Nithesh "Waz" Wazenn

Founder and CEO at DOLGO

Speaker

Nithesh Wazenn is an entrepreneur and maritime technology innovator currently serving as the Founder and CEO of DOLGO, a startup dedicated to workforce development and knowledge preservation within the maritime sector. His vision for the company addresses the critical "Expertise gap" in shipbuilding and maritime operations by using AI to capture the institutional knowledge of veteran workers.

Under his leadership, DOLGO has achieved several significant milestones:
>The company was selected for the NOAA-backed Ocean Enterprise Accelerator.
>He has spearheaded collaborations with the University of South Florida (USF) and the Florida Institute of Oceanography to deploy functional MVPs (Minimum Viable Products).
>He actively represents the U.S. maritime tech sector, having been selected for trade missions to Singapore and Indonesia with TMA BlueTech.