John McGunnigle
President & Co-Founder
John McGunnigle is President, CTO, and co-founder with over 30 years of experience in ASW operations with the U.S. Navy, including as a submarine Commanding Officer and Submarine Squadron Commodore. Captain (ret) McGunnigle holds a BS in Computer Science from the United States Naval Academy and an MS in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School. As former Director of the Tactical Analysis Group at Undersea Warfighting Development Center, he led tactical development and advanced technical capability development for the U.S. Submarine Force. He also served as Director for Artificial Intelligence at UWDC, where he founded and led Project Harbinger, applying AI/ML to undersea acoustics across multiple sensors and platforms. Following his Navy career, John served as Director of Acoustics and Undersea Systems at Saildrone, leading acoustic system development for USVs.