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Founder & CEO - Ceto at Ceto
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom 13 work roles 3 schools
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Founder & CEO - Ceto
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Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

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Tony Hildrew is listed as Founder & CEO - Ceto at Ceto, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Tony Hildrew.

Tony Hildrew previously worked as Founder & CEO at Ceto and Project Manager at West Nautical. Tony Hildrew holds Foundation Degree, Marine Engineering from South Shields Marine School.

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Tony has a background in both Commercial Shipping and Yachting as a Marine Engineering Officer, he is qualified as an HLO, ISO/ISM Lead Auditor and holds a Foundation Degree in Marine Engineering.Tony has sailed up to the rank of 3rd Engineer on commercial vessels; varying from Bulk Carriers and Passenger Ferries, along with having served onboard 5 superyachts varying from 35 to 142 meters up to the rank of Chief Engineer.Throughout his career Tony has revelled at the challenges the maritime industry throws up and played a significant role in a number of large scale new build, refit and ship repair projects. Some of the most notable include being part of the build team on project white pearl, conducting four 15 year class surveys back to back on CMA-CGM's Fort Class Container Ships and Project Managing the 15 year special survey of a 67m Amels Superyacht.The Founder & CEO of Ceto - a maritime technology that prevents machinery breakdowns, reduce fuel consumption and delivers telematics based marine insurance.Building technology solutions to innovate the maritime sector, predicting machinery breakdowns before they happen, improving operational efficiencies to reduce fuel consumption and improving safety at sea. Our technology stack can be applied to any type of vessel with the use of a low cost, easy to install IoT gateway. When away from the office, Tony’s passions include Football, Golf and Motorsport.

Listed skills include Marine Engineering, Engineering, Ships, Microsoft Office, and 19 others.

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Ceto
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Founder & CEO - Ceto
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Founder & Ceo

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A predictive analytics company for the maritime industry. Ceto combines real-time data with powerful prediction models to deliver telematics based marine insurance, increase vessel availability, reduce machinery breakdowns, improve vessel performance and increase safety of crew.- Responsible for fundraising- Commercial contract negotiation- Product development- Stakeholder management- Business development- Strategy- Customer Success

Jan 2020 - Present

Vessel Manager

Gateshead, England, Gb

Vessel Manager for NMS responsible for the day to day operations, internal auditing and implementation of the company SMS for a fleet of 14 vessels.

Nov 2019 - May 2022

Chief Engineer

My Mimi La Sardine

Sole Engineer aboard the 35m MY Mimi La Sardine- Private/CharterFull commissioning of the new build vessel in final build stages, completing final build class and flag survey's. Successful delivery of the vessel to the owner. Bringing the vessel into service and continuing on board as Sole Engineer running the technical side of the boat. Managing the mini ISM, planned maintenance & warranty claims for the vessel. Operating with 2x CAT C18 main engines, ZF gearbox's & Kohler generators.

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

Project Engineer

Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, Gb

Working as a Project Engineer/Project Manager on a number of major refit/dry dock projects with budgets in excess of £1million. I was responsible for the delivery of all mechanical work, advising on how to progress works in the engine room. Ensuring HSEQ standards are upheld. Liaising with Sub-contractors and organizing work daily to ensure the project stays on track. Provide guidance and be a central point of reference for yard employees and sub-contractors, ensuring compliance with project specifications, inspection plans and procedures. Standing in for the project manager when he is not on site and taking the lead for daily production meetings with ships staff, yard employees and Sub-contractors. Taking the lead on smaller budget projects with values of £250K, controlling all aspects of the project, organising labour and managing the commercial account to ensure the project is a success. To date I have delivered three dry dock & ship repair projects having achieved a +40% contribution across the board.

Jun 2018 - Jan 2019

3Rd Engineer

Gourock, Inverclyde, Gb

Relief 3rd Engineer. Day to day operation of engine room main and auxiliary plant. Planned maintenance, weekly/monthly safety checks and inspections. Watchkeeping responsibilities. Starting/stopping of main propulsion plant. Vessel operates 2x Mirlees Blackstone medium speed main engines. 4x Volvo Penta generators. 2x Shaft Alternators. CPP.

Apr 2018 - May 2018

3Rd Engineer

Sy A / Project White Pearl

143m private yacht, running MTU 4000 series generators and main engines. Diesel electric propulsion, CPP, DP capabilities. Vessel has a 1000v DC switchboard. Day to day operation of engine room machinery. Carrying out routine planned maintenance and unplanned maintenance. Watchkeeping responsibilities.

Nov 2016 - Nov 2017

2Nd Engineer

Mv Turmoil
Jun 2016 - Sep 2016

3Rd Engineer

My White Rose Of Drachs
Oct 2015 - Jun 2016

Sole Engineer

Shetland, Gb

Worked as a sole engineer aboard MV Geira temporarily as holiday cover. Duties involved starting and stopping of propulsion plant and auxiliary plant, routine engine room maintenance. The vessel operated using two Kelvin TASC8 engines which produced 656KW at 1200 rpm, the vessel used CPP for ahead and astern propulsion.

Aug 2015 - Aug 2015

Engine Cadet

Rochester, Kent, Gb

During my cadetship I attended South Tyneside College to complete the FD Marine Engineering course. As part of the course I was required to complete two separate sea phases.I served as a cadet on board the MV Alam Pintar for both sea phases between 20/04/2013-04/08/2013 and 28/05/2014-27/08/2014. The vessel is a 229 meter bulk carrier which was operating in the middle east, Africa and Australasia areas of the world, it is propelled using a Suzler 6RTA58 slow speed engine with a power output of 10,300KW at 74 rpm. Whilst on board my duties involved watchkeeping, engine room maintenance, operation of engine room machinery, participation in emergency drills and assisting the duty engineer with various engine room tasks including bunkering and transfer of fuel between tanks.

Sep 2012 - Jul 2015
3 education records

Tony Hildrew education

Foundation Degree, Marine Engineering

South Shields Marine School

A Level, Engineering

St Thomas More School

Gcse'S

St Thomas More
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What company does Tony Hildrew work for?

Tony Hildrew works for Ceto.

What is Tony Hildrew's role at Ceto?

Tony Hildrew is listed as Founder & CEO - Ceto at Ceto.

Where is Tony Hildrew based?

Tony Hildrew is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom while working with Ceto.

What companies has Tony Hildrew worked for?

Tony Hildrew has worked for Ceto, West Nautical, Nms - Nautical Management Services, My Mimi La Sardine, and A&P Group Limited.

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What schools did Tony Hildrew attend?

Tony Hildrew holds Foundation Degree, Marine Engineering from South Shields Marine School.

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Tony Hildrew is listed with skills including Marine Engineering, Engineering, Ships, Microsoft Office, Maritime Operations, Shipping, Maritime, and Yachting.

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