April 3, 2024

We are pleased to announce the addition of key individuals to our Advisory Boards at Balboa Geo. Balboa Geo maintains three Advisory Boards: Strategic Advisory Board chaired by Admiral Patrick Walsh, PhD (Ret); Science and Technology Advisory Board (“STAB”) chaired by Kirill Shcheglov, PhD; and Voice of the Customer Advisory Board (“VCAB”) chaired by Greg Price. 

Additions to our STAB include Javad Gatabi, PhD, Thomas Fuchs, DrSc, and Rob Hargis. They bring extraordinary experience and expertise in complex electrical engineering / design, artificial intelligence / machine learning, and analytics / information technology, respectively. Additions to our VCAB include Police Chief Tim Fitch (Ret), Police Chief Ed Delmore, and Fire Chief, Air Operations Charles MacFarland. These individuals bring deep knowledge and experience for the strategic and tactical use of the POINTER system across a wide range of uses for public safety and First Responders. They join an exceptional team of existing Advisors at Balboa Geo. 

“We are honored to have such an outstanding team of Advisors affiliated with Balboa Geo, stated Joseph A. Boystak. They are actively engaged and provide high value-added advice, technical expertise, and connectivity in the market for the Company as we prepare for commercial launch of POINTER in 2024”. Please see their respective biographies in the Team section of the Balboa Geo website. 

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November 6, 2023

Balboa Geolocation to Exhibit POINTER at Trimble Dimensions+ User Conference at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas November 6-8

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May 10, 2023

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May 9, 2023

We are pleased to announce Dr. Jack Singal has joined the Scientific and Technical Advisory Board (STAB) at Balboa Geo. In particular, Dr. Singal's deep scientific expertise and insights in Physics is highly relevant for the further development and deployment of  Balboa Geo's Magneto-Electro-Quasistatic M/EQS technology know as POINTER. His expertise and experience will compliment other scientific and technical experts on the STAB. 

Jack Singal, PhD; Associate Professor of Physics, University of Richmond; Research with international profile in experimental and theoretical astrophysics;  Experience with radio and microwave instrumentation, CAD design, statistical data methods, system analysis and integration, and machine learning computational methods; Postdoctoral Scientist at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Postdoctoral Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; PhD Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara; B.S. Physics, New York University

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-singal-ab987839

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5436-8503

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March 28, 2023

https://www.gpsworld.com/positioning-through-walls-dhs-and-nasa-partner-on-indoor-positioning-and-location-solution/

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March 23, 2023

We are pleased to announce Dr. Phillipe Tosi has joined the Scientific and Technology Advisory Board (STAB) at Balboa Geo. He will bring deep scientific expertise and insights to Balboa Geo in the development and deployment of its POINTER technology across many vertical markets and technology platforms. His expertise and experience will compliment other scientific and technical experts on the STAB. 

Phillipe is a mechanical and aerospace engineer working in the Extreme Environment Robotics Systems Group at Caltech NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL). He obtained his masters and PhD from Caltech where his dissertation work focused on fluid-structure interaction instabilities, particularly for the design of robust flow energy harvesters. Phillipe graduated with a Bachelor’s in mechanical and aerospace engineering and masters in aerospace engineering from Cornell University. His work focused on the design of a passive attitude control system for a satellite-on-a-chip. Phillipe worked for Chevron Corporation from 2010-2018 as a Completions Engineer and Project Manager, and Research Engineer while pursuing his PhD. He has 13 granted patents, and 17 patent applications published. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-phillipe-tosi-24764228/

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January 17, 2023

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November 3, 2022

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Balboa Geolocation Expands its Voice of the Customer Advisory Board for Public Safety and First Responder Markets to Drive Awareness and Adoption of its POINTER Geolocation Technology. POINTER is a Novel, Patented, Highly Accurate, Real-Time, 3-D Geolocation Technology for GPS-Denied and Degraded Environments - Indoor, Underground, Underwater, and Metallic Structures Developed by Caltech NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Exclusively Licensed by Balboa Geolocation for All Fields of Use Globally.

November 1, 2022

Balboa Geolocation (“Balboa Geo”) is pleased to announce it has significantly expanded its Voice of the Customer Advisory Board ("VCAB") to include highly experienced first responders including fire, rescue, and law enforcement professionals for Public Safety markets. 

The VCAB is Chaired by Greg Price, former head of Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate, First Responder Group. 

