
CEO
Aaron Roan
Aaron Roan is the Founder and CEO of Ocean Agentics, where he leads the organization's work on technology supporting the High Seas Treaty. He is a technical consultant to United Nations treaty processes and a champion for bringing modern data, AI, and agentic systems into ocean governance. Aaron has worked across some of the world's leading technology and ocean science institutions. At Google, he was an early machine learning practitioner and helped launch Global Fishing Watch, contributing to the use of satellite data and machine learning to bring global transparency to industrial fishing activity. At Salesforce, he led technology strategy for sustainability initiatives, including work using AI agents to support regenerative agriculture in Andhra Pradesh with RySS and Producers Trust. At UC Santa Barbara's Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory, he advanced applied ocean data science for marine conservation. He has also held technology leadership roles at Slack and Salesforce, bridging enterprise software, AI systems, and mission-driven technology. Aaron holds an M.S. in Predictive Analytics from Northwestern University and a B.S. in Computer Science from UC Davis. Based in New York City, he is also a USCG-licensed captain and PADI Divemaster, grounding his technical work in direct experience on and under the water.







