Our team

A combined 30+ years of experience in undersea signal processing and field-testing around the world.

Team Members

Thomas Riedl

Founder and CTO
Developed algorithms for downhole mud-pulse acoustic communications at Schlumberger. PhD thesis on OceanComm’s patented and patent-pending signal processing algorithms. ECE PhD’14, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Andrew Singer

Founder and CEO
Founder/CEO Intersymbol Communications acquired by Finisar (FNSR). Developing subsea acoustic modem technology for the Navy since the 1990s at Sanders, A Lockheed Martin Company and at the University of Illinois. EECS PhD’96, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fox Family Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

James Younce

Senior Engineer
Deep embedded system knowledge. Signal processing aficionado. 3D printing expert. EE BS’14, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Mike Stevens

Principal Hardware Engineer
Previously Hardware Engineering Manager at Coriant. 23 years of circuit design experience. CEE BS’96, Purdue University.

James Wyeth

Hardware Engineer
EE BS’19, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Eric Roth

Embedded DSP Engineer
Signal processing and mathematics enthusiast. Learning digital communications and embedded development. CE BS’25, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Varun Athreye

Embedded Software Engineer
CE BS’25, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.