William E. Breen Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

- Partner with cofounder(s) to drive evaluation, funding, and acquisition of private/public onshore and offshore oil & gas industry prospects.- Perform due diligence for investor-presented opportunities, engaging in detailed market analysis, evaluation, and business planning. - Manage relationships with investment partners including PE and hedge funds.

- Serve as executive advisor to energy industry businesses, connecting technical and financial divisions, strategies, and activities to accelerate goal attainment. - Provide strategic expertise and hands-on support to elevate activities crossing project management, operations, commercial, environmental, health, safety, & quality (ESH&Q), turnaround, and crisis management.Fractional Chief Commercial Officer, State Service Co., Inc (8/2019-11/2021) - Partnered with family-owned fabrication company operating for 45 years to position business for acquisition, streamline operations, and stimulate business development. -Steered efforts to prequalify services to offshore wind developers, identify alternative fabrication options that minimized installation cost through innovative methods, and create one-stop fabrication solution. - Led organizational review and developed framework processes for legal contracting, workforce optimization, ESG, and commercial forecasting. Established departmental performance measures and goals. - Engagement was extended to navigate company through pandemic response by collaborating with EHS department to create pandemic protocol, as well as providing guidance on financial assistance (SBA, PPP).

- Held P&L and operational oversight of domestic and international integrated offshore construction projects, annually. From 2012-2013, led acquisition through delivery of four Pemex projects. - Led team of professionals across business development, estimating approval, contract negotiations, project management, installation engineering, and operations. - As a senior leadership team member, conferred at executive and board levels on corporate vision, strategic plan, operational accountability, EHS&Q, forecasting, and performance. - Headed multiple strategic initiatives to improve operations and mitigate risk throughout CDI tenure, including Lean Six Sigma, Storm, Crisis Management, and Enterprise & Finance Risk Management steering committees. - Served as Chairman of Executive IIF Leadership Team from 2008-2014.

- Following CDI acquisition of Horizon, drove success of commercial function spanning marketing, sales, business development, and estimating for domestic and international construction & diving projects. - Oversaw estimating for 31 in-house/subcontract vessels, with full ownership of financial target development and delivery. - Integrated Horizon operations into CDI while achieving final DOJ approval of transaction.

- Joined as a founding executive with more than a decade in multiple leadership roles, driving footprint growth from two construction vessels and less than 100 team members operating domestically to a fleet of 13 operated internationally by a team of ~1,000. - Took company public in 1998. Headed strategy, project management, operations, and P&L for divisions stimulating 150%+ revenue growth. - Throughout tenure, provided executive leadership of Commercial Estimating, Sales, & Marketing (2004-2007), Sales & Marketing (2002-2004), International Project Management & Operations (1999-2002), and Domestic Project Management & Operations (1997-1999). - Steered aggressive expansion into Mexico, South America, West Africa, and Southeast Asia, driving identification, negotiation, and on-target delivery of projects. - Quarterbacked five-year planning team that provided strategic direction for company including operational forecasts, cash flows, and acquisition recommendations, with 100% implementation rate. - Consolidated discrete business units during 2002 offshore market decline to leverage a pooling concept that retained cross-functional capabilities with reduced headcount and streamlined operations. - Served on due diligence and integration team for Horizon acquisition by CDI.