our team

Johnnie James II

Founder/CEO

Johnnie is a dynamic sustainability advocate with experience in business, public relations, software engineering, and urban planning.

Shane McGlynn Ph.D.

CSO/CTO

Shane is an experimental chemical physicist and instructor at Loyola Univ., with expertise spanning optoelectronics, laser engineering, materials science, analytical and inorganic chemistry, as well as computer, electrical, and mechanical engineering.

Mathew Bernier

Senior Project Manager

Mat is a reliability engineer with 15+ years of experience planting REEFBUDS© globally, specializing in the Gulf Coast region, including South Louisiana.

Benjhie Tayag

Sr. Advisor

Benjhie is the co-inventor of REEFBUDS©. For almost two decades, he has traveled throughout the Philippines, planting REEFBUDS© in marine ecosystems affected by climate change and man-made disasters.

Our main goal is to create a world in which there will be land to live on, air to breathe and food to eat in the coming decades.

ReefBuds Team