Objective
Provide my expertise as a professional mariner and professional scuba diver to a company or government agency in my region.
Experience
Port Captain & East Coast Vessel Operations Coordinator, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
•Responsible for the management of a national research fleet of more than 50 vessels for the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS)
•Designed and implemented a unified fleet management system nationwide
•Created a tracking and reporting system for a nationwide multi-million dollar operations budget
•Frequent travel on fact finding missions, acted on my own authority and reported to executive leadership
•Member of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Dive Unit
Vessel Captain (Master)
C-Port Marine Services, LLC
•Captain of 100 ton, 300 passenger ferry on contract to the US Navy in Puget Sound
•Trusted with access to sensitive areas of a US Naval Shipyard
•Ultimately responsible for safety, mission completion and the actions of my crews.
Third Officer
United States Merchant Marine
•US Merchant Marine Expeditionary Award: Operation Iraqi Freedom
•Transatlantic Passage, Alaskan Crude Trade and Middle East experience
•Firefighting and Damage Control Team Leader
Assistant Divemaster, Bikini Atoll Divers
-Employed by the government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to safely guide dives at the former nuclear weapons test site of Bikini Atoll.
Education
Massachusetts Maritime Academy, BS Marine Transportation
Cushing Academy, High School Diploma
Certification
-Third Mate, Unlimited/Oceans, STCW'95 w/ tankerman PIC
-NOAA Working Diver
-Technical Scuba Diver: Rebreathers, helium, staged decompression
Skils
-Fleet Management experience
-Marine consulting
-Maritime Human Resources
-Government Contracts
-Wartime service
Other Certifications & Areas of Study:
Naval Science • Archaeology • Admiralty Law • Government Contracts • Third Mate: Unlimited Tonnage, Oceans • STCW ’95 • Shipboard Firefighter • Tankerman PIC • HAZMAT Awareness • Bridge Team Resource Management • Radar Observer/ARPA • TWIC Identification •Trimix Diver & Advanced Nitrox Diver • Dive Master • Decompression Diver • Closed Circuit Rebreather Diver • Rescue Diver •