About Bruno Hoffman

Son of a west coast boat builder. Lifelong Pacific Northwest sailor. Founder of two companies built to advance marine electrification.

"I have loved boating since the day my father first invited me into his shop on a Saturday to help him modify a boat design. I wasn’t just watching; I was fully engaged—elbows deep in vats of acetone, captivated by the meticulous way he brought a boat to life.

That early fascination stayed with me as I moved into the high-tech world, building and managing businesses across North America and Europe.

In tech, I’ve navigated every major wave from the dot-com boom to the rise of AI. But while tech moves at breakneck speed, the boating industry has remained largely unchanged since those early days of fiberglass and massive outboards.

What’s happening in the marine EV space now isn't just an iteration; it’s a total revolution. This technology has reignited a drive in me I haven't felt since I was a boy in that shop.

This just smells right. The alignment of innovation, cost savings, and environmental necessity is opening doors to new markets and a new generation of boaters that the industry has never seen. It’s a shift that will ripple across generations. This is worth doing. This is what I’m here for."

Quick Facts

  • Founder & Chief Evangelist, The Marine Electric Vehicle Consortium (MEVC), 2024–present

  • Founder, The Green Boater (sustainable boating education platform), 2018–present

  • Heritage: Son of a west coast boat builder; lifelong Pacific Northwest sailor and boater

  • Geographic Base: Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • The MEVC Directory: The Marine EV Industry's Source of Truth. The world's first structured, geo-optimized, certified data layer for the global recreational Marine EV industry.

  • The MEVC Navigator: The world's first agentic AI tool that thinks, matches, and connects — putting the right Marine EV Builder in front of the right qualified buyer, instantly.

  • The MEVC Community: Manufacturers (3 certification Communities), Commercial Operators (6-stage Voyage Plan), Retail Buyers (AI Navigator)

  • Launch Timeline: May 2026

MEVC is the world's first geo-optimized, certified directory and engagement platform for marine EV adoption in the commercial and recreational B2B sector. Not a marketplace. An opportunity engine.

For manufacturers, it's direct access to pre-qualified buyers—marinas, resorts, rental fleets, eco-tourism operators—all pursuing large-scale electrification. For commercial operators, it's a complete no-risk journey from discovery through on-water showcase before you buy. For consumers, it's a comprehensive certified directory backed by AI-powered discovery engine.

The Green Boater

The Green Boater remains the voice and educator: blog, podcast, video, community education. It reaches and influences the values-driven boater who cares about the ocean and wants to make better choices.

Marine EV Consortium

MEVC is the marine EV industry's source of truth — a certified, geo-optimized directory and agentic AI platform that connects builders and buyers across the global recreational marketplace.

They feed each other. They amplify each other. But they serve distinct roles in the same mission: advancing the adoption of marine electric vehicles globally.

Both are rooted in my core belief: boating should be better for the people who do it and kinder to the water that holds them.