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Steve Withrow
Project Leader, Innovation Accelerator for Marine Sciences

Mr. Withrow is Project Leader for the RTDC’s Innovation Accelerator for Marine Sciences. Over the past 30 years, he has worked with a wide variety of marine science and technology companies to strengthen their competitive global positions in commercial, academic, and government market sectors worldwide. In 1997, Mr. Withrow founded Trinity International Consultants, a business development consulting firm specializing in investment funding, strategic market planning, market research, new product introduction, and international market penetration strategies, with a particular focus on the global marine science and technology marketplace. Mr. Withrow’s previous industry positions include Anti-Submarine Warfare Marketing Manager for Hazeltine Corp., Director of Undersea Systems Marketing for General Instruments Corp., Vice President of Business Development for SeaBeam Instruments, and Managing Director of ORE Offshore. He also served as Chairman of the Board for the Slater Center for Ocean Technology, a small-business incubator funded by the state of Rhode Island; and as Executive Director of the Marine & Oceanographic Technology Network, a New England-based nonprofit business development association.