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86Maritime Reporter & Engineering News NEWSPEOPLE & COMPANIES Former CNO Roughead Joins Northrop Grumman Board Northrop Grumman Corporationelected retired U.S. Navy Admiral GaryRoughead to its board of directors.Roughead served as the 29th Chief of Naval Operations for the Navy prior to his retirement from the service in 2011.The addition of Roughead increasesNorthrop Grumman's board of directorsto 13 members.Widdows Takes the Helm at Rickmers Jan B. Steffens will step down March 31, 2012 from his positions as CEO ofRickmers Holding and of Rickmers-Linie, but he will continue to serve on the Rickmers Group advisory board. RonaldD Widdows , former CEO of NOL/APL,will become the new CEO of Rickmers Holding and Rickmers-Linie as of April 1, 2012, and Rickmers? CFO Dr Ignace Van Meenen will act as his deputy. Iridium CEO Desch Honored Matthew (Matt) Desch, CEO, IridiumCommunications was named Via Satel- lite?s Satellite Executive of the Year for 2011. Iridium boasted a strong perform- ance in 2011 that exceeded estimates on nearly every metric. Financially speak- ing, the MSS operator grew in areas where it was not expected to grow, driven by its service, its technological innova- tion and its ability to be a catalyst to itsecosystem of development partners in an increasingly competitive sector and in new sectors, as well. The company per- formed solidly from a financial perspec- tive in 2011. In the nine months to the end of September, the operator generated close to $290m in revenues, an increase of just under $30m compared to the samestage last year. Its net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was also up reaching more than $31m, morethan double when compared to the sameperiod last year. In areas such as equip- ment revenue, it significantly outper- formed expectations. In addition, in July, Iridium announced that Desch was ap- pointed to serve on the U.S. National Se- curity Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), and Desch now ad- vises and provides recommendations to U.S. President Barack Obama and othergovernment leaders on the security of the nation?s telecommunications systems. Sigma Offshore Appoints Internal Turret Moorings ExpertOffshore, appointed an experienced in- dustry figure to head up one of its key service areas. Geir Eikhas become Vice- President Internal Turret Systems at Ab- erdeen-headquartered Sigma Offshore as the business looks to sustain and enhance its capabilities across its product andservice range. Geir will join Sigma?s Sin- gapore office established in 2010 by Vice-President Asia Pacific Eirik Refstie as the business looks to move forward in the established FPSO hub for the region. W&O Expands Team at Brazil Office W&O expanded its team in the newly opened office in Brazil. Adriana Faria de Araujo joins W&O as Commercial Director with more than a decade of ma-rine industry experience. As Commercial Director, Araujo is responsible for devel- oping and maintaining the infrastructurenecessary to service the South American market. Araujo has extensive experience in Brazilian and international maritimelaw, having previously served as a lawyer for the Maritime Dutch Association in Brazil, and has her master?s in offshore oil and gas management from Flumi- nense Federal University (UFF) in Brazil. Araujo will be based in the Brazil office. As Customer Services Deliver Manager, Valeria Jackson is responsible for en-suring efficient project management and customer delivery, while also identifying processes and procedures to continuallyimprove the coordination effort between the North American and Brazil offices. Ward to Head McLean Group's Transportation & Logistics Practice The McLean Group, LLC appointedHarry Ward as Director leading thefirm?s Transportation & Logistics prac- tice. Ward has more than 20 years? global strategy, business development and M&A experience supporting privately-held companies. He has worked across the transportation & logistics value chain, particularly in distribution, fulfillment and the maritime industry. Ward is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and earned an MBA at San Diego State Uni- versity. Jonsson Appointed Senior Specialist Volvo Penta´s engineer Kåre Jonsson has been appointed Group Senior Spe-cialist within the Volvo Group for his unique propeller competencies. GroupSenior Specialist is an honorary title thatis awarded to individuals with unique skills and expertise in a specific area within the Volvo Group - one of the gi- ants in the global commercial transportindustry with approximately 100,000 em-ployees and net sales of around USD 50 billion. Kåre Jonsson complies with allthe criteria that are set in order to be re-garded as a specialist. He is one of the world´s most renowned propeller experts and one of many Volvo engineers that has contributed to Volvo Penta´s world lead- ing position within propeller technology. With innovations such as the Aqua- matic sterndrive, the counter rotating pro- pellers Duoprop and the IPS system withforward facing propellers, Volvo Penta has been leading the development within marine transmissions and propellers inthe past 50 years. Jonsson joined Volvo Penta in 1979 and he is one of the peoplebehind the unique IPS system whichsince the launch in 2005 has establishedVolvo Penta as the undisputed market leader within the segment. EBDG Adds a Marine Engineer Elliott Bay Design Group is addedJulia Clopton to its Seattle office as a Marine Engineer. She brings over 7 years of marine engineering experience and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineeringfrom the California Maritime Academy and holds an EIT Certificate from Wash- ington State.Resource Power Group Adds Key Execs Resource