Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.
NYSE: OPTT. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.
US
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:8a16e3ac-fede-41fe-8b66-c8c156fe16d8
- SEC CIK
- 0001378140
- Record version
- vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 13, 2026
- Newest evidence
- Aug 3, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Philipp StratmannPresident and Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
- Not published
- Independent
- Not published7 directors published
- Published claims
- 244 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 50 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 4 distinct sources and 5 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
DIRECTOR APPOINTED
Clyde W. Hewlett seat on Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., effective 2025-12-04.
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Commercial Officer | Matthew Burdyny | Jul 2025 | current | Source reportedE4 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | Philipp Stratmann | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE3 |
| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Robert Powers | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE3 |
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | Tracy Pagliara | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE3 |
Board of directors
Evidence7 directors published. Independence determinations are not published for every director.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde W. Hewlett | Independence not published | 2025 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Corliss J. Montesi | Independence not published | 2025 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Jim Thompson | Independence not published | 2025 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Master Philipp Ocean | Independence not published | 2021 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Operations Ocean | Independence not published | 2020 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Terence J. Cryan | Independence not published | 2025 | Audit CommitteeCompensation Committee, chairNominating and Corporate Governance Committee, chair | Source reportedE2 |
| Turnarounds Ocean | Independence not published | 2012 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Joseph A. DiGuardo Jr. | Independent | Not published | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Philipp Stratmann | Not independent | Not published | Chief Executive Officer and Director | Source reportedE3 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit Committee | Not published | Terence J. Cryan | Not described in the published record |
| Chief Executive Officer and Director | Not published | Philipp Stratmann | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation Committee | Terence J. Cryan | Terence J. Cryan | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee | Terence J. Cryan | Terence J. Cryan | Not described in the published record |
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Financials and market context
EvidenceGovernance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Matthew BurdynyChief Commercial Officercompany:8a16e3ac-fede-41fe-8b66-c8c156fe16d8:leadership_role:14
- Philipp StratmannPresident and Chief Executive Officer; President, Chief Executive Officer and Directorcompany:8a16e3ac-fede-41fe-8b66-c8c156fe16d8:leadership_role:15, company:8a16e3ac-fede-41fe-8b66-c8c156fe16d8:leadership_role:11
- Robert PowersSenior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurercompany:8a16e3ac-fede-41fe-8b66-c8c156fe16d8:leadership_role:16
- Tracy PagliaraSenior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretarycompany:8a16e3ac-fede-41fe-8b66-c8c156fe16d8:leadership_role:17
- Clyde W. HewlettDirectorcompany:8a16e3ac-fede-41fe-8b66-c8c156fe16d8:leadership_role:5
- Corliss J. MontesiDirectorcompany:8a16e3ac-fede-41fe-8b66-c8c156fe16d8:leadership_role:6
- Jim ThompsonDirectorcompany:8a16e3ac-fede-41fe-8b66-c8c156fe16d8:leadership_role:7
- Master Philipp OceanDirectorcompany:8a16e3ac-fede-41fe-8b66-c8c156fe16d8:leadership_role:9
- Operations OceanDirectorcompany:8a16e3ac-fede-41fe-8b66-c8c156fe16d8:leadership_role:10
- Terence J. CryanDirectorcompany:8a16e3ac-fede-41fe-8b66-c8c156fe16d8:leadership_role:12
- Turnarounds OceanDirectorcompany:8a16e3ac-fede-41fe-8b66-c8c156fe16d8:leadership_role:13
- Joseph A. DiGuardo Jr.Directorcompany:8a16e3ac-fede-41fe-8b66-c8c156fe16d8:leadership_role:8
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 5 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 13, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
- E2sec proxy. Published Dec 4, 2025. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 7 Claims.
- E3sec def 14a. Published Aug 3, 2026. Retrieved Sep 12, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
- E4sec filing. Published Jul 24, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5governance_people_committees. sec proxy. Cited by 6 Claims.
What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 13, 2026- Clyde W. Hewlett seat on Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., effective 2025-12-04.
- Corliss J. Montesi seat on Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., effective 2025-12-04.
- Jim Thompson seat on Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., effective 2025-12-04.
- Terence J. Cryan seat on Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., effective 2025-12-04.
- Matthew Burdyny executive of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., effective 2025-07-24.
- Master Philipp Ocean seat on Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., effective 2021-01-01.
- Operations Ocean seat on Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., effective 2020-01-01.
- Turnarounds Ocean seat on Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., effective 2012-01-01.

