Meet some of our key Oceaneers

Chief Executive Officer

Thomas Zanzinger

Thomas Zanzinger brings over 30 years of leadership experience working at global SaaS and software vendors that provide mission critical Enterprise B2B solutions.

Most recently he served as CEO at inriver, a global leader in digitization through product information management. At inriver Thomas accelerated international growth across all regions, increased customer retention, brought new and additional solutions to market as well as added strategic capabilities via M&A. Prior to Inriver Thomas worked for software engineering simulation and 3D design software business ANSYS as well as market-leading companies Aptean and Software AG.

Chief Financial Officer

Matthew O’Sullivan

Matthew O’Sullivan is Chief Financial Officer of Ocean Technologies Group. An experienced Chartered Accountant, Matthew has held CFO positions in a number of fast-growing entrepreneurial businesses.

He started working in private equity backed businesses in 1994 and since then has gained extensive experience in a variety of companies, executing 3 trade sales, 3 management buy-outs and worked with 11 different private equity investors. He has worked on multiple financing structures, company reorganisations and M&A transactions in that time leading to positive business transformations in multiple sectors.

He mentors other CFOs and is a Business Mentor with The Prince’s Trust through which he has given guidance to a number of young entrepreneurs. He also volunteers for St Mungo’s, a homelessness charity and a number of other charities close to his home in the South East UK.

Executive team

Nicholas Goubert is Chief Product Officer at Ocean Technologies Group with responsibility for the strategic leadership and management of the company’s products, overseeing their development, and ensuring their alignment with business objectives, market needs, and customer satisfaction.
Nicholas is a highly experienced product leader with over 15 years’ experience in fintech, media and music, location services, mobility and big data.
Nicholas is passionate about building strong product creation teams, with an emphasis on cross functional work to deliver innovative products that shape the future of industries, having demonstrated this in a number of sectors and verticals across Clark, SoundCloud, Native Instruments, HERE and Nokia. He enjoys mentoring product managers, uniting cross functional teams and building great products for his customers.

Johan Gustafsson is the Chief Revenue Officer of Ocean Technologies Group coming from the role of Chief Operating Officer of the Wallem Group.

Johan has experience in Maritime Technology and Ship Management. His experience spans two decades with blue-chip organisations including Transas and Wartsila.

Having started his career in the Swedish Armed Forces, Johan had a long association with Transas where he led the Global Sales team before a merger with Wartsila, whereupon Johan became the Director of Global Sales for Wartsila Voyage Solutions.

As the Group’s Chief Revenue Officer, Johan leads Account Management, Customer Support and Sales teams based globally across Ocean Technologies Group companies.

Raal Harris is the Chief Creative Officer of Ocean Technologies Group with responsibility for leading brand development, marketing and communications activities ensuring a great brand experience for all stakeholders..

Prior to taking his group role, Raal was Managing Director of Videotel, where he spent fifteen years gaining extensive experience in Maritime E-Learning and the production of maritime training content and software solutions.

Raal’s diverse background includes university lectureships in interaction design, information product design, and computer games design. An active participant in the maritime industry Raal is involved with numerous seafarer welfare, ship management and trade associations.

Tracy Maraj is Chief People & Culture Officer at Ocean Technology Group with responsibility for leading our people agenda, developing effective strategies to deliver our business objectives which supports our people to maximise their full potential in a culture that cultivates openness, inclusivity, and diversity.

With a diverse background spanning roles across Finance, Sales Operations and People, Tracy brings a depth of experience from companies during hypergrowth, global expansion and transformational change in companies which include Mews, Salesforce, Cisco, Netscape, Opsware and Loudcloud.

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