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The Oceaverse Team

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CO-FOUNDER

Sylvester Wong

After decades working on communities and coastal resilience, the pandemic brought home the wide gulf between international NGOs HQ’d at home in DC and the local reef-shepherd communities (like in the Philippines where I live) struggling to make ends meet.

 

When my 10 year old daughter became a certified diver amidst the planet’s center of marine biodiversity, together we came up with this idea to bring impactful conservation funding to our next generations.

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CO-FOUNDER

Ian Takahashi

Underwater Director of Photography. Beyoncé, Apple, the Major Studios, etc.

 

President of NVI (a holding co). Real Estate, Alternative, and Digital Assets.
 

Art, Business, and the Ocean.

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CO-FOUNDER

Steve Tsao

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LEAD DEVELOPER

Mark Ibanez

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COMMUNICATIONS

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Our Partners

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GENERAL MANAGER,

REEF CHECK MALAYSIA

Julian Hyde

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DIRECTOR,

REEF CHECK PHILIPPINES

Vanessa Vergara

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