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Vancouver, Wa, Us

Vancouver, Wa, Us

Portland , Or, Us

Lake Oswego, Or, Us

Leads and oversees a team of design engineers and drafters with the development of project drawings, change orders, and build schedules for the construction of new multi-million-dollar barges. Coordinates with customer representatives, regulatory bodies, contractors/vendors, Greenbrier marine engineering, planning, accounting, purchasing, and production groups to ensure efficient manufacturing in accordance with regulatory and customer requirements.• Assumed management of $23M barge manufacturing project two months before delivery when former Project Manager suddenly left the company. Successfully delivered barge fulfilling contract requirements.• Managed $38M barge manufacturing project from contract signing, directing over $1.3M in change orders to help maintain project margin with projected on time delivery.

Washington, Dc, Us

Oversaw District prevention program, 100+ personnel, $350K budget, staff of 6 Officers, 2 enlisted, 5 civilians; across 12.2 M square mile area of responsibility to include 2 Sectors and Far East Activities covering the Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas Islands, and activities throughout Asia, to include proper execution of all commercial vessel and waterfront facility inspections, investigations, waterways management, including aids to navigation & three 225’ Coast Guard Coastal Buoy Tenders, recreational boating safety, & 560 volunteer civilian auxiliarists with 49 vessels, 10 aircraft,• Fixed Hawaii fishing vessel safety program; identified root causes behind long-standing role confusion between D14 units, identified Auxiliary resources & created system scheduling industry’s voluntary requests for exams; improved % of fleet examined, bolstered elected official confidence in CG oversight, human trafficking enforcement.• Led aids to navigation mission analysis team that gained aids to navigation operational efficiencies which enabled District wide deepwater fisheries patrols while meeting aids to navigation maintenance requirements• Directed depot to re-prioritize $200K in AtoN supply manufacturing, ordering & redirecting $72K in foam buoys; enabled manufacture, transport & loading on buoy tender prior to mainland shipyard departure, ensured more steel buoys were rehabbed/ready for pickup in Hawaii en route Guam, saved $55K in shipping costs, ensured Coast Guard’s most remote buoy tender met mission for coming year+• Oversaw $6.5M drydock/dockside remediation, garnered $350K additional funds for needed work, and carefully avoided schedule/capability impacts; solved chronic problems, executed highest-priority President of the United States protection patrol, region-stabilizing fisheries Maritime Law Enforcement patrol, federal aid missions deferred for 3+ years critical to Department of Defense and safe navigation

Washington, Dc, Us

Led 177 personnel, $560K budget, in the Coast Guard’s largest Marine Safety Unit that oversaw the largest and most active offshore oil exploration and production area of the US and included an area that covered 65,000 square miles of the Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, and 342 miles of inland waterways,• Led responses to four loss of well control events including a major $50M gas well blowout & fire response where led full activation of unified command, joint information center, injected urgency & organization into chaotic initial response; actions transformed effort. • Coordinated yearly responses of up to 1,600 pollution reports, six major marine casualty investigations, and the largest vessel inspections staff and workload in the US Coast Guard; shifted personnel as needed to reduce a 30-day backlog of inspections at sub-unit and ensured quick response to all pollution cases• Managed multiple complex safety of life, pollution potential, waterways impact issues, interagency coordination to develop and execute plan to safely tow huge damaged rig through multiple Captain of the Port zones across the Gulf of Mexico for repair• Garnered enhanced moorage requirements, stakeholder input, and risk analysis during a huge flood event to keep major river system & intercoastal waterway open past previous flood benchmark, enabling 907 additional tows while maintaining safety of 3 bridge system & critical shoreline infrastructure• Coordinated response to greater than 88 thousand gallon crude spill in offshore Gulf of Mexico, activated regional response team to analyze controversial recommendation to use dispersants; weighed scientific, political, economic concerns & selected balanced clean-up tactics; decisions minimized environmental damages, recovered 63 thousand gallons of oily water, delivered positive media, and secured public's faith in response.