New VCAB members include:

-  Battalion Chief Andy Wordin, Los Angeles Fire Department; 

- Steve Vandewalle, San Diego Fire and Rescue; 

-  Deputy Chief Rodney Reed, Harris County (Houston) Fire Department; 

-  Kelly Oliver, CEO, The Oliver Group LLC and former Section Chief-Supervisory Technical Enforcement Officer, US Department of Homeland Security; and 

-  Chief Leeanna Mims (Ret), Seminole County Fire Department, Fla. 

“We are honored to have a such a distinguished and experienced group of first responder professionals from across the country join Balboa Geo’s VCAB, stated Joseph A. Boystak, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Balboa Geolocation. The VCAB will provide extraordinary insights and guidance for the design, testing, concept of operations, and deployment of the POINTER system”, Boystak further noted. 

We believe POINTER will provide incident command with an effective onsite technology to help save lives and protect high value assets on the fire ground or tactical edge, serve as an excellent tool for training and education post event, help improve workflows and processes and assist with forensic analysis or litigation support, stated Greg Price, Chair, VCAB. We will be working closely with VCAB members as we prepare to launch POINTER in the market. 

POINTER is a first-in-class geolocation technology consisting of easily deployed transmitters and receivers along with 3-D (“xyz” axis) visualization software-as-a-service (SaaS) designed to track and locate, in real time, individuals and high value assets in GPS-denied or degraded environments including indoors, underground and underwater. It is not dependent on other fixed infrastructure such as satellites, cellular towers, etc. to generate position, navigation, and orientation data. POINTER was developed at Caltech/NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) with significant research grant funding support from US Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate, Department of Defense, among others and equity funding by Balboa Geo. 

POINTER is slated to be commercially available in 2023 for first responders, military, and other large addressable commercial and industrial markets. 

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March 17, 2022

The STAB is intended to provide scientific and technical advice to Balboa Geo in connection with the development of its hardware, software, and data analytics platform associated with the POINTER system. The STAB will be comprised of leading experts representing a variety of technical and scientific disciplines all of which will drive and enhance the design, development, and performance of POINTER. These disciplines will include applied physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, systems design, software and advanced algorithm development. A key function of the STAB will be to help optimize the performance of NASA's JPL prototype POINTER system. The STAB will also serve as a resource to Balboa's management and coordinate with external engineering, design, and contract manufacturing resources. The STAB will also provide insights and guidance for additional applications of POINTER and subsequent generations of the POINTER technology. This may include integration with other geospatial technologies, communication platforms, vision and acoustic systems, sensor fusion, and sophisticated data analytics. The STAB will advise on intellectual property and patenting opportunities. The initial members of the STAB include; Kirill Shcheglov, MS, PhD; Greg Price, BS; Chris Peay, MSECE; and Evan Jones MS, PhD (candidate). Please refer to the Team section on the Balboa Geo website for detailed bios. STAB members bring to Balboa Geo deep expertise, complimentary skills all of which are relevant to the POINTER technology. Also notable, several of the STAB members previously worked together at NASA's JPL. We will continue to selectively add scientific and technical expertise to the STAB to drive additional innovation, superior product performance, and differentiation in the marketplace, stated Joseph A. Boystak Founder and Chairman of Balboa Geo. 

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March 15, 2022

The VCAB is intended to provide critically important and timely input to Balboa Geo in connection with design, development, and use cases associated with the POINTER technology. “We are honored to have Greg Price serving as the Chairman of the VCAB”, Boystak further noted. Greg brings a deep understanding of the POINTER technology and substantial market connectivity to the VCAB. Greg served as the immediate past Division Director for the Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) First Responder Group. During his 15-year career at DHS S&T, Greg partnered with industry, academia and federal/state government to develop technologies that improve first responder safety and productivity. Greg’s areas of expertise include requirements gathering, program and project management, technology development and technology transition. Under Greg’s leadership at DHS S&T, the First Responder Group successfully developed and transitioned 22 technologies to the commercial market including POINTER.  Under Greg's leadership of the VCAB, Balboa Geo intends to recruit additional experts and end users of the POINTER technology from public safety, defense, industrial, and commercial sectors. This collective input from the VCAB will provide Balboa Geo with continuous and unique insights, and desired product features that will enhance the performance and usability of the POINTER system in the field, as well as drive adoption. As Chairman of the VCAB, Greg will have a direct reporting relationship with Balboa Geo's executive management and board of directors.  

Please refer to the Team section on the Balboa Geo website for a detailed bio on Greg Price. 

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