Michael Scherer has over fourteen years of uncrewed systems experience, focusing in the maritime environment. At ASV Global, he scaled an autonomy architecture used on over a hundred self-driving boats and ships. Michael led and implemented the design, build, and commissioning of over a dozen USVs deployed to customers around the world. After being acquired by L3Harris, he went on to capture and manage a major US Navy USV program starting in 2019. In 2022, he became a founding member of Chance Maritime Technologies as CTO. Since then, he has led the engineering efforts at Chance Maritime Technologies, delivering multiple classes of long-endurance high-power USVs. Michael holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida, and is pursuing an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech.