{"id":655,"date":"2022-02-27T14:02:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T13:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dsnmltd.com\/?p=655"},"modified":"2023-06-02T15:46:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T14:46:43","slug":"women-at-the-helm-cheryl-zimmerman-farsounder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dsnmltd.com\/blog\/women-at-the-helm-cheryl-zimmerman-farsounder\/","title":{"rendered":"Women at the Helm: Cheryl Zimmerman – FarSounder"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
This month we are delighted to speak to Cheryl Zimmerman, CEO of FarSounder as the third in our series of Women at the Helm. FarSounder’s products can be used in a variety of applications for obstacle avoidance and shallow water navigation, they are designed to fit many types of vessels including yachts, cruise ships, research survey vessels and small commercial vessels, with the focus on the Argos range of 3D forward looking marine navigation sonar systems.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
dsnm caught up with Cheryl to find out about her route to this role at FarSounder. Cheryl has led the FarSounder team for 20 years – they have just celebrated their 20th anniversary – and has focused her efforts for finding navigational solutions to keep vessels safe and protect the underwater world.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
With a background in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science Mechanical Engineering (MSME) from Tufts University, Cheryl worked on technical land-side positions, pinpointing business and marketing of technology as her passion. She said “With FarSounder I moved to the marine world and have never looked back! With a passion for the ocean I developed growing up in the \u201cOcean State,\u201d and then for sailing, this was a natural industry in which to focus my talents. I believe my training and communication skills have benefited me in \u2018translating\u2019 technical ideas to non-technical customers. During my tenure, both the team and I have received numerous honours over the years. One of the most gratifying awards was the 2015 Tibbetts Award for Innovative and Outstanding Contribution to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. This award recognised our technological achievements. It also acknowledged our commercialisation skills, which was most satisfying to me professionally.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n