C. Reid Nichols is the President/Oceanographer of Marine Information Resources Corporation, a veteran-owned small business focused on applied science and a professor of business administration at Stevenson University. Reid enlisted into the U.S. Marine Corps reserves in 1977 and retired as a Colonel in 2012. Reid is actively involved in the planning and execution of oceanographic research, worldwide. Reid is a certified Project Management Professional and has coauthored Recent Advances and Issues in Oceanography, Encyclopedia of Marine Science, Tomorrow's Coasts: Complex and Impermanent, and Marine Environmental Characterization. Reid earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from University of Maryland Baltimore County, Master of Science degree in physical oceanography from North Carolina State University, Master of Business Administration degree from Loyola University Maryland, and a Doctor of Business Administration from University of Maryland Global Campus.