Jacob Ruytenbeek is the Founder and CEO of SailPlan. He is an expert in ocean and decarbonization technologies with more than a decade of experience across multiple domains including space, aviation, and maritime.

In the early 2000s, Jacob began building boats with his father, a marine electrician, and together, they electrified some of the first small craft in south Florida. As a passionate freediver, Jacob noticed the effects of ocean-plastic pollution, coral-bleaching, and depleted fish populations firsthand. Through SailPlan, he is leading the charge to create a cleaner, more efficient marine industry by democratizing marine data.

Jacob has served as an advisor for maritime innovation to the Miami-Dade Innovation Authority. He established Founding Blue, a monthly event series that provides networking, mentoring, and investment opportunities for blue-economy startups across South Florida, Mexico, and the Caribbean. And he dedicates time each month to coaching founders on venture fundraising through the Levan Center for Innovation at Nova Southeastern University.

Jacob graduated from Florida State University (BS), Nova Southeastern University (JD), and Pepperdine University (MBA). Today he lives in the Fort Lauderdale area with his wife, Brooke, and two children, Ben and Zach.

Mr. Holz is a 22 year veteran of the Walt Disney Company with senior-level expertise in operations, strategic planning, product and customer experience development, international business and large scale start up projects. He served as President of Disney Cruise Line for eleven years, Chairman and CEO of EuroDisney SCA for four years, SVP Operations at Walt Disney World and nine other key roles in his career with Disney.


Since “retiring” in 2018, he has been with McKinsey & Company as a Senior Advisor, working on a broad variety of engagements in multiple business sectors. He serves as an Advisor and Board Member to Cruise Saudi, a subsidiary of the sovereign Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund. On Cruise Saudi’s behalf, he serves as Chair of Aroya Cruise and Chair of Aman at Sea, a joint venture between the Saudi PIF and Aman Resorts. He is also a board member of the Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co., in Canton, Ohio.


Mr. Holz holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Fredonia and is a member of the Fredonia Foundation Board. He remains an active supporter of the “Keeper of the Dream Scholarship Fund” benefiting disadvantaged and academically motivated student athletes.

Brentt earned his MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and his BA in Economics from Claremont McKenna College. 

Brentt is on the investment team at Greycroft, based in Los Angeles. Brentt primarily invests in B2B and enterprise SaaS platforms with open source or channel driven go-to-market strategies. He is currently interested in the convergence of cyber and physical security, edge computing, and data interoperability/automation. He has helped lead Greycroft’s investments in Botkeeper, Mapped, and Agni, serving as an observer or a board director. In addition to his role on the investment team, Brentt leads Greycroft’s data science strategy as it applies to new investments. 

Greg McNeal is Chairman of SailPlan’s Board of Directors.  He is an entrepreneur, professor, and investor. The companies he founded or serves on the board of have raised over $100 million in funding. 

He is a tenured Professor of Law and Public Policy at Pepperdine University and a faculty member with the Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law and teaches courses in technology, law and policy.
Greg has worked with the White House, the Department of Defense, the State Department, and independent regulatory agencies on matters related to technology, law and policy.

He has on multiple occasions testified before Congress and state legislatures about entrepreneurship and emerging technology and has aided state legislators, cities, municipalities, and executive branch officials in drafting legislation and ordinances related to technological advances and has been appointed by Cabinet officials to serve on Federal Rule making Committees.

He previously co-founded and sold  AirMap, a multinational aerospace and defense company honored as an Inc.com 25 Most Disruptive Company, a Los Angeles Business Journal Innovation Award Winner,  and a Consumer Electronics Show “Innovation Award” recipient.
In his early career he worked on national security, international criminal law and counterterrorism matters and served as an Army officer.