John M. Oppermann is VP, Director-Research & Scientific Services at Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc.

In his past career Mr. Oppermann occupied the position of Senior Director-Internet Services at The WORLDCOM Public Relations Group, Inc., Executive Co-Director at Pronet Polk, Senior Manager-Operations Improvement at Nextel Communications, Inc. and Director-Operations Improvement at VoiceStream Wireless Corp.

John M. Oppermann received an MBA and an undergraduate degree from Pace University.