Ram Sudama is the owner and principal surveyor for Skye Marine Services. His ancestors were fishermen on the Isle of Skye off the rugged western coast of Scotland. His great-grandfather worked in the shipyards of Belfast. His grandfather was a marine surveyor, inspecting ships for Lloyds of London and Hartford Insurance Company, and served as harbourmaster of the Port of Baltimore. His father was an officer in the U.S. Navy who survived the sinking of the USS Yorktown during the Battle of Midway and later taught marine engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Maritime Institute.

Ram was brought up on the water. His family are natives of Annapolis, MD - often referred to as "the sailing capital of the world". He was raised on the Chesapeake Bay and in Bermuda. As a child he rescued, restored and re-floated many abandoned wrecks, gaining valuable experience in boat design, construction and repair. He was trained at the Severn Sailing Association in Eastport and skippered and crewed on boats of all sizes up and down the bay. He later taught seamanship and racing technique in Casco Bay, Maine. He has sailed extensively on the east coast from Maine to the Bahamas, in the Pacific Northwest, as well as in New Zealand and Australia. He lived and sailed for many years in New England, where he first established Skye Marine Services. Ram currently lives with his family on Vancouver Island.