Dane Christopher Fleming Email & Phone Number

Fort Lauderdale, Fl

Established successful company that has provided premier maritime customer service for 20 years. Performs marketing to ensure attraction of client base, and through the presentation of best-in-class customer service, ensures repeat business. Oversees staff hiring and training, manages budgets and forecasts, and sets strategic direction. Negotiates contracts and performs bidding, invoicing, and billing. Applies meticulous attention to detail and in-depth professional knowledge to maritime research support, investigations, and surveys. Leads inspections, surveys, or examinations of marine vessels to assess, monitor and report on their condition or their cargos’. Inspects equipment intended for new or existing vessels to ensure compliance with standards and regulations. Provides vital services for insurance and legal consultation. Recognized expert witness adept at providing professional opinion to insurance companies, courts, arbiters, or tribunals. Performs presentations and authors technical reports to support testimony.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Develops, coordinates, and implements innovative plans designed to increase existing marine business and capture new opportunities. Utilizes project management tools and techniques to develop and maintain project scope and meet deadlines. Leads strategic marketing and operations planning, sets Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), and develops roadmaps to achieve growth.Reimagines current strategy and practices to realize new efficiencies and optimize execution. Spearheads cost-effective promotion of products and directly contributes to sales goals. Builds a team of engaged employees using a coaching and mentoring style that spurs dedication to team objectives. Manages temporary marina construction projects, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and city regulations. Delivers presentations and meets with clients and regulators to develop and maintain positive business relationships.• Revolutionized company sales tactics. Creative shifting of sales show policy changed a failing model that was losing money at each event, to a successful one grossing $1.4M.• Innovative and improved marketing increased gross show revenue 10%.• Aggressive fiscal management combined with smart labor negotiating and management, reducing show operational expenses by 15%.• Proven team leadership skills managing cross-functional teams of 20+ employees.