Rick brings almost forty years of business development, yacht & crew management, technical equipment design and high-end luxury equipment & service sales in his current position as a freelance professional in the Luxury yachting Industry. Rick was the founder of Nautical Structures Industries, creating the culture and products that today define Nautical Structures' high-end standards of products and services. Rick then went on to start the JMS Yachting USA business, taking the brand from a virtually unknown entiy to that of a well known and respected brand in the United States. Rick is client-focused, capable of co-developing unique and specialized solutions for luxury and commercial vessels and businesses. Rick has had the opportunity to travel the world over the past four decades, making friends and developing long-term business relationships and partnerships. Having first-hand experience and understanding of the yachting industry Rick works equally well with high net-worth Owners and Captain/crew of the amazing vessels he has had the pleasure of supporting. Rick's business mantra is simple: "There is no Problem, Only Solutions". Rick enjoys an impeccable reputation known for his creativity in providing solutions to the most challenging projects. Rick is based out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and can travel anywhere in the world to support the needs of the Industry.

Brought to the board the perspective and experience of an equipment manufacturer working in today's large yacht industry.

President of JMS USA, a known and reputable yacht management company. JMS Yachting is a leading independent yacht management company with offices in Monaco, Brighton, UK and Mallorca, Spain and in Ft Lauderdale. JMS has a highly experienced team of yacht managers with a wealth of knowledge from both the commercial and yachting sectors. JMS is completely focused on operational management, new build and refit supervision. JMS is not involved in charter and brokerage which means there no conflict of interest, just pure independent and transparent yacht management delivered to over 50 superyachts.After founding and co-managing Nautical Structures for over 36 years I made the difficult decision to leave and start a new chapter in my yachting career. In just over 12 months I started the US-based business from simply an idea, sourced and built-out the office, attracted new clients to build a fleet of 8 yachts, hired two exceptional team-members and most importantly took the JMS Yachting brand from a virtually unknown brand here in the US to what is today recognized as a premium yacht management brand in the States! Mission accomplished!

Founder of Nautical Structures. Customer Liason, large-project management and development, strategic planning partner. Over-all sales manager.

As a well respected industry leader, public speaker, and featured writer within the Luxury Yacht Industry for over 30 years, I take the utmost pride in personalizing each and every Davit, Passerelle, Crane and Gangway my company creates for the industry that is close to my heart and where my passion lives - the Luxury Yacht Industry. I enjoy long term partnerships with my exceptional clients that add incomparable value and produce time-tested, high quality results in the custom, tailored selection of my company's hydraulic motion and control technology. It is my honor and privilege to be invited into spectacular large-yacht builds during the very early stages of these projects and contribute to the vision and process that culminates in the actual realization of a final product that is often above and beyond my client's imagination.

Founded the company Nautical Structures. I helped to built the brand recognition world-wide as a premiere manufacturer of high-end large-yacht equipment. I along with my sales and management team work with our shipyard and refit clients in developing the specifications for equipment needed in new construction or a major refit of a large yacht.

I developed residential boat lift equipment. This was my father's business, and I worked closely with my father in building this family business, which eventually became the springboard for me starting Nautical Structures. Thanks dad!!

I was a diver/tender working off-shore in the Gulf of Mexico Oil Field industry. I supported divers in saturation diving, I was a bell and bounce diver working on pipe-line riser work. I operated and treated divers in decompression chambers as a Chamber operator/EMT.