During a career spanning over 40 years at ExxonMobil and  as an independent consultant, I have held key technical, management and  executive-level leadership positions primarily focused on offshore  engineering and development projects.  These key roles are highlighted  below:
 
ExxonMobil’s Senior Technical Expert in Offshore Floating and Fixed  Structures.
 
ExxonMobil Production Company’s Marine Manager globally responsible for the  reliability and integrity of ExxonMobil’s floating assets in the Gulf of  Mexico, West Africa and the Norwegian North Sea.
 
Held leadership positions on several high visibility offshore projects,  including the Lena Guyed Tower, Anasuria and Curlew FPSOs Genesis Spar,  Kizomba A & B TLPs, and large (“Q-Max”) LNG Carriers.
 
Participated in several high-profile legal cases, including being  Exxon’s  Marine Advisor on the Valdez Oil Spill Litigation Team responsible for  establishing the actual sequence of events and the associated timeline for  the Exxon Valdez grounding incident, and the impacts of having a  double-bottom tanker, and being Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Company’s  Expert for the West Mira semisubmersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU)  contract arbitration case with Seadrill Mira Limited.
 
Educational Background
 
University of Michigan
  BSE Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
  MSE Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
  MSE Civil Engineering
University of Houston Law Center
  Certificate-Commercial Arbitration -Domestic and International (2019)
 

Professional Societies
 
 Fellow (2014) – Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
 Member – Houston Maritime Arbitrators Association (2019)