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Built for
maritime.
Tidal Ops was founded on a specific observation: the convergence of LEO satellite performance, regulatory mandates, and the failure of legacy VSAT incumbents to serve the operational reality of modern maritime operators had created a gap that no generalist provider was positioned to fill. We built the platform to fill it.
The mission
is simple.
Maritime is not a vertical that rewards generalists. A fleet manager in the Bering Sea, a technical superintendent managing an offshore energy platform in the North Sea, and a port authority director in the Gulf of Mexico are facing entirely different operational realities — but they share the same fundamental requirement: connectivity that is reliable, compliant, and managed end-to-end by people who understand what a vessel at sea actually demands.
That is what Tidal Ops was built to deliver.
Four observations.
One company.
Tidal Ops was not founded on a product idea. It was founded on a set of market observations that converged at a specific moment — when LEO satellite performance crossed a threshold, when regulatory mandates reached enforcement, and when the VSAT incumbent market proved unable or unwilling to respond.
The founders had operated classified communications networks aboard Military Sealift Command vessels, sold managed security platforms to Fortune 1000 enterprises, and watched the maritime connectivity market from the inside. The gap was clear. The timing was right.
Convictions, not
corporate values.
The team.
Robert brings the rarest credential in maritime connectivity: he has operated classified communications networks aboard Military Sealift Command vessels at sea. As a Communications Operator on MSC T-AK ships out of Diego Garcia, he administered and secured the full C4S network suite — classified and unclassified systems, COMSEC/EKMS, LAN infrastructure, and disaster recovery procedures — under Commander, Military Sealift Command directives. That experience is not theoretical. It is operational.
Robert served nearly thirteen years in the United States Navy across two critical designations. As a Cryptologic Technician Networks (CTN) and Intelligence Analyst (CTR), he developed a dual expertise that is vanishingly rare in the commercial market: the ability to both exploit and defend digital networks at the highest classification levels. He graduated from the Joint Cyber Analysis Course at the National Security Agency — the NSA’s premier programme for offensive and defensive cyberspace operations — and subsequently worked as a Target Digital Network Exploitation Analyst at NSA Fort Meade, conducting computer network analysis, SIGINT collection, and target development against foreign adversary systems.
His posting to the Missile Defense Agency at Schriever AFB as a Network Systems Manager for the Ground-based Missile Defense Fire Control & Communications programme added 24/7 mission-critical network operations experience — the architecture closest to what a maritime managed services NOC requires. Robert leads Tidal Ops’ network architecture, cybersecurity posture, NOC design, and technical infrastructure.
Chris brings thirteen years of enterprise technology sales leadership with a consistent track record of selling complex managed security and infrastructure platforms to Fortune 1000 buyers. His career spans enterprise software at CA Technologies and a decade of cybersecurity and cloud security at Lacework, Cybereason, Zscaler, and Nucleus Security.
The pattern across every role is the same: go-to-market from zero to scale. At Lacework he built the Central US territory from scratch, becoming a consistent top performer across the region. At Zscaler he sold zero-trust network architecture to large enterprise accounts. At CA Technologies he spent four years developing deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure and managed services — the commercial foundation that maps directly to what Tidal Ops delivers in maritime.
What connects this career track to maritime managed services is structural. Chris has always sold platforms that replace fragmented point solutions with a unified managed architecture — the conversation he had with security leaders about replacing legacy perimeter tools with zero-trust cloud security is architecturally identical to the conversation Tidal Ops has with maritime operators about replacing VSAT contracts and compliance consultants with a single managed LEO platform. Chris leads Tidal Ops’ commercial operations, go-to-market strategy, and customer acquisition.
Senior advisors.
Serious depth.
Jason brings over twenty years of enterprise software and cybersecurity commercial leadership. As General Manager and VP of Sales Americas at Forcepoint, he unified cross-functional teams across Sales, Engineering, and Marketing to drive double-digit regional revenue growth — closing multiple seven-figure deals with Fortune 100 organisations across DLP, CASB, SWG, and DSPM. He expanded market presence across the US, Canada, and Latin America through strategic partnerships and region-specific initiatives.
His thirteen years at CA Technologies included directing North America Service Provider revenue to $90M with 200% year-over-year growth. At ScienceLogic he built the managed services GTM from the ground up — growing revenue from $1M in 2018 to $6.2M in 2019 and $10M in 2020 — with accounts including AT&T, Rackspace, IBM, and Insight.
At Tidal Ops, Jason advises on commercial strategy, managed services GTM architecture, enterprise deal structure, channel partnership development, and federal and public sector market approach.
Anil holds the three most demanding credentials in IT infrastructure and managed services operations: Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE), an MBA, and ITIL certification. His career has been focused on one specific discipline: building organisations that deliver complex managed services reliably, profitably, and at enterprise quality — the exact operational challenge Tidal Ops faces as it scales.
At Presidio/INX, Anil served as VP of Managed Services and Director of Engineering for Managed Services — building the 24/7 support delivery infrastructure, introducing an offshore service model, achieving full ITIL framework alignment, and maintaining employee retention above 90%. He subsequently served as President of GDT Advanced Solutions before founding Global Paradigm, an IT operations consultancy advising organisations across key verticals on system uptime, capacity planning, IT/business alignment, and operational risk since 2016.
At Tidal Ops, Anil advises on managed services operational architecture — NOC design, SLA framework, service delivery methodology, and the infrastructure required to scale from a startup to a fleet-grade managed services organisation delivering on 99.99% uptime commitments.
Tidal Ops is registered on SAM.gov and acquisition-ready for federal maritime connectivity requirements. Supporting MARAD, NOAA, Army Corps of Engineers, and federal maritime missions. CAGE Code available on request.