Manager of technical projects in New Build and Fleet Modernization. Primary responsible manager for vessel integrity, stability, project construction, engineering design management, procurement, scheduling, budgets, and execution of major cruise ship retrofit projects.

Project manager and corporate liaison to Seadrill Americas Ltd. in service of West Auriga and West Vela drill ships on various well completion/intervention projects including but not limited to; FEA/First Principal structural modifications, piping and instrumentation systems modifications, lifting component engineering and design, code and regulation reviews, ship motion studies, offshore inspections, and development, management, and execution of service contracts- Project lead for City of St. Louis River emergency response vessel housing facility design and engineering.Project engineer for cantilevered platform on pipe-laying barge.Support for dry dock inspections, forensics inspections, inclining experiments, deadweight and lightship surveys.Experience with various AQWA projects including passing ship, mooring, berthing analyses, and data post processing.

Team member for a project funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to produce a report evaluating the relative impact of implementing various renewable energy harvesting technologies on Navy vessel designsInitial researcher for early stage design methodologies and gap analysis research project for ONR to highlight opportunities and recommend focus areas for further Navy research that will improve current early stage design exploration methods

Selected to visit the HHI shipyard in Ulsan, Korea for a four week educational internshipToured all major departments block assembly, propeller casting, crank shaft forging engine assembly, dry dock, testing facilities, blasting and primer, acoustics and vibrations, material strength and welding, etc.Presented to by HHI department leaders for education on department procedures and fundamentalsPerformed basic model dynamics, resistance and propeller cavitation tests

Team member for a project to report and present the abundance of harvestable renewable energies and their technologies for an oceanic environment to decrease the amount of non-renewable resources consumed by a sea-based naval fleetLeader of support team that produced a renewable energy scavenger early stage concept design to harvest and distributerenewable energy to a sea-based US Navy fleet operation in unfriendly waters

Shadowed senior project managers on various tasks including a 3 day visit to an oil rig during a major upgradeExposed to oil and gas drilling technologies and proceduresAssisted project manager for budget estimation of a damaged oil rig repair project providing support information