Robert Dane

Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director

Robert Dane is Ocius founder and CEO. In 1996 Robert, a passionate sailor and environmentalist, invented and patented the ‘solarsail’ and designed the first ‘solarsailor’ prototype which won the Advanced Technology Boat Race in Canberra in 1997. In 1999 he formed a Company which built a number of award winning hybrid solar ferries and in 2013 pivoted the technology to building uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) for ‘dual use’ applications. Based at UNSW, Ocius has continued to grow and is now working with multiple partners in Australia, including selling and operating vessels for the Royal Australian Navy.