Hank Lobe
Founder / President
Hank Lobe is an Ocean Engineer with over 30 years of experience in advanced materials, oceanographic platforms, and sensors. He is the founder and president of Severn Marine Technologies, the developers and applicators of the ClearSignal biofouling control coatings. He holds several patents related to advanced materials used for underwater systems and a master’s degree in Ocean Engineering from The Florida Institute of Technology.
Hank Lobe, Founder / President
Scott Mangum
Scott has over 45 years of experience as an ACS-certified chemist in maritime industries. He has decades of experience in every aspect of coating technology, from formulation to environmental fate. This includes extensive research, design, formulation, production, testing, QC, and failure mode analyses of maritime coatings. He also has broad experience in the Navy with maritime coatings, surface treatments, patented testing protocols, and large-scale environmental assessments. Scott and Severn Marine Technologies are currently focused on designing, developing, and producing effective, environmentally friendly, and non-toxic coatings for maritime use.
William (Bill) Schulz
William (Bill) Schulz is a Detroit native who is currently the Director of Special Projects at Severn Marine Technologies and Principal at No T Consulting, LLC, based in Peoria, Arizona. Bill received his B.S. in Chemistry, summa cum laude, from Eastern Michigan University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Northwestern University. Bill worked briefly at Monsanto Agricultural Products Company as a Senior Research Chemist, and then spent 30 years with the Dow Corning Corporation in a variety of technical and business leadership roles relating to silicone and silane materials. Bill has specialized expertise in the adhesive properties of silicones and other advanced polymers. Upon his retirement from Dow Corning, he founded No T Consulting, LLC — and has been involved in many projects since 2015, helping clients develop, improve, and protect technology and products. Bill has also worked with many clients in the area of intellectual property management — developing and writing patents, helping to determine infringement, and developing strategies to enforce active patents.