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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Rigdon Bates Daly Hasuly Hunter Inman an addition to its naval architecture and

Tidewater Announces Exec- Sea Machines Navigates marine engineering practice as a Senior utive Leadership Changes Ahead with COO Hire

Tidewater Inc. announced that Jef- Sea Machines Robotics announced Naval Architect. He holds a B.S. in Na- frey M. Platt has elected to retire ef- that Jim Daly has joined the company val Architecture & Marine Engineering fective October 15, 2017 from his roles as Chief Operating Of? cer. Daly was from the University of Michigan. He as CEO, President, and a director of previously Chief Operating Of? cer is a licensed Professional Engineer in

Tidewater. The Board of Directors has and a member of the leadership team the State of Washington and a mem- appointed Larry T. Rigdon as its inter- at Rethink Robotics, where he scaled ber and a past chairman of the New im Chief Executive Of? cer and Presi- operations from technology concept England section of SNAME. He has dent, effective immediately. The Board through ? rst and second-generation forty years of experience in the design has formed a search committee to iden- products. He held senior leadership and construction of small (under 295’) tify a permanent successor CEO and roles at startups Zeemote, Tea Forte and steel and aluminum vessels including

President. Rigdon, who was appointed Handspring, and as a Division Manager tugboats, research ships, car ferries, pas- to serve on the Board following the at Solectron Corporation. Daly earned senger vessels, ? shing boats and barges. ? nancial restructuring, is a seasoned a BS from Worcester Polytechnic In-

Windstar Cruises Names Inman executive in the industry. He has prior stitute and an MBA from Santa Clara as Risk Management Director experience as an executive at Tidewa- University. He serves on the Advisory ter, retiring as Executive Vice President Board for Robotics Engineering at WPI. Windstar Cruises announced that Mi- chael Inman has joined the cruise line’s in 2002 after joining the Company leadership team. Inman’s career with the

TSGI Welcomes Hasuly to Team in 1992 with the merger with Zapata

U.S. Coast Guard involved service as

Gulf Marine Corporation. Following The Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI) an-

Captain of the Port for Southeast Alaska. his retirement from Tidewater in 2002, nounced a new addition to its naval ar- he founded and grew Rigdon Marine chitecture, marine engineering & marine Most recently, Inman worked for Hol- land America Group, focusing on safety,

Corporation to twenty-eight state of surveying ? rm, Anne Hasuly. She is a li- the art offshore service vessels and sold censed Professional Engineer in the state occupational safety and environmental issues for a ? eet of 30 vessels. Educated the Company in June 2008. of Texas and holds a B.S. in Naval Archi- tecture & Marine Engineering from the at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with

University of New Orleans. Anne is also a Bachelor of Science in Marine Science

CT Port Authority Re-elects and a Master of Science in Telecommu-

Bates as Chairman a member of SNAME and the Louisi-

The Connecticut Port Authority has ana Engineering Society. Prior to joining nications Systems Management from the

U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Inman re-elected Stonington resident Scott TSGI, Anne worked for Aqualis Off-

Bates as Chairman of its Board of Di- shore as a senior naval architect. Before is a board member for the Alaska Mari- rectors in a unanimous vote. Among joining Aqualis Offshore, she worked at time Prevention and Response Network. the CPA’s initiatives, the Small Har- MiNO Marine, LLC where she consult-

WSP Appoints van den Berk bor Improvement Projects Program ed on various types of vessels. as VP, Ports & Marine (SHIPP) will provide grants for the

WSP has announced the appoint- preparation of plans and studies, as

BHGI Welcomes ment of Martijn van den Berk as Vice

John Hunter, P.E. well as construction projects that im-

President of Ports & Marine. Mr. van prove state, municipal, or other prop- Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI) re- erties in or next to Connecticut waters. cently introduced John Hunter, P.E. as den Berk brings to WSP 18+ years of 99 www.marinelink.com MN