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).3)'(43 ice President and General Manager of Fincantieri Bay

Shipbuilding, Todd Thayse, has 34 years of experi- ence in the maritime construction and repair industry,

V working with clients from all over the world as well as vendors and suppliers from the Great Lakes region and beyond. He has an extensive background in manufacturing production, mate- rial procurement, strategic planning, estimating, budgeting, labor negotiations, mergers and acquisitions as well as sched- uling for both the commercial and governmental shipbuilding industries. He has overseen projects that have produced U.S.

Coast Guard icebreakers, articulated tugs and barges (ATBs),

Todd Thayse offshore support vessels (OSVs), dredges, passenger ferries and, most recently, modular construction for the U.S. Navy’s

All photos: Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding

Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program.

Thayse began his career with Peterson Builders in Sturgeon

Vice President &

Bay, Wis. building military vessels for the U.S. government including wooden minesweepers, aluminum gun boats and

General Manager , yard patrol boats.

Thayse has since spent the last 33 years working in a wide

Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding variety of capacities across multiple disciplines at Bay Ship-

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