John Vickers is the mastermind behind Blue Abyss, the world’s premier deep-sea and space extreme environment research, training and test centre. Blue Abyss’ primary function is to enable extreme environment development, both human and robotic, ranging from the offshore energy industry through to the growing human spaceflight sector and adventure tourism.

John spent eight years in the British Army before joining a London-based management consultancy, where he developed leadership and management programs for Fortune 100 companies. He later worked at IBM and GE Capital, transforming their eBusiness strategies and heading up a company that developed an ultra-thin insulation material.