Gilbert G Garcia Email & Phone Number

Parañaque, Ncr, Ph

Parañaque, National Capital Region, Ph

Spearheaded the company's business expansion by increasing the shipboard Filipino manpower pool from 600+ in 1Q 2020 to 2000+ by 4Q 2024 through aggressive recruitment. This is an outstanding 30% annual growth rate in the last 4 years (Top Clients: Columbia Shipmanagement Ltd and NSB Crewing Solutions GmbH).Led the transfer of the office main headquarters to the modern business district of Aseana City and the expansion of cruise annex office, enabling growth and diversification into cruiseship manpower industry (606/2015 crew onboard) equivalent to 30% of our current revenue (Top Cruiseships: Aroya, Adora Magic City, Adora Mediterennea and Ville Vie Odyssey).Led the positioning of the company as a fast-rising manpower agency in the bulk carrier seafarer recruitment sector aside from our stable containership crew pool with a healthy 15% annual increase of Top 4 Filipino allocated positions by tapping into the Greek and Turkish market aside from our traditional sources (Top Shipowners: MSC, CTM & Premuda).

Parañaque, National Capital Region, Ph

Led the enhancement of the company marketing campaigns resulting in increased social media followers by 200% in the first year of implementation. The increase in reach improved our conversion rate to 66% with a shortened candidate processing to 5 days using LEVER (Key Collaboration: House of Brands Cyprus & Team Asia Philippines).Led the revamping of the crewing operations during the COVID19 pandemic by embracing innovation through digital solutions which ensured the safety of the employees (Key Achievement: Pioneered the development of JOTFORM as an online recruitment tool for manning agencies).Led the company in strengthening its relationships with various private and public maritime stakeholders focusing on our ESG principles ([Pioneer Member: Association of Licensed Manning Agencies or ALMA Maritime Group while collaborating closely with government bodies DMW, OWWA and MARINA).Leads by example and has set visionary plans to expand local operations in Cebu by early 2025.

Tampa, Florida, Us

4x Ironman All World Athlete 2017-2020 (Silver and Bronze Medal Awardee)3x Ironman 140.3 triathlon distance finisher (Germany, Korea & Malaysia)16x Ironman 70.3 triathlon distance finisher (Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan & Korea)3x Marathon Run 42km finisher (Philippines)1x Half-Marathon Swim 5km - 2nd Place Podium (Philippines)

Limassol, Cy

Established the presence of the department at the Asian region in 2007 as the first company marine superintendent to be stationed in Singapore office (Key Achievement: implemented the initial quality safety inspection standards to which most of the CSM marine superintendents are using today).Attended multiple tanker pre-vetting, marine and navigation audits, ISPS/ISM Class pre-audits of vessel new buildings or management takeover to support multinational crew on board (Key Achievement: The regular inspections minimized third-party findings and improved our fleets risk-profile which were instrumental to the fleet’s growth).Developed several type specific shipboard training videos like NMF Crane and Rickmers MPC Pontoon Handling in 2008 (Key Achievement: This training was instrumental in reducing the crew accident occurrence while the CSM training department was not fully developed back then).Contributed on the pilot class of the NMF Crane Management course at Wartsila Philippines, now GigaMare Subic, in 2009 (Key Achievement: My practical input was instrumental on the creation of company deck cargo operations manual training syllabus used by the current marine superintendents of CSM).Established the STS Autoship (Autoload) stability and cargo planning software training program for multipurpose carrier senior officers in 2010 (Key Achievement: This training program became part of the pre-joining inhouse training of Career Philippines Shipmanagament, Inc.).Assisted the CSM technical department on implementing AMSA Marine Orders 32 on AAL Fremantle, first of the series, in compliance of deck space lay-out for stevedores' safe passage early 2011. (Key Achievement: This initiative mitigated potential shore-workers’ disputes in Australian ports with vessels under management and their fleet safely trading in this area has grown since then).

Groningen, Nl

Started my cadetship training in 1994 and remained with the same company until I received my first command at the age of 29 in early 2006. The master mariner has the overall command on board and is responsible for the crew, the vessel, the cargo carried and the environment (Key Achievement: I am the youngest Filipino master mariner of the company and the record stands until today).

Pioneered the use of the TRANSAS NT3000 simulator in-house training and developed the course syllabus including the objective grading system which is still in use today. My primary function was to identify the training needs of the students and maximize knowledge transfer by innovative use of technology and presentation to optimize learning.

Ermita, Manila, Metro Manila, Ph

Developed and taught numerous maritime training and simulator courses and participated in several government-initiated cadet training on pro-bono basis and received two awards for exemplary performance in 2004 and 2005.

Certification, Agile Hr

Certification, Shipmanagement

Certification, Transport Of Dangerous Goods By Sea (Stcw 95 B-V/C)

Certification, Train The Trainor Course For Maritime Instructors Conducting Simulator-Based Training

Certification, Imo Model Course 6.09 (Train The Trainer Course For Maritime Instructors)

Bachelor Of Science (Cum Laude), Marine Transportation