Mr. White has more than 43 years of experience in coastal and structural engineering and is an expert in the design and remediation of offshore, coastal and harbor structures. Mr. White began his professional career working in the oil and gas industry designing specialty installation equipment for deep water jacket installation and participated in the planning and installation of a steel jacket in 1025 foot water depth ($850m Shell Cognac Project) in the Gulf of Mexico.Mr. White has been active in the offshore wind industry since 2005 providing engineering services to developers and utilities. Mr. White has been responsible for the design of scour protection for monopiles in Massachusetts, the design of a metrological tower off the southern coast of Long Island, the tender design for a wind farm in Lake Erie, conceptual design for foundations related to a 700MW wind farm to be located in Lake Ontario and the planning of a 40MW demonstration project in South Carolina. Mr. White has been the principal investigator for three (3) US Department of Energy grants related to reducing the cost of offshore wind energy. One of these projects is the conceptual design of a 500MW wind farm in Lake Erie (Freshwater Wind I) where Mr. White was also the project administrator for Freshwater Wind and is a primary contact for DOE staff. Mr. White has also been the principal investigator for two (2) market studies related to port facilities supporting the offshore wind industry (Vestas and NYSERDA). Mr. White previously served as a technical and management consultant for the LEEDCo demonstration project in Lake Erie and is Program Director on the Fishermen’s Energy demonstration project. Mr. White is presently a consultant on the University of Maine - Maine Aqua Ventus floating offshore wind demonstration project and has been designated as the Senior Program Manager.