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Kelly Joins Teledyne RDI

Teledyne RD

Instruments (RDI) announced that

Alan Kenny has joined Teledyne

RD Instruments as the new Sales

Manager for the company’s navigation product line.

Prior to this appointment, Alan served as Vice-President of Sales for the Americas for RESON. He brings with him a 27-year career in acoustics, vibration, and mechanical and fluid dynamics, with an educa- tional background at the United

States Naval Academy and the

University of Minnesota.

Harrison to Lead Teledyne

Geophysical Instruments

Teledyne appointed Scott

Harrison as vice president and general manager of its Teledyne

Geophysical

Instruments business unit.

Teledyne Geophysical Instruments designs and manufactures terrestrial seismic exploration products from its facilities in Houston and Stafford,

Texas; Mitcheldean, United

Kingdom; and Singapore.

Harrison received his Bachelor of

Science degree from the United States

Naval Academy in Annapolis,

Maryland and has attended executive management programs at Stanford

University and the London School of

Business. Following graduation from the Naval Academy, he served as a nuclear submarine warfare officer.

Horizon Welcomes Oceanographer

Horizon Marine announced the arrival of a new hire in the Marion office and the promotion of Neha

Sharma to Eddy Watch Operations

Manager. Benjamin Shaw, M.S., a graduate of the University of Miami’s

Rosenstiel School of Marine &

Atmospheric Science, has joined

Horizon Marine as Physical

Oceanographer, Eddy Watch Analyst.

His duties will include analyzing data and preparing Eddy Watch reports on the location and strength of ocean currents in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Trinidad and Brazil. Ben will also be a Pilot in Charge (PIC) of

Horizon Marine’s AUV fleet.

BlueView Hires

Lesnikowski

BlueView Technologies added Nick

Lesnikowski as 3D Product

Manager/ACSM Hydrographer.

Lesnikowski will direct and manage

BlueView’s 3D Mechanical Scanning and MicroBathymetry product lines, and will provide technical support for hydrographic survey applications.

After receiving a degree in Geology from the University of Massachusetts in 1982, Lesnikowski worked as a geophysicist for Amoco Production

Company in New Orleans interpret- ing seismic data on projects in the

Gulf of Mexico. As an ACSM certi- fied hydrographer, Lesnikowski brings an impressive skill set and experience level to BlueView.

Global Diving & Salvage

Hires Cargol

Global Diving and Salvage hired

Mike Cargol as general manager for its Gulf of Mexico region, based in

Houston, TX. Cargol joins the com- pany with a diverse resume from the oilfield and offshore sectors. His experience in all facets of the service market makes him the ideal choice to lead Global’s Gulf Coast growth ini- tiatives. Cargol was previously employed by Houston based Wild

Well Control, Inc.

Marport Names Chapman

Chief Sonar Engineer

Marport Deep Sea Technologies named Sean Chapman as Chief Sonar

Engineer. Chapman has nearly 20 years of technical leadership in the design and development of Synthetic

Aperture Sonar for commercial and military programs. Chapman will ensure that Marport’s new imaging sonar solutions are designed and built on sound physics and engineering principles, while paying close atten- tion to management of technical risks. Chapman joins Marport from

Ultra Electronics, where he was Chief

Scientist for Sonar Systems. He received his First Class honours B.Sc. in Pure and Applied Physics with

Electronics from Nottingham

University, UK. He will be based in

Weymouth, UK.

Subsea 7 Adds New Schilling ROVs

Schilling Robotics was awarded new contracts for ROV systems from

Subsea 7. A total of three new ROV systems will be supplied for delivery in Q2 2011, including one (1) 150hp, 3,000m rated ACV ROV sys- tem and two (2) 150hp, 3,000m rated HD ROV systems. The ACV

ROV system is an addition to Subsea 7’s existing fleet of construction vehi- cles and will be mobilized on Subsea 7’s new pipelay/heavy lift vessel, the

Seven Borealis. The HD ROV sys- tem is a work-class vehicle which pro- vides flexibility for construction and people & companies