Christopher M. Email & Phone Number

Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area

Riviera Beach, Fl

Senior representative in Sector Miami's northern AOR responsible for Ports Waterways & Coastal Security, waterways management, pollution response & commercial vessel safety for coastline & inland waterways including two commercial deep water ports & regulated facilities. Manage marine inspection program ensuring compliance of U.S. and foreign flag commercial vessels with U.S. laws & international regulations. Lead Investigating Officer for marine casualties & mariner negligence, misconduct and violation of law and regulation.

Morgan City, Louisiana

Investigates marine casualties, including collisions, allisions, groundings, sinkings, fires, injuries and deaths on commercial vessels and oil production platforms in U.S. navigable waters and Outer Continental Shelf in one of the busiest U.S. Coast Guard investigations port. Initiates civil penalties against companies and personnel for safety violations. Represents Coast Guard against licensed mariners before Federal Administrative Law Judge in Suspension and Revocation litigation for misconduct, violations of law or regulation, negligence and illegal drug and alcohol use.

Miami, Florida

Marine Inspector/Port State Control Officer; Led teams on comprehensive domestic vessel inspections on U.S. vessels and foreign passenger, freight and chemical tank vessels. Verified management and material compliance with international maritime treaties, and U.S. laws and regulations. Evaluated structures, lifesaving, fire fighting, pollution prevention and various shipboard systems. Aided in decisions affecting vessel operations and implementation of control actions at 3 major U.S. ports, including world's 2 largest cruise ship ports in environmentally sensitive areas. Officer in Charge, Marine Inspections (OCMI) and Captain of the Port (COTP) direct representative for vessel inspection issues.

Miami, Florida

Recognized, evaluated, and controlled a variety of hazards for 750+ active duty, reserve, and civilian personnel within Sector Miami's area of responsibility, including 17 outlying operational shore units/vessel fleet, ensuring the protection of the Coast Guard workforce, public health, and property, while incorporating regulations and other safety and health policies. Responsibilities of this position included the promulgation of safety and environmental health directives, prevention and control of mishaps, fire protection, promotion of safety education, site safety analysis, competency with the Incident Command System (ICS), and implementation of a mishap reporting system, including casualty analysis.-Provided support and oversight to Safety Coordinators and Safety Assistants.-Administered comprehensive safety assessments of outlying subunits.-Oversight of safety and environmental health training. -Broad oversight of sector/subordinate unit selection, purchase, and use of PPE. -Primary technical information source for the Safety Committee. -Point-of-Contact and liaison for safety issues or tasking from the District. Maintained effective communication and coordination with District, and Area representatives on HAZWOPER; WMD; chemical, biological, radiological, and general safety issues. -Assisted departments and subordinate units with safety assessments and audits of area shipyards and competent persons to ensure regulatory compliance for Coast Guard personnel, in accordance with applicable confined space entry policies and regulations.-Ensured all operational personnel were familiar with and utilize risk management techniques.-Provided Crew Endurance Management (CEM) support for subordinate units while ensuring that annual endurance risk assessments were completed. -Served as Site Safety Officer or Assistant Safety Officer for incident responses within the Sector area of responsibility.

New London, Connecticut

Portsmouth, Virginia

Responsible for the installation, maintenance, repair, operation and management of command and control systems, communications receivers and transmitters, data and voice-encryption equipment, navigation and search radar, tactical electronic detection systems, and electronic navigation. Additionally as a member of the Operations Department, combat information center watch supervisor, and qualified Spanish linguist, performed navigation duties, search and rescue, law enforcement case execution, and combat information center operations.

Miami Beach, Florida

Eatons Neck, Ny