Mr. Hale is the founding CEO of Adastra and a seasoned leader of high performing teams delivering operations and complex program excellence. He brings decades of leadership and management experience to the Company. Mr. Hale commanded three nuclear-powered submarines in the U.S. Navy, overseeing $4B in national assets. Later, he managed a $3B CAD construction program at Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards as Program Director, before becoming Vice President, Program Delivery, overseeing all major projects under the Canadian National Shipbuilding Strategy. Mr. Hale holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Naval Academy and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.