Maritime
Charles Cousin is a French citizen, born and raised in Normandy. After his associate degree, from the Euro-American Institute of Sophia Antipolis, France, he transferred to the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering. Charles also holds a Master of Science in engineering in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Harbor.
Charles has been working in the subsea industry for more than 12 years. He is the owner and co-founder of Bellamare, LLC, a San Diego based company providing subsea engineering services as well as manufacturing novel oceanographic instruments. The company was created as a service company to the University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, in order to develop and bring to market a new oceanographic instrument. Bellamare has therefore focused its activities on the manufacturing and commercialization of a remotely operated vehicle designed to carry a high performance imaging system used for fisheries research and marine biology.
Charles’s portfolio also includes designs such as full ocean depth camera equipment, various towed subsea vehicles, underwater lasers, subsea battery packs and lights. Prior to founding Bellamare, Charles led the design and manufacturing of a novel manned submersible while at Seamagine Hydrospace Corporation. This submersible was designed to accommodate three persons and to reach 1500ft depth while complying with strict ABS rules and regulations. The submersible has performed more than a 1,000 dives to date.
Charles has played key roles in both companies in promoting growth via contract negotiations or implementing strategic partnerships. A strong believer in creating solid relationship with his colleagues, vendors and clients, he has also been able to create solid ties to the US and French maritime industries and scientific communities.

Software
Marie Flacassier is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of BeatBabel, a San Diego based Localization Company with partner offices in France, Germany and Latin America. Born in Limoges, France, Marie has been working in the language industry for the past 12 years in Europe and in the US. She has over 10 years experience as a senior manager for several localization and translation companies in Southern California. She graduated from the University of Nice with a Master’s degree in English studies majoring in translation and linguistics and with an MBA in International Business from National University in San Diego. Her diverse cultural background, education and industry experience helps her daily in finding creative solutions to international business challenges. She continues helping US and European companies on a daily basis with their international expansion into foreign markets.

Software - Wireless & Telecom - Cleantech
Mr. Torre is the founder and partner of Venture & Capital International, LLC, a San Diego downtown high tech incubator/accelerator (www.vcilinks.com). Sebastien has participated in the US expansion of many French technology companies as country manager and/or Vice President of Business Development. In 2007/2008, as Product Marketing & Capture Strategy advisor at Captaris [CAPA], he facilitated the acquisition of the German OCR software company called Océ Document Technologies for $32 million, before Captaris' own merger with the company Opentext [OTEX] in November 2008. Mr. Torre has lived in Paris for 30 years in the picturesque Bastille/Le Marais district. He holds a French CPA diploma (DESCF units) from the Institut Commercial Superieur of Paris and an MBA from the University of San Diego.