Our Team

Ocean Exchange Volunteer Team

Michael Egan

Board Member/Advisor, Atargis Energy Corporation

Michael currently serves as an advisor and Board member for Atargis Energy Corporation which has developed a transformational approach to generating electricity from waves.

He has over 30 years in the energy industry with experience ranging from upstream oil and gas, transportation, corporate finance and chemicals. While Chief Financial Officer at PECO, Michael also served as Chairman of AmerGen Energy, a joint venture between PECO and British Energy formed to acquire and operate nuclear power plants in the Unites States following the partial deregulation of the power generation industry.  In this role, Michael negotiated the first ever purchase of a Nuclear Power Station and AmerGen received the Financial Times Year 2000 Boldest Strategy of the Year Award. He led the merger between PECO and Unicom and served as the Chief Integration Officer for the merger, forming Exelon Corporation. He then served as both the CEO of Exelon Enterprises and Exelon Executive Vice President with responsibilities for Corporate Planning and Strategy, Corporate Development and Mergers and Acquisitions.  He has served on numerous public and charitable boards including the Edison Electric Institute Finance and Regulatory Executive Advisory Committee, The American Petroleum Institute and The American Section of the Societe de Chimie Industrielle. He also served as Chairman of the Finance Committee for NEIL (Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited). Unrelated to energy Michael was the CEO and Co-Founder of PAINCAVE, a website developed to provide training videos, programs, and clothing for cyclists and triathletes. 

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“Ocean Exchange has a platform to enable people with information that they need to know about the ocean and then to showcase new technologies that are on the forefront of really helping the ocean and the planet.”

“The quality of the content and the people who are involved with Ocean Exchange is all high end.”

“Besides funding, Ocean Exchange provides access to a wide area network of incredibly talented people in organizations that really do just want to help people.”

“Ocean Exchange is really about helping the little guys grow and in so doing, helping the big guys be better ocean citizens.”

“Ocean Exchange seems to be much more focused on bringing to light under-capitalized, wonderful new technology ideas. And it’s all about two-way access to this new technology and to the people who can help with the experience to grow that technology.”

“Ocean Exchange is a force multiplier to enable sustainable innovation.”

“Ocean Exchange is a global, novel innovation forum that has a greater ability to attract a broader range of impactful stakeholders than any other event that’s out there.”

“Unquestionably, one of Ocean Exchange’s primary strengths is how it brings together people from different paths. That makes its event a delegator experience as well as experience for an innovator or awards nominee.”

“Ocean Exchange is entirely different from any of the other organizations that I’m involved in. It is about sustainable innovation. I think it’s also very different in the extremely broad range of stakeholders that it involves.”

“There’s nothing better than going to an event or engaging with people so you walk away and say, ‘Wow!’”