Washington, Dc, Us

Supervised 89 full time, 19 part-time personnel, $100K budget, all US and Port State Control/Foreign vessel, facility and marine inspections, waterways management, and navigation aids along a 182 nautical mile coastline with world’s 2 largest cruise ports, Marine Safety Detachment in West Palm Beach, 2 Aids to Navigation Teams, and a fully crewed 160 foot industrial vessel. • Managed training schedules, qualifications of personnel, work performance evaluations, and readiness for operation of assets to ensure mission readiness of the department • Oversaw 4,000 vessel inspections, 1,200 facility inspections, 500 marine event applications, 100 safety and security zones, and 950 marine casualty and pollution investigations resulting in 40 vessel detentions and 15 facility closures • Facilitated preparations for and reconstitution of 3 critical ports after 3 heavy weather events to resume operations and continue the significant amount of commerce flowing through south Florida enabling a continuous flow of critical supplies following passing of the storms• Implemented novel solution to Coast Guard Authorization Act requirement to count vessels transiting waterway over three week period saving 7,500 man hours and 3 weeks of ship resource time• Created measures program that improved efficiency & reduced year to year cycle time by 42%, 35%, & 86% respectively for US vessel casework, marine event permit review, & aids to navigation environmental review• Led action to enable offshore supply vessel to conduct service outside the limits of its Certificate of Inspection; facilitated lightning fast one day turn-around of District Commander approval of National Defense Waiver which enabled salvage of $1.5M Navy asset. • Led industry Preparedness for Response Exercise Program exercise as operations section chief & Radiological Nuclear security exercise as Incident Commander at 2 separate ports; advanced team building, strengthened partnerships & contingency plans.

Washington, Dc, Us

2nd in command of unit with 300 personnel, $1.2M budget with three subordinate units including buoy tender Coast Guard Cutter Blue Bell, Station Portland, and Aids to Navigation Team Kennewick covering three states (OR/WA/ID), 2nd largest US inland river marine transportation system; #1 US port for grain export; 350 miles of coastline and 69K square miles offshore.• Coordinated response and maritime homeland security operations with two Air stations/Groups and ten small boat stations; Search and Rescue/Maritime Law Enforcement; Command Center; Port Contingency Plans/Readiness. • Oversaw the first major base rehabilitation in decades, exceeding $1.6 million and involving 150 contractors. The project encompassed a major HVAC installation, new roofs, upgrades to the kitchen, base-wide electrical and sewer upgrades, emergency power installations, and a new Chief Petty Officer’s Mess. • Shaved $2.3M civil engineering contracts, rightsized vehicle/cell phone inventory, saved $200K, garnered 90% of requested fallout funds, engaged detailers/receiving commands to increase or extend billets in support of Sector move; greatly improved unit/Area of Responsibility capabilities.• Sage counsel ensured best response & outreach to partners & media for one million gallon gas barge hard aground, several fishing vessel groundings, actions safeguarded mariners, public, & environment with best possible media coverage. Provided meticulous oversight that facilitated rapid lightering of cargo, safe ungrounding and avoidance of potentially crippling economic consequences.• Flawlessly guided Sector through a complex investigation of the foreign motor vessel Pacific Celebes that resulted in a $1M fine for willfully discharging oil at sea.

