Geo Guy Thomas

Well before Guy Thomas invented of satellite AIS (S-AIS) and authored the C-SIGMA concept, the basis for Task #1 of the US National Space Policy of 2010, he served on, over, and under the seas leading intelligence collection operations in warships, aircraft, and submarines with a year+ in hostile waters and 2,000+ hours in unfriendly airspace in USN and USAF spy planes.

He lead the mission system acceptance tests of the USN's EP-3E and the USAF's RC-135W, the first 2 aircraft to have automated mission systems. As a result, he is authorized to wear both USN and USAF wings simultaneously, a unique honor. Guy was also one of the Navy’s initial 24 space cadres, thus becoming the first quadruple-qualified officer in the Navy.

After leaving the Navy he worked on upgrading Air Force One for 3 years, then spent 9 years in classified R&D at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Lab (JHU/APL) before joining the US Coast Guard as the US’ Science & Technology Advisor for Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) for 9 years. The cap to his career was undercover work for the FBI that netted 23 arrests.

A Distinguished Graduate of the Naval War College, He has an MBA and Computer Systems (High honors) from Bryant University, and studied Systems Engineering at JHU.

Awarded the DHS Distinguished Career Service Award in 2012, the US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s Individual Achievement Award (Person of the Year) in 2015, and Space Foundation “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2021, He has been nominated for the Space Technology Hall of Fame.

He has authored “A Silent Warrior Steps Out of the Shadows,” a memoir of his 35+ years in the classified world and "New Sentinels of the Seas, Satellite AIS and the Birth of Global Maritime Awareness" which describes how S-AIS came to be and where it is leading the world.