SciFish was founded in 1992 to develop technologies for more efficient fisheries. Through initial funding from the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program Scifish has been able to develop innovative sonar systems to meet the emerging challenges found in today's marine industry.   Our staff works closely with each customer to ensure that we fully understand their requirements and that we can provide them with a solution that is affordable and reliable.

Dr. Jung leads all aspects of the electronics development in SciFish sonar products.  Dr. Jung received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronics engineering from Hanyang University, Korea, in 1993 and 1995 respectively. He was an Assistant Research Engineer at LG Industrial Systems, Co., Ltd., Korea, from 1995 to 1996. He earned the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, in 2001. From 2001 to 2002, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Electrical Engineering, the University of Washington. In 2002, he joined SciFish where he is currently the Chief Electrical Engineer responsible for research and development of underwater acoustic instruments. His areas of interest include neural networks, fuzzy systems, evolutionary algorithms, signal processing, computer vision, robotics, and software engineering.  Dr. Jung is an ultra-marathon runner that has completed several races over 50 miles.

Mr. Kulinchenko received Electro-Mechanical Engineering Degree in State University “Lvivs’ka Polytechnika”, Lviv, Ukraine. Continuing education Mr. Kulinchenko received Master of Science Degree in Electro-Mechanical Engineering in State University “Lvivs’ka Polytechnika”, Lviv, Ukraine, in 1994. In 1995 Mr. Kulinchenko moved to Detroit, MI where he worked as draft assistant at Lear Seating Corporation, Plymouth, MI. In 1997, Mr. Kulinchenko moved to Anchorage, AK. In December 2001, Mr. Kulinchenko graduated from University of Alaska in Anchorage with Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science. Mr. Kulinchenko joined SciFish in 2001 and has worked his way from intern to Chief Software Engineer. Mr. Kulinchenko has experience in software applications development, modifications and testing. Good knowledge of Java, Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Extensible Markup Language (XML), C++, Intel Image Processing Library (IPL), Open Source Computer Vision Library (Open CV), Visual Basic (VB), MatLab and Neural Networks. Knowledge of Microsoft Visual Developer Studio (C++, VisualBasic, SourceSafe), Borland JBuilder (Java).  Mr. Kulinchenko enjoys skiing and water sports in his spare time.

Ms. Sheppard received her Bachelor's Degree in Engineering in 2006 from Vermont Technical College and then served on the faculty of the College for two years teaching Physics and Engineering courses.  After serving for a year in the Peace Corps in Ghana, Ms. Sheppard and her family moved to Alaska where she was a Barista until jointing SciFish in 2010.  Ms. Sheppard's background in both mechanical and electrical disciplines allows her to provide support across the product lines, ranging from electronics design, implementation and test to software development and mechanical assembly.  Ms. Sheppard enjoys field work and embraces the ruggedness of Alaska in her spare time by hiking its many trails and climbing its mountains.

Mr. Simpson received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science in 1986 from the University of California at San Diego. Soon after graduating, Mr. Simpson distinguished himself in the application of neural networks, fuzzy systems, and artificial intelligence to difficult defense related problems in areas such as electronic intelligence, radar surveillance, sonar signal identification, and various aspects of automated diagnostics. Early in his career, Mr. Simpson wrote several archival papers, taught several short courses, wrote a text book that has been used in college courses around the United States, and lectured on the theory and application of neural networks and fuzzy systems world wide. Mr. Simpson served as President of the IEEE Neural Networks Council in 1994 and was the General Chairman of the 1998 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence. In 1992, Mr. Simpson founded SciFish to develop technologies for more efficient fisheries.  In his spare time, Mr. Simpson and his wife Christalyn lead a small army of volunteers in organizing the annual Lost Lake Run, a 16 mile mountain race that raises money to benefit those with Cystic Fibrosis.