Highly skilled professional with nearly 3 decades of experience in commercial, contractual and technical management of marine construction projects with a significant dredging component. Associated consulting services ranging from tender development, bid preparation, contract negotiation, project management and process optimization.

Developing and expanding the dredging and marine services division of the Ocean Group in Canada and the Americas with special focus on the Caribbean and surrounding areas. Looking to further consolidate Ocean's growing position in these markets while opening the door to new markets and alliances.

Regional Manager for Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic and Eastern Caribbean. Administering all staff and activities for both Boskalis and Dragamex in these countries. Particular emphasis on the development of new alliances and projects through Early Contractor Involvement and Joint Development Agreements including project financing.

Development of the dredging market in Central America and Caribbean by assisting the national governments and private enterprises in the process of designing and contracting infrastructure with a significant dredging component. Related acquisition activities for Boskalis International and partner companies in the region as well as a support role for Dragamex operations.

Interaction with internal departments and external contractors for the preparation and submission of the cost estimations for dredging related tenders with special emphasis on Europe and The Americas.

Construction of a deep water port including dredging, reclamation and slope protections works.Main activities:Coordination and management of a broad engineering teamincluding design, production, soil, planning and environmentalengineers as well as technical drawing team.Coordinating engineering, planning and onshore operationalmatters related to the projectActing works manager for all dry excavation and reclamationactivitiesCore member of the tender negotiation team for technical,commercial and legal aspects of entire project

Main activities:Production estimation of tenders ranging from € 500,000 to€ 500,000,000Lead estimator for Mediterranean, North and South AmericanregionsCo-developed in-house estimation tools within softwaredevelopment workgroupMember of problem task force for rapid intervention worldwide in case of major issues at ongoing projects

Design and construction of a deep water port including dredging,reclamation and slope protections works.Main activities:Managed production engineers, planning engineers, reportingengineers as well as AutoCad draftsmen. Supervision of Environmental DeptPlanned, monitored, optimized all dredging and relatedconstruction operations involving up to seven major prime movers (over 100,000 kW) and 900 on and offshore personnelDeputy Engineering Manager with direct involvement in designengineering and related documentation, including the design of all retaining and protection bunds, dredging, reclamation anddisposal areasAdvised operational team on bund construction and reclamation worksCoordinating soil and environmental experts with on siteoperations personnelLiaised with client’s representatives on design, soil, environmental and engineering issues

One of the largest maritime engineering projects in the world.The project involved the construction of the largest man made harbour in the world, more than doubling the area of the existing harbour.Main activities:Selection and evaluation of prime mover equipmentCoordinating equipment, production and planning and interfacing with operationsEvaluation and implementation of new work methods andchanges to the scope of worksActing Production and Planning Manager at various stages of the works with direct involvement in most aspects of the JV design engineering and related documentation, including the designs of breakwaters, retaining bunds, dredging, reclamation, and disposal areasMonitoring and optimization of bund construction and reclamation worksLiaison with external experts, client representatives and project design team

Bean Stuyvesant LLC Dredging Contractors, New Orleans, USAPartnership between Stuyvesant Dredging (subsidiary of BoskalisInternational) and Bean Dredging resulting in the 3rd largest dredgingcontractor in the USA.Main activities:Managed production issues at all USA projectsCoordinated all required equipment nationwideImplemented an integrated reporting system to maximiseequipment productivityCoordinated tenders and estimation activitiesLiaised with multiple clients and key stakeholders