William Baumgartner Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va

CORPORATE, MARITIME, REGULATORY CONSULTINGStrategic, innovative leader with a track record of success leading complex public and private sector organizations in dynamic, cutting edge environments. Particular specialty areas include organizational structure, executive coaching, leadership development, maritime industries, ship operations and maintenance, business operations, national and domestic security, environmental compliance, regulatory compliance and governmental relationships.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Board Member for one of the world's leading seafarers' welfare centers providing critical social support for thousands of seafarers who make our world's transportation system possible. Named by Lloyd's List as the 2015 Seafarer Advocate of the Year, and by the International Committee on Seafarers’ Welfare as the Seafarers’ Center of the Year in 2012. www.seafershouse.org

Miami

RCCL's Senior Executive for the operation and maintenance of the world's largest consolidated fleet of cruise ships including the Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Azamara Club Cruises, Pullmantur, TUI Cruises and SkySea Cruises brand with 49 ships operating across the globe.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Senior Executive responsible for the operation and maintenance of 24 cruise ships operating under the Royal Caribbean International and Azamara Club Cruises brands.

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard. Directed all Coast Guard operations in Southeast United States and Caribbean Basin. Leads 4000+ full-time and 7000+ part-time and volunteer employees executing Coast Guard missions in a dynamic 1.8 million square mile area that includes 34 foreign countries and territories. Directed strategic planning and resource allocation of a multi-billion dollar regional enterprise designed to protect the U.S. from a wide variety of threats including hostile regimes, narcotics smuggling, terrorism and illegal migration while ensuring the safety of over 6 million cruise ship passengers and millions of recreational boaters, and protecting some of our most sensitive environmental areas from oil spills, overfishing and other threats.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

General counsel for a federal agency with over 50,000 full-time and 40,000 part-time employees, and a $10B annual budget. Led a worldwide law practice with over 250 attorneys. Guided the Coast Guard through its largest organizational change effort in over 50 years.

Responsible for setting national policy on law enforcement, environmental protection and enforcement, maritime safety and security, disaster response, homeland security, defense operations, and intelligence as well as all other aspects of maritime and international law. Head of the U.S. Delegation to the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organization; represented the U.S. in international negotiations on a wide variety of issues ranging from non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to international maritime labor issues.

Served in a wide variety of roles including commanding officer of two Coast Guard ships, regional general counsel, regional environmental counsel, military defense counsel, director of a major regional Coast Guard logistics installation, and worldwide manager of the Coast Guard's electronics and general material inventory.

Miami, Fl

Established the U.S. government's first interagency task force dedicated to preventing and responding to the maritime mass migration in the Caribbean Region. Brought together over 200 persons from over 30 federal, state and local agencies to draft a comprehensive national strategy and operational plan to respond to the potential maritime migration of tens of thousands of illegal migrants.

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Mba, Business Administration

B.S., Electrical Engineering & Marine Engineering