at VSE Corporation, Chairman of Filtari, a social media filter start-up, board member of Catalyze Dallas and board advisor to Texas Blockchain Council.
Ed obtained a BA from John Brown University and attended the Executive MBA program at Vanderbilt University.
Jim Bethmann is a highly experienced technology executive, consultant and executive search / human resources professional. Jim is currently the Managing Partner, Technology at Caldwell, an international executive search firm. He spent 10 years leading a $300M technology company operations on 3 continents and his formative years as an active duty and reserve naval officer.
He is an industry specialist in the broader technology verticals of software, services, hardware and systems, telecom services and networks, to include SaaS, PaaS, CCaaS, UCaaS as well as managed IT services, cyber security, outsourcing & broader cloud services. He also serves the spectrum of the defense industry vertical with experience in the 3-letter agencies, DOD, Civilian agencies and Healthcare IT.
Jim currently leads the Technology Practice at Caldwell and focuses on all leadership consulting services for Board and C-suite engagements in the above noted industry segments as well as the CIO, CISO, CDO, and CTO functions globally. He has placed over 100 Presidents & CEOs in the past 20+ years and consulted with over 400 clients. Previously, he held leadership consulting roles at Heidrick & Struggles, Highland Partners, Korn/Ferry and Russell Reynolds. Bethmann has significant experience as a corporate and nonprofit board member. He serves as an advisor to the leadership team at Skyminyr, a human capital AI start-up, and is a Trustee of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Jim obtained his BS from the U.S. Naval Academy and served as a Lieutenant Commander in Surface Warfare Operations.
"We are honored to have such a distinguished and experienced group of leaders and senior executives comprise our SAC," stated Joseph A. Boystak, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Balboa Geo. "The deep domain knowledge, expertise, senior management experience and global connectivity of the SAC is extraordinary and will provide Balboa Geo with unique insights and advantages as we go-to-market with our technology," Boystak further noted. "The SAC will help guide the commercial launch of POINTER in the second half of 2023 as well as our technology roadmap for future innovation and applications of this disruptive technology. The SAC compliments our Voice of the Customer Advisory Board ("VCAB") and our Scientific and Technology Advisory Board ("STAB")," Boystak also noted.
ABOUT Balboa Geolocation
Balboa Geolocation ("Balboa Geo") is an industrial technology company focused on solutions for the global geolocation market in GPS-denied or degraded environments. POINTER consists of easily deployed hardware (including, Transmitter, Receiver, and Base Station - laptop or tablet) and software-as-a-service (SaaS) serving Public Safety, Defense, Industrial and Commercial sectors. POINTER can be deployed on a fixed or mobile basis. POINTER is not dependent on fixed infrastructure, such as satellites and cell towers to enable its position, navigation, timing, and orientation data. POINTER leverages patented Magneto-Electro-Quasi-Static ("M/EQS") technology. It can provide highly accurate (within centimeters), 3-D ("xyz" axis), real-time data for indoor, underground, underwater, and metallic environments where most other position, navigation, and timing techniques fail. POINTER can be easily integrated with other geospatial technologies for comprehensive and redundant solutions in all environments. The geospatial data derived from POINTER is interoperable. The real-time data is displayed on Balboa Geo's proprietary visualization software or may be ingested by other third-party software platforms providing a comprehensive view of the target environments. POINTER is designed to save lives, track high value assets, improve workflows and productivity, enable post-event analytics for training and education, and provide support for litigation and forensic analysis. POINTER was developed by Caltech / NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and exclusively licensed by Balboa Geo for all fields of use on a global scale. POINTER is expected to be commercially available in the second half of 2023.
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