Objective
Seeking a senior position in International Project Logistics, Heavy Lift & Overdimensional Specialist
Experience
Director, Projects & Chartering, Cargoways Logistics, Houston, TX 8/09 - Present
• Oversight of corporate project cargo, breakbulk and chartering operations.
• Develop new business in the project cargo area with established clients.
• Direct technical aspects of project logistics, specializing in out-of-gauge and heavy cargo.
• Develop solutions for out-of-gauge and super heavy haul projects by land sea & air.
Operations Manager/Senior Surveyor, Impact Transportation Group, The Woodlands, TX 9/08 - 8/09
Operations Manager/Senior Surveyor, CESMEC USA, Inc., The Woodlands, TX 2/05 – 9/08
Project Operations/Surveyor, CESMEC USA, Inc., The Woodlands, TX, 8/02 to 2/05
• Manage activities of Port Captains, Planners & Surveyors, worldwide.
• Expert for transport, rigging and handling of heavy-lift and oversized cargo.
• Manage site operations for "Fortune 100" clients, US & foreign.
• Operations supervision for ocean going vessels, and barges.
• Ship, cargo and securing surveys, container/equipment hire surveys.
• Experienced in supervising union and non-union labor.
• Negotiate stevedoring and terminal rates, labor, equipment and contracts.
• Effectively resolve problem shipments, plan stowage and securing scheme for special cargoes in accordance with international safety regulations.
Manager Marine Support, Hapag-Lloyd (America), Inc., Piscataway, New Jersey 01/99 to 07/02
• Managed operations and ship planning / scheduling departments, staff of seven.
• Conducted training for various departments, and developed operating manuals to ISO standards.
• Liaison to product management and customer service and strategic alliance focal point.
• Served on Grand Alliance East & West Coast Coordinating Committees.
• Expert for out-of-gauge, project cargo and marine technical matters and worked closely with marketing and product managers to develop additional business.
• Received highest evaluation rating for technical knowledge and proficiency, and commendation for conducting the company’s official oil spill “table-top exercise”, receiving an “excellent” rating.
• Member of the corporate committee for development of project business, developing and implementing multi-modal solutions.
• Partnered with Product Management, Sales and key accounts, quadrupling earned revenue for project cargo.
• Participated in post-911 corporate port security committee activities, and C-TPAT.
Marine & Project Manager, Stowmaster Marine Consultants, Houston, Texas 08/95 to 01/99
• Managed ship operations, including stowage planning and vessel utilization for various project and liner operators, including Global Transporte Oceanico (East Coast South America) and Intermarine, Inc. (Asia and Europe Services).
• Advisor to shippers and forwarders for project logistics, stowage, securing and chartering.
• Equipment, vessel and cargo surveyor.
• Managed conventional, container, ro/ro and heavy lift vessels, and barges operating in various trades.
• Port captain, planning port and terminal operations and logistics for several major clients.
• Advisor and technical expert for sea transport, packing and securing, in accordance with international safety requirements.
Operations Superintendent - U.S. Gulf & Caribbean Basin, Companhia Maritima Nacional, Houston, Texas 05/84 – 08/95
• Budget responsibility for U.S. Gulf and East Coasts and Mexico.
• Daily operations of owned and chartered vessels, including stowage planning, securing and stability.
• Responsibility for agents, port facilities, cost control, contracting, stevedoring bids, charter hire, voyage accounting, claims and documentation.
• Supervised a staff of three people, along with a port captain, agency operations and customer service, equipment depot and marine terminal operations.
• Managed facilities and procurement for office and vessels and vessel husbandry.
• Managed maintenance & repair of equipment and intermodal operations via rail, truck and barge.
• Administrator of Vessel Sharing Agreement between Nacional, Mexican Line and Crowley Maritime.
• Supervised project planning and development for out-of-gauge and heavy lift cargo.
• Management, sales calls, client presentations and business development in association with general agents, port authorities and stevedores.
RELATED TRAINING & CREDENTIALS
• Advanced Corporate Management Training (Pinnacle Performance Group).
• Project Management and Operations Analysis (Brooks International Corporation).
• Trained and qualified in ISO-9002, DOT, OSHA and Hazardous Materials.
• Trained with and employed Load Designer, Capstan and Power Stow software packages.
• Advanced user of Microsoft Office applications.
• Current TWIC Card & U.S. Passport
• Port of Houston TWIC Escort Certification
• Cleared for admittance to Military Installations, MOTSU, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Education
Trinity College and University; Bachelor of Science – Business Administration (Transportation)
St. Peters College. Jersey City, New Jersey - Business Studies
Certification
Department of Homeland Security - T.W.I.C.
Skils
Operations Management:
• Extensive experience in alliance, vessel and partner operations, allocation and administrative matters.
• Trained and experienced in Marine Operations, Equipment Control, Fleet Maintenance and Repair, Chartering, Traffic, Rates, Claims, Customer Service and Sales.
• Experienced with intermodal trucking, rail transfer, bulk and tank commodities and barges.
• Managing turn key relocation of industrial plants.
Marine Cargo, Terminal & Port Operations:
• Comprehensive experience in vessel, cargo, barge and terminal operations.
• Worked as marine surveyor, port captain, stowage planner and operations manager.
• Experienced in stevedore rate negotiations and relations with vessel owners, charterers and labor.
• Managed container, breakbulk, heavy lift, roll-on/roll-off and project services.
• Plan stowage, securing and stability for breakbulk, out-of-gauge cargo on project and ro/ro vessels.
• Stevedoring expense analysis and cost control, benchmarking.
• Claims, loss prevention and safety responsibility.