Nuytten, R.T. (Phil)

Dr. R.T. (Phil) Nuytten is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nuytco Research Ltd. and Can-Dive Construction Ltd. He was the founder and CEO of Hard Suits Inc., a publicly traded company that manufacturers the world famous “Newtsuit”. Nuytten was also a co-founder of Oceaneering International Inc., currently one of the largest publicly traded underwater skills companies in the world, with annual sales of nearly one billion dollars. Phil is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of the commercial diving industry and consistently has been a significant force in the development of new technology. He has logged hundreds of hours on experimental deep diving and testing of decompression tables, and was instrumental in the development and acceptance of modern Atmospheric Diving Suit (ADS) technology, the ‘Remora’, a submarine rescue system. Remora was described by the U.S. Navy during a NATO presentation as a major breakthrough in submarine safety. In 1998, Nuytten and his design team produced the 2000′ micro-submersible DeepWorker. In 1999, NASA contracted a pair of DeepWorkers to study their possible use in the recovery of the Space Shuttle booster rockets, and in 2000 DeepWorkers successfully recovered the Space Shuttle booster rockets from the May flight to the U.S. Space Station. Phil Nuytten has spent nearly forty years to developing undersea systems that have the safety of the diving technician as their common theme. His goal has been to provide scientific, technical, military, and sport divers full access to continental shelf depths without the hazards of decompression, so that humans can explore, learn about, and – ultimately – protect the world’s oceans.