Washington, Dc, Us

Supervises 2 military/3 GS-14/2 GS-13 engineers, 6 with engineering masters degrees, in developing customer-focused, risk-based marine, electrical, and environmental engineering regulations, standards, & policies for commercial shipping. Articulates policy/provides enforcement guidance to Coast Guard field commands on marine technical issues. Formulates & articulates CG position commenting on other federal agency proposed rulemakings affecting commercial shipping & during technical meetings & other communications with industry. Leads CG type-approval program for pollution prevention, marine engineering & navigation equipment including oversight of CG accepted test laboratories. Represents US as delegate to International Maritime Organization (IMO) Design & Equipment (DE) Subcommittee; develops/negotiates US positions within interagency and internationally. • Chaired an International Maritime Organization (IMO) work group and then a drafting group during two different sessions of its Design and Equipment subcommittee meetings composed of 30 international delegates on notoriously contentious issues, forged consensus and cleared the way to implement critical standards on preserving ships’ structures; improving safety and consistency for international shipping. • Indispensable to the resurgence of the Marine Safety Technical community, a major facet of the Commandant’s Marine Safety Improvement Plan. As part of a team of experts, spearheaded critical assessment of program capacity for marine safety engineering rulemaking/policy development/plan review, identified shortfalls & as the lead drafter, developed bulletproof resource proposal to close 40 billet gap that ensured the long term success of the marine technical community through a 22% billet increase. • As acting office chief, coordinated short fuse 10% staff reduction as part of greater headquarters reorganization; retained essential technical capacity while maintaining sensitivity to staff concerns.

Washington, Dc, Us

Develops safety and environmental standards in cooperation with marine industry and public. Provides Coast Guard input to international & domestic standards; reviews, researches & responds to technical inquiries on engineering/electrical systems for CG field units, maritime industry & government agencies. Supports/develops CG positions for International Electro-technical Commission (IEC) subcommittee work on electrical installations on ships and offshore structures, classification society technical committees, and International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ship Design & Equipment Subcommittee (DE). Secretariat of International Organization of Standards (ISO), technical committee on ships and marine technology, subcommittee on machinery/piping.• As MSC 81 project officer managed representatives from ten headquarters divisions creating over one hundred position papers; ensured organized effort to improve safety/security of US/foreign ports/shipping. Insightfully crafted US positions on 24 papers submitted to IMO.• Reviewed numerous International Electro-technical Committee proposed standards; discovered dangerous insulation proposal for cable standard; feedback resulted in amendments that prevented subpar cable development.• As ISO Secretariat, coordinated all aspects for two day summit of national and international senior marine industry executives, port administrators, & electrical experts to establish a strategy to develop an international commercial vessel shore power standard; comprehensive discussions produced a framework & goals for rapid development of an international standard to reduce import ship engine emissions. • Reviewed evidence on fishing vessel sinking & advised against investigator recommendation; correctly refocused investigation on true cause of casualty- loss of watertight integrity; averted unnecessary regulations & administrative burden.

Washington, Dc, Us

Board selected for fully funded masters degree in engineering. Successfully completed requirements for Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Washington, Dc, Us

Supervises eleven officers (six reserve) and 61 enlisted (46 reserve) in ports and waterways safety/security, marine environmental protection & pollution response, conducting facility inspections, shore patrols, small boat security zone enforcement, unit law enforcement training, operations center oversight, command representative on harbor safety, port security, and spill control committees. Chief, Coordination and Administration Division of Marine Safety and Security Task Force- Western Florida: Responsible for oversight of all task force operations and planning for maritime homeland security activities, coordinating efforts of MSO, Group St. Petersburg, Airstation Clearwater, and local law enforcement, ports, and industry. • Assumed charge of 60+ active duty and reserve forces immediately following the 9/11 attacks. Coordinated and deployed specially trained joint assessment teams to rapidly address operational shortfalls, gather critical target vulnerabilities, and identify in-house security resources in all port facilities allowed the implementing of a risk based analysis modeling effort to focus maritime homeland security resources and efforts. • Built maritime homeland security boarding program from scratch, qualifying and equipping over 75 boarding officers & boarding team members, including weapons and law enforcement qualifications, enabling sea marshalling of all cruise ships, & escorting of all dangerous tankships in Tampa Bay, & providing support to critical Department of Defense load-outs outside the region.• Wrote, codified, & enforced an extensive network of eight security zones throughout western Florida to protect high risk vessels, facilities, and critical port infrastructures, while effectively mobilizing and deploying critical sea, land, and air forces from the region’s federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. • Recruited ExxonMobile to support 2 day 200+ person no cost industry led spill exercise which saved the unit $20K.

Washington, Dc, Us

Supervises ten officers (two reserve) and eighteen enlisted (ten reserve) in US vessel inspections (fleet of over 340 vessels), Port State Control (2300 vessels), Commercial Fishing (2300 vessels) and towing (50 vessels) programs; enforce all national and international marine laws, regulations, treaties; schedules inspections, tracks vessels’ statuses, prepares pre-inspection packages and vessel certificates, reviews and edits reports, answers public queries (verbal/written), writes letters, develops inspection and plan review guidance, coordinates operations with port operations, investigations, and planning departments, and oversees inspector safety. Optimizes training for department personnel, develops goals and timelines for obtaining qualifications. Interacts with industry to resolve complex inspections issues. • Instrumental in providing safety and stability oversight during the drug seize of the freighter REBELDE, serving as the senior investigator during a highly publicized fatal collision involving the high-speed ferry ATLANTIS, and developing key unit vessel inspection policies. • Identified watertight integrity deficiencies on high capacity passenger vessel, used masterful diplomacy, detailed analysis & documentation to ensure vessel owners effected repairs prior to sailing.• Oversaw resolution of critical manning and ship systems deficiencies on US and foreign ships and improved teamwork and productivity of marine inspections workforce. • Reduced unit’s vessel inspections caseload cycle time by 50%.• Qualified foreign passenger ship examiner, chemical/gas/oil tanker examiners.

Washington, Dc, Us

Manages two officers and six active duty enlisted and six reserves, $70+K budget. Responsible for marine investigations, marine environmental protection, internal/external planning, facility & container inspections, ports and waterways safety in Guam and Northern Marianas Islands. Stands Command Duty Officer and Vessel Inspections duty. • Established & authored a facilities inspection program for Guam and Saipan that employed risk management and Baldridge criteria to prioritize facility inspection frequencies and duration. Establishing a letter report card for each facility, managers were quick to improve upon their safety and compliance procedures, thereby improving their overall facility risk rating. • Provided critical assistance input to the Guam Harbor Regulations and Pilotage Legislation committee, resulting in the enactment of badly needed local pilotage legislation that aligned with federal requirements.• Successfully served as the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative for two large projects and authored a redesign of an outdated $943K Minor Acquisitions, Construction, and Improvement project to better meet the needs of four commands, maximize limited space and provide additional work for the same amount of money.• Increased container inspections by 1000% from previous year.Employed USACE, NOAA, Ports Authority of Saipan, contractor, & local pilots to determine Saipan Channel depth; held meeting to determine maximum vessel draft to ensure safety of & expand commercial & Naval 7th Fleet capabilities. • Masterfully managed entire Marine Safety Office, both Port Operations and Vessel Inspections for two months during personnel transfer shortfalls. • Directed salvage & provided outstanding judgment as Federal on Scene Coordinator’s Representative for five grounded vessels, two AMIO vessels, two Per Seiners, & a long liner; resulted in mitigation of a combined potential threat of over 100,000 gallons of oil.

Washington, Dc, Us

Supervises three officers, six active duty enlisted, and 6 reserves; responsible for all Marine Inspections in Guam and Northern Marianas Islands; US/Foreign vessels, facilities, containers, regional examination sub-center. Reviews all casework for Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection’s signature. Personally inspects US and foreign vessels to detect structural integrity, pollution prevention, cargo systems, machinery, firefighting, lifesaving, navigation equipment. Inspects large passenger cruise ships & oil/chemical tankships. • Personally ensured that over 90 small passenger vessel owners were introduced to and adhered to new small passenger vessel regulations. • Refocused inspections to foreign cargo & passenger vessels led to 84% increase in Captain of the Port holds and 325% increase in port state control interventions compared to the previous year.• Personally led interventions on foreign freight ships Carolines, Norman, Kyowa Violet, & tankship Kosiam for various safety violations including inoperative lifeboat engines & emergency fire pumps. • On US tanker American Osprey found hole in bottom of lifeboat, falls off the pulley, & no CO2 system pre-discharge alarm for manned engine room.• Directed development of a tracking system that enhanced & filled gaps in Marine Safety Information System database to promote better notification of upcoming inspection due dates & improve enforcement capabilities for vessels not meeting required inspection intervals; resulted in the following exam increases from previous year; 67% in drydock exams, 24% in annual exams.

Washington, Dc, Us

Identifies & corrects safety hazards on vessels as resident inspector at Portland shipyard, Portland, Oregon. Insures compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and international treaties (SOLAS, ILLC, MARPOL 73/78, STCW) concerning structural integrity, pollution prevention, cargo systems, machinery, firefighting, lifesaving, & navigational equipment. Requires complete knowledge of CG policy, US & International regulations, & ship systems. Frequently inspects Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) tankers. Inspects other vessels including small passenger vessels (SPV), freight ships & oil/chemical tankships/barges, during drydocking/hull repairs, modifications, annual exams, and port state control inspections. Vessels inspected during construction, modifications, drydock repairs, annual exams & port state control (PSC) inspections. Conducts plan review for approval of modifications on all vessels. Frequent and close interaction with vessel owners/operators, foreign consulates, class society surveyors. Trains unqualified inspectors.• Selected & dispatched on short notice to local shipyard for independent duty/liaison assignment previously held by four senior inspectors. • Completed numerous lengthy inspections & repairs to tankers Sitka, Denali, Overseas New York, S/R North Slope, B.T. Alaska, S/R Long Beach, S/R Benecia & 150 tons of structural steel replacement on Prince William Sound. • Obtained 2nd Assistant Engineer Unlimited Horsepower License.

Washington, Dc, Us

Inspects US & foreign vessels. Locates & corrects safety/environmental hazards and verifies compliance with applicable US laws, regulations, & international treaties (SOLAS, ILLC, MARPOL 73/78, STCW) concerning structural integrity, pollution prevention, cargo, machinery, firefighting, and lifesaving items. Vessels include small passenger vessels with wood/FRP & Aluminum hulls, freight ships/barges & oil/chemical tankships/barges which are inspected during construction, repairs, modifications, annual exams & port state control boardings. Vessels’ hull cargo, firefighting, lifesaving, propulsion, electrical, and steering systems are inspected and tested for compliance. Conducts pre-construction plan review and approves all vessel systems on small passenger vessels. Writes inspection reports detailing vessel condition & discrepancies.• Qualified as barge, small passenger vessel, hull, machinery, drydock inspector, foreign vessel examiner and Port State Control Examiner.• Evaluation report stated, “Proved to be the backbone of Inspections Department bullpen during the busiest time of the year, small passenger vessel season"• Evaluation report stated, "Exceptionally productive: conducted 110 inspections in only 96 calendar days.”

Washington, Dc, Us

Completed extensive student engineer onboard training program qualifying to stand watch as oiler, auxiliary, forward engine room supervisor, throttleman, import and underway engineer of the watch, officer of the deck, small boat engineer and small boat crewman onboard a 213 foot Coast Guard cutter. As officer of the deck was in charge of four man navigation watch on ship of 80 personnel. As Engineer of the Watch was in charge of four man engineering watch and operation of ship’s engineering plant. As Damage Control Assistant was in charge of two petty officers, $12K budget. • As Damage Control Assistant, supervised material and personnel preparations for the TSTA and Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific Compliance Inspection , a most significant factor to Yocona receiving the “Excellent” award for Damage Control for Tailored Ship’s Training Availability (TSTA) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.• Completed Damage Control Assistant School with a Grade Point Average of 92%, graduated first in Classified Material System Class with a Grade Point Average of 96%, and qualified as Underway and Inport Officer-of-the-Deck.• While acting as Engineer Officer & Main Propulsion Assistant for two weeks of 30 day inport coordinated expedited two week review of major 35 job, 200 page, $1M shipyard specifications package; compiled corrected specifications in easy to use package for Engineer Officer to engage Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific to save Coast Guard time and money. • Acted as ship liaison for settling several contract disputes during Yocona’s October 1992 Drydock Availability.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Naval Architecture And Marine Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Information Management

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Mechanical Engineering

High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates