Objective
Leadership, project management and business development from a seasoned mariner and deep sea diver.
Experience
Operations Director & CFO
Darkwater Marine Services, LLC
•Responsible for identifying, winning and managing contracts with the US Federal Government
•Hiring approval on all Company employees and contractors.
•Responsible for seeking and developing partnerships with other companies.
•Won a bid for a Federal Maritime Contract worth $10.5 Million in my first 4 months.
•Established Darkwater Specialty Offshore, a long term joint venture with a diving services company on the US Gulf Coast.
•Established a commercial work vessel management agreement with a US West Coast company, bringing new assets and opening new markets to Darkwater.
Port Captain & East Coast Vessel Operations Coordinator,
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA – US Government)
•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 Manager & Maritime Business Consultant
C-Port Marine Services, LLC
•Consultant on government contracting and regional projects
•Trusted with emergency HR – finding and placing an individual in less than 24 hours
•Trusted authority & subject matter expert on unlimited tonnage shipping, scuba diving and government marine operations.
•Manager of work vessel M/V Ned Nusunginya based in Boston, Ma.
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
Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
•One of 3 western dive masters at Bikini Atoll, former nuclear weapons test site.
•Lived on location on remote and deserted atoll.
•Responsible for the safety of tourists during staged decompression diving tours of military shipwrecks sank in post WWII US atomic tests.
•Depths up to 200 feet.
Education
Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzard’s Bay, Massachusetts
B.S. Marine Transportation Military Academy, Cadet Officer
Cushing Academy Ashburnham, Massachusetts
High School Diploma
Private School, College Preparatory
Certification
US Merchant Marine Officer, Third Mate Unlimited Tonnage, Oceans: STCW'95, Tanker PIC, Radar, ARPA
NOAA Working Diver / SCUBA Diver
Decompression, mixed gas, Rebreathers, Shipwreck exploration
Massachusetts Real Estate Salesperaon
Massachusetts License to Carry Firearms
Class A Large Capacity
Skils
Experienced 100 ton vessel Captain
Dive Vessel Captain
Dive Master
Project Management
Fleet Management
Business Development
Government Contracts
Government Marine Ops
Research Vessel Captain
Client Relations
Award:
Merchant Marine Expeditionary Medal: Operation Iraqi Freedom