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Akimbo Technologies is pleased to announce that Marc Couturier has joined the company’s Advisory Board. Marc brings to Akimbo his passionate management style and over 30 years of operations, sales and biz dev experience. His graduate studies and hands-on experience provide a rare combination of technical skills, academic training and business experience. Marc has long experience in technical fields, starting his career in the nuclear. In the past decade he negotiated a large natural gas extraction deal for a project in Alberta, set up an import distribution and dealer network for cogeneration units and negotiated three long term wood pellet export contracts for electricity generation. Most recently he has been seconded to Velocia, a mobility tech start-up that he found and convinced his board to invest in. He continues to search for new investment opportunities. Marc is General Manager of New Business Development at Toyota Tsusho Canada Inc.. He lives in Mississauga, ON.

Akimbo Technologies today announced it has signed a contract with Canada’s Department of National Defence for $1M. The contract, awarded as part of Canada’s Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program’s Knot Vulnerable - Locking Down Cybersecurity on Naval Vessels Challenge, will further develop the DEFENSA inline product for marine application to a pre-commercial level ready for trials. DEFENSA Marine software can either function on a small, dedicated device installed inline on the ship’s network, or it can run coresident on existing electronic control units. Core attributes include real-time detection of a critical system anomaly or cyberattack, no false positives or negatives created while correcting cyberattacks, and no utilization of either machine learning or artificial intelligence. It is essentially a plug and play appliance. DEFENSA Marine , an easily added inline appliance that operates in real-time, does not rely on a cloud connection to function. As such, this capability delivers security even in remote seas, or in naval environments that may be hostile or treacherous. DEFENSA Marine delivers the safety of both the onboard crew and cargo even in the most challenging scenarios. DEFENSA Marine is ideal for commercial marine vessels, for ships conducting search and rescue, and those addressing military situations. Furthermore, DEFENSA Marine is as ideal for vessels already in use as it is for vessels in production or design.