Dr. John Potter has a Joint Honours degree in Mathematics and Physics from Bristol University in the UK and a PhD in Glaciology and Oceanography from the University of Cambridge on research in the Antarctic, for which he was awarded the Polar Medal. John has worked on polar oceanography, underwater acoustics, ambient noise (including imaging), marine mammals, communications, IoUT, autonomous vehicles and strategic development, working for BAS in the UK, NATO in Italy, SIO in California, NUS in Singapore and NTNU in Norway. John is a Fellow of the IEEE and MTS, an Assoc. Ed. for the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, IEEE OES Distinguished Lecturer, PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer & an International Fellow of the Explorer's Club. John has also sailed with his family across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, clocking 50,000+ nautical miles of blue-water cruising over a period of 30 years. It is no longer true that he neither owns nor operates a television.