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People & Company News Woodcock Honored Bibby Offshore was recognized at the 2014 Northern Star Business Awards winning in the categories Commitment to People Development and Outstanding Contribution to the Energy Sector. Bib- by Offshore?s Chief Executive Howard Woodcock said, ?We are extremely proud to have won in both categories we were shortlisted for at this year?s Northern Star Business Awards. It is recognition of ev- eryone at Bibby Offshore?s dedication to achieving our goals.? ROVOP?s Gray Awarded The managing director of ROVOP re- ceived industry recognition after being named as the UK?s EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 for international business growth. Judges singled out Steven Gray for his outstanding achievement in build- ing an organization that has experienced exceptional global growth since its incep- tion in 2011. The judges remarked that ?Steven maximized his background in law and banking to become a true entre- preneur.? Turnover at ROVOP has rocketed to a current rate of $40.4 million, with signi -cant expansion still to come on the back of new contract wins, while the company has surpassed its goal of increasing its team to more than 130 people and con-tinuing to attract new talent. The company has invested $58 million into its continually-expanding  eet of ROVS and also established its own ROV Academy to ensure a supply of compe-tent offshore personnel. Harkand?s Rhodes NamedDavid Rhodes, Harkand?s global head of remotely operated vehicles (ROV) was announced as the new vice chairman of a global offshore, marine and underwa- ter engineering trade association?s ROV committee. Rhodes has been voted in by fellow members of the International Ma- rine Contractors Association?s (IMCA) Remote Systems and ROV Division Management Committee. Jones Leads NCE in AlabamaNoise Control Engineering, LLC (NCE) opened a new of ce in Mobile, Ala. The of ce will be staffed by Nathan Jones , a Senior Engineer with more than 10 years of experience at NCE. Jones will have access to and be supported by the full staff of NCE?s Billerica, Massachu- setts headquarters.Ng Joins NCENoise Control Engineering, LLC (NCE) has hired Dr. Kam W. Ng, former- ly the Deputy Director of Research at the Of ce of Naval Research, as its new Di- rector of Business Development. Dr. Ng brings expertise in the areas of Acoustics and Noise Control, Signal Processing and Fault Detection, Smart Materials, Active Nonlinear Control and Science and Tech- nology Management. McCudden Joins NautronixNautronix said that Thomas McCud- den has been appointed as the company?s Global Sales Manager for NASNet and will be responsible for developing aware- ness and worldwide sales of NASNet po- sitioning technology. . Finlayson Joins CTI Chesapeake Technology, Inc. (CTI) appointed David Finlayson as chief sci- entist. Finlayson is an expert in acoustic remote sensing and sea oor mapping technologies and will be working directly with cofounder and CTO, John Gann, to optimize algorithms and develop new apps for broadening SonarWiz use cases, CTI said. He earned his Ph.D. from Uni-versity of Washington and joins CTI with eight years as a hydrographer for USGS, and  ve years as a sonarman for the USN. NSRI Senior AppointmentsA recently launched initiative aiming to coordinate research and development activities within the U.K.?s subsea oil and gas sector has appointed a chairman and project director. Peter Blake, Subsea Systems Manager at Chevron?s Energy Technology Company, has taken up the role of chairman of the National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI), and Dr. Gor- don Drummond, Technology Manager at Subsea 7, joined as project director. Other NRSI board members are Neil Gordon - Subsea UK, Paul White ? GE Oil & Gas, Paul Charlton - PDL Solutions, Jason Tisdale - Fugro, Professor Albert Roger - University of Aberdeen and John Mair. Rhue Joins Hydroid Hydroid said Kaitlyn Rhue is the new- est addition to its sales and marketing team, taking over the duties as Market- Woodcock NgJonesGray October 201454 MTRMTR #8 (50-64).indd 54MTR #8 (50-64).indd 5410/10/2014 12:20:05 PM10/10/2014 12:20:05 PM