7654 Mitch Ewan

 1969  Review


 







 

Naval Career

·         1969 – 1970: US Navy Submarine School New London Conn.  Basic Submarine Course.  Attended with RMC class of 69 Classmates Sid Larsen and Mark Hannington.

·         1970 to 1972: Served in my first submarine HMCS Okanagan.  Qualified as a submariner and earned my dolphins.  Served in a variety of roles including operations officer.

·         1972 1975:  Attended Royal Navy Submarine School and qualified as a submarine marine engineering officer (MEO).  Served on exchange as the MEO of the Royal Navy submarines HMS Porpoise and HMS Onyx.

·         1976 – 1977: Served as Executive Officer (2nd in command) of HMCS Okanagan

·         1978: Completed the Royal Navy Submarine Commanding Officer Qualifying Course and appointed Commanding Officer of HMCS Onondaga.

·         !980:Completed the Royal Navy Staff College Course at Greenwich Naval College in London

·         1981 – 1983: Exchange with US Navy as NATO Submarine War Plans Office on the staff of SUBLANT in Norfolk Virginia.

·         1984 – 1986: Commanding Officer of the helicopter destroyer HMCS Margaree. 

 

Civilian Career

·         1986: Took the plunge and retired from the Navy and entered industry.

·         1986 – 2002:  Served in senior management positions (VP & General Manager) in a variety of high-tech industries.  Along the way I discovered “The Magic of Hydrogen” and made it my primary life’s mission to decarbonize our energy system by replacing fossil fuels with hydrogen.

·         1989: Managed a team in Florida that built the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered car (The “Green Car”).  It is featured in a 1994 Steven Seagal movie “On Deadly Ground”. 

·         2002 – 2024: Hydrogen Systems Program Manager at the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii.  Designed, built, and operated hydrogen stations that are supporting the introduction of the first hydrogen buses for public transportation in Hawaii.

·         Other Highlights

o   Fellow of the World Business Academy

o   Awarded several patents.

o   Link to my TV Show “Hawaii The State of Clean Energy”: - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nXB3m62UWYrdK3lYBRDrQ9

 





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