Oceanographic Center Alumnus is Founder and Chief Scientist of Ocean Boy Farms

As Founder and Chief Scientist for Ocean Boy Farms, David McMahon is responsible for all scientific protocols in developing environmentally and socially safe sustainable, organic marine white shrimp.

Ocean Boy produces all of the USDA certified organic shrimp in America and is the largest commercially viable USDA Certified Organic producer of shrimp in the United States.

In addition, Mr. McMahon is President and Chief Scientist of the National Marine Medicines Research Institute, President and Chief Scientist of the Diabetes Research Initiative, and President of Gecko Films, a company that produces family films within the marine environment.

He graduated with a dual master of Science Degree in Marine Biology and Coastal Zone Management and recently defended his Ph.D. dissertation, which will complete Mr. McMahon's Ph.D. in Oceanography / Marine Biology from Nova Southeastern University’s Oceanographic Center.

He has been issued several United States Patents in the field of science and is currently serving his second two-year term as an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Aquaculture Association.

He has been honored by the Bahamian Government for cultural and cinematic development, is the recipient of the Republican National Committee’s Gold Medal Award for business leaders, and as a Ph.D. candidate at NSU, Mr. McMahon received the World Aquaculture Society’s award for Best Scientific poster in Beijing, China.

His future goals are to develop a bio technical research center at NSU, to produce a cholesterol free organic shrimp, and to develop a cure for juvenile diabetes.