Rick Williams, PMP, NPDP, MBA, Captain US Navy (Retired) Rick Williams is the IEC TC-114 Marine Energy Liaison to IEA-OES. He is a multi-disciplinary engineer, career mariner, systems engineering practitioner, and academic with over 42 years of operational experience. Rick is the Founder of Oregon Applied Research, LLC, where he provides executive and management consulting on complex programs as Chief Technology Officer. He draws on 15 years’ experience in maritime technology with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Leidos.

Rick holds appointments at Portland State University as a Senior Fellow in the Center for Public Service researching disaster resilience and serves as adjunct graduate faculty teaching a course in Strategies for Resilience focused on disaster preparedness. Rick is a retired Navy Captain, Fellow of the Marine Technology Society, and Fellow Emeritus of The Explorers Club. Fun facts: dove to 20,000 feet to the bottom of the Middle America Trench (and back) in command of Deep Submergence Vehicle SEA CLIFF and led two North Pole Expeditions in command of the nuclear fast attack submarine USS SPADEFISH.

Rick served as a first responder on Mt Hood Ski Patrol for 14 years as alpine patroller, Hill Captain, and Timberline Area Patrol Chief.