Michael Foss

Michael Foss is CEO and Chairman of RanMarine Technology, the Rotterdam-based maker of the WasteShark, an autonomous surface drone that eats floating trash out of harbours and canals. A veteran retail and technology CFO/CEO with prior top posts at Sports Authority, Petco and Circuit City, he joined RanMarine as an advisor in 2022, became board chair in 2023, and now leads the company as it pushes its water-cleaning fleet across ports, cities and marinas worldwide.