Peter Melanson, Mo - Mba Email & Phone Number

Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States

Responsible for managing AIS's ProTech Fisheries Domain IDIQ contract. Duties include managing individual task orders, participating in all stages of AIS's business development, proposal writing, and interacting with a wide range of stakeholders. Leading an internal business development strategy team and a technological innovation team.Providing GIS services to the Environmental Monitoring Division as needed.Added new customers in the National Parks Service and US Fish and Wildlife Service.Managing a NFWF Grant "Integrating an Intelligent Discard Chute into New England Groundfish Electronic Monitoring".

Dartmouth, Ma

Task Order Manager for AIS's ProTech Division. Managing employees who provide professional and technical support to NOAA's Ocean and Climate Branch, Aquaculture Sustainability Branch, and Aquaculture Systems and Ecology Branch, and technical writing support for GARFO. Providing proposal writing, project management, and GIS services.Leading an internal Electronic Fisheries Monitoring team.

Little Compton, Ri

Harvested and sorted oysters depending on size.Cleaned and maintained cages and bags. Captained boat through farm. Used SCUBA gear to retrieve lost cagesSold and schucked oysters at The Bayside Restaurant in Westport MA.Sakonnet Oysters did not receive a bad review all summer! Premium quality oyster with a deep cup, briny start and a buttery finish.

Fairhaven, Massachusetts

Worked part time assisting at a small marine refrigeration parts distributorOperated QuickBooks on a daily basis, processing online and phone orders then either shipping them directly or placing drop ship ordersAnswered phones and delivered good customer service, taking basic orders and relaying messages.

School For Marine Science And Technology

Assisted Ph. D. and Master’s students in the field and lab. Projects investigated; the eastern oyster’s effect on nitrification, testing sites for ability to harbor aquaculture, local water quality and saltwater marsh restoration.Responsibilities included; data entry, assisting sample analysis, lab maintenance and assisting in the field with sample and data collection.

Gulfsport, Ms

Worked on all stages of a photo identification project of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, including entering data on Finbase and ArcGIS, using Darwin fin matching software, observing wild dolphin behavior, and taking photographs.Responded to multiple local strandings of dolphins and sea turtles, participated in data collection, stranding response and a beach necropsy.Regularly performed underwater filming of the pygmy killer whales being rehabilitated at the institute, participated in a medical examination of the whales.Occasionally assisted the educational and animal care staff, spent a day with the animal care staff

Big Pine Key, Florida

As a science instructor, was responsible for teaching a 21-hour marine ecology course to twelve students ages 12-17. This course included two boat trips, classroom lectures, outdoor activities, and wading trips to a nearby mangrove island. During the boat trips, acted as a captain, lifeguard and snorkel guide.Lead science instructor for the "Marine Field Techniques using SCUBA" SCUBA diving course. Responsible for assisting a check in dive, setting up the scientific equipment to be used each dive, teaching about the equipment and its potential uses, captaining a boat and assisting students to use the equipment underwater. As a unit leader, my responsibilities included supervising four cabins, planning and running daily evening programs, making announcements after meals, and scheduling counselor day to day assignments.

Mossel Bay, South Africa

Surveyed population dynamics of local marine mammals, great white sharks, and cape fur sealsParticipated in all stages of a photo identification project on local great white sharksParticipated in several ongoing programs investigating; effect of gender on benthic sharks entering tonic, an acoustic device capable of determining GPS coordinates of marine mammals through their communication, how different patterns painted on seal decoys effected white shark interactions Took a marine mammal medic course, learned the basics of assisting with marine mammal strandingsHelped clean and maintain boats and other equipmentFrequently measured environmental conditions

North Dartmouth, Ma

Worked as a counselor during a 3 week summer camp over two summers. Ran numerous conditioning and basketball related drills. Did not participate in said conditioning drills.

Master'S Degree In Oceanography And Master'S In Business Administration, Gpa: 3.58

Activities and Societies: Graduate Certificate in Remote Sensing and GISExample Projects: Using GIS to Interpolate Gradients Throughout.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Biology, General

Activities and Societies: Varsity BasketballSenior Captain