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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS de Tugny Bordelon Beardsley Detmer

John Anthony Chamberlain (December 12, 1940 – January 1, 2015) sets and stock of Bollinger Shipyards.

Duluth Seaway Port Authority

It is with great sadness that the names new CFO

Bordelon served in many capacities

Managers of Signal Mutual Indem-

The Duluth Seaway Port Authority during his career at Bollinger, and nity Association Ltd. report the has named a new Chief Financial Of- has been a member of the Board of unexpected passing of John Cham- ? cer – just the third CFO in its history. Directors since 2002. He has served berlain at the age of 74. A found-

Kevin Beardsley brings 20 years of ex- as Executive Vice President of Repair ing father of Signal, John began perience in accounting, taxation, ? nan- and most recently as Chief Operating work for Charles Taylor in 1969; cial management and strategic plan- Of? cer of Bollinger Shipyards.

moving to the United States in the ning. Beardsley, a CPA, was previously early 1980s to work with a leading

Sea Hawk Paints Appoints Mike controller for Flatwater Fleet. He grad- maritime consulting and claims ad-

Detmer Chief Operating Of? cer uated with a B.S. in accounting from justing ? rm, Lamorte Burns, on the

Mike Detmer has joined New early development of the business the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

Nautical Coatings as chief operating which would eventually become

Bureau Veritas Appoints New

Signal Mutual. John served on Sig- of? cer. Based at the company’s head-

Offshore Lead nal Mutual’s Board of Directors quarters in Clearwater, Fla., Detmer from its inception until his retire-

Bureau Veritas has appointed Mat- will report to Erik Norrie, co-found- ment from Charles Taylor in 2005. thieu de Tugny as Senior Vice Presi- er and chief executive of? cer at Sea

John had also held various positions dent in charge of Offshore activities Hawk Paints. His responsibilities will of executive responsibility with the within the Marine & Offshore Oper- include overseeing day-to-day opera-

Managers throughout his tenure. ating Group. Mr. de Tugny graduated tions as well as executing key strate-

Upon his retirement from Charles from the Ecole Nationale de la Marine gic growth initiatives. Prior to joining

Taylor, John’s dedication to his ad-

Marchande, France and from the Ecole New Nautical Coatings, Inc. and the opted country led him to accept the

Supérieure d’Electricité, France as an Sea Hawk brand, Detmer spent two position of Branch Chief, Financial engineer. He started his career at Bu- years as president of the Niles division

Management, Insurance, and As- sessment with the United States reau Veritas in 1994 in the Electricity of Nortek. Prior to that, from 1991-

Department of Labor Of? ce of and Automation Section and has staid- 2010 he was vice president of sales

Workers’ Compensation (OWCP), ly risen in the company, eventually and marketing at Niles. the regulator for all Longshore un- being appointed Marine Chief Execu- derwriters and self-insureds. After tive for the United States and Canada.

Decision Sciences Appoints ? ve years of service with the OWCP,

New CEO & COO

Since 2012, Matthieu de Tugny has

John again retired to found a con-

Decision Sciences International Cor- been Vice President, South Asia Zone sulting ? rm. John passed away on poration (DSIC), an advanced tech- for the Marine & Offshore Division.

January 1, 2015 in Denver, Colo- nology provider of security and detec- rado. He was returning to Connecti- tion systems, today announced it has

Bollinger Shipyard Announces cut from a family holiday gathering

New Leadership appointed Dr. Gene W. Ray, former in California and was taken ill in

Ben Bordelon will assume the CEO of Titan Corporation, as interim transit. He was rushed to hospital duties of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Of? cer and Admiral where he died in the midst of urgent

Chief Executive Of? cer of Bollinger Jay M. Cohen (USN, Ret), former Un- surgeries. He is survived by his wife,

Shipyards. Bordelon, along with the dersecretary of the U.S. Department of and ? ve grown children.

Chouest family, has acquired all as- Homeland Security (DHS), as interim

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