Jim Hanlon

Jim is a 40-year veteran of the ocean technology industry, having worked in engineering, marketing, and management for companies in Atlantic Canada, Ontario and New England. His career has spanned the aerospace and defense sectors as well as the marine environmental monitoring field. Jim has worked in senior management positions with several large publicly traded multinationals. He has also been a business owner in two separate tech companies that have successfully grown and been purchased by large multinationals.

Jim currently serves as the CEO of COVE – The Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship. COVE is a 70+ tenant ocean technology hub in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He also serves on a number of advisory boards & councils including the Ocean Tracking Network, the Ocean Frontier Institute, and the National Research Council of Canada’s Ocean, Coastal & River Engineering Research Centre. In 2013 he served on the Expert Panel of the Canadian Council of Academies studying the future of ocean science in Canada.

Jim is a graduate of Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Engineering with a degree in electrical engineering. He also has an MBA in marketing from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax and is a registered professional engineer in Nova Scotia. Jim was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 2020.