RADM David P. Sargent, Jr. US Navy (Ret), Consultant, Navatek, Ltd., is President of Sargent Enterprises, Inc.. Sargent completed a 32-year career with the US Navy, with his last assignment a CEO level position as Program Executive Officer, Expeditionary Warfare (PEO EXW) responsible for 12 major program offices developing and procuring Navy ships and weapons system. Prior to that he held another CEO level position as Program Executive Officer for Carriers, Littoral Warfare, and Auxiliary Ships (PEO CLA) with the combined responsibility for all U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier, Amphibious and Auxiliary Ship procurement and support programs. He directed the merger of twelve separate management organizations into a single business structure, and directed the establishment of innovative research, development, and acquisition programs for the next generation of US Navy Aircraft Carriers and Amphibious ships. From 1994-1996, RADM Sargent directed major organizational restructuring and transformation by leading the merger of sixteen separate R&D laboratories and engineering facilities with a total workforce of 23,000 personnel into a single business unit. His earlier naval career included numerous operational billets at sea including command of two ships. These and other sea duty billets included extensive international interface. Also during his naval career, RADM Sargent held several prominent program management positions including Director of Advanced Combat Systems for the AEGIS Shipbuilding Program, Director of AEGIS Shipbuilding Program Foreign Military Sales, Director, AEGIS Fleet Introduction and Lifetime support. RADM Sargent earned his BS (ME) from Cornell University and his MSME from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is a graduate of the Naval War College and the Program for Executives at Carnegie-Mellon University. RADM Sargent has been a licensed Professional Engineer in California since 1974, and served two consecutive two year terms as President, American Society of Naval Engineers.

Terry Schmidt, Technical Consultant, Navatek Ltd., earned his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering at California State Polytechnic University and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at San Jose State University, subsequently conducting wind tunnel testing for six years for NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA. During his 31 years in advanced ship design at Lockheed Martin, he received 9 U.S. patents and was awarded the Robert E. Gross award, Lockheed Martin’s highest technical honor following his work on the Navy stealth ship Sea Shadow. He has collaborated with Navatek since 1989 on research projects and advanced ship designs including Navatek II, SLICE, Midfoil, lifting bodies, large ocean platforms, and advanced propulsion systems.

Lorne Campbell, Consultant, Navatek Ltd., is an independent Naval Architect, Designer and Consultant specializing in the field of high speed power craft for all fields of operation. Apprenticed to Vosper Ltd (1965 - 1970) he attended Newcastle University and Portsmouth Polytechnic. He moved to Fairey Marine and then Rotork Marine before helping to set up Capoco Design Ltd, contract designers for the marine and automotive industries, in 1977. Leaving Capoco in 1981 he has operated, since, as Lorne Campbell Design in the design and consultancy of a wide variety of fast leisure, commercial, military and racing power craft. Offshore racing and power craft he designed have gained 11 world championships, 18 national championships and 7 world speed records as well as numerous individual wins. In 2005, his 51 foot Bladerunner design gained the Round Britain speed record with a time of 27 hours and 10 min – 3.5 hours less than the previous record – while achieving an average speed of 53.4 knots (61.5 mph). He is an Associate Member of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and serves on the RINA Small Craft Committee

Clas Norrstrand, Consultant, Navatek Ltd., is Managing Director and Founder of Light Craft Design Group, Sweden which provides design and engineering services for the maritime industry in the area of high-performance vessels, including stability analysis, general arrangements, hull modifications and hydrofoil design. A mechanical engineer with 37 years experience in the field, Norrstrand formerly served as director for R&D at Marinteknik Shipbuilders (S) Pte. Ltd., Singapore and director of Marinteknik Design (E) AB, Sweden with responsibility for the development of Marinteknik’s new generation of highly efficient passenger ferries.

Robert Knapp, Senior Software Engineer, Navatek, Ltd., worked with Navatek as a consultant from 1997-2004 before joining the company full time.  His work has focused on the development of low- and high-level, real-time control, recording, and display software for Navatek’s advanced hull-form ships.  Mr. Knapp developed the Sea Flyer’s  29-processor Advanced Ride Control System, and assists in the development of  Navatek-proprietary processing boards. Prior to joining Navatek, Knapp worked as a real-time software engineer on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands; in various French-speaking African countries as a wire line engineer for Schlumberger Ltd.; for Integrated Systems Inc.’s Advanced Systems Division; and for Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in Sunnyvale, CA. He received his M.S.M.E. from Stanford University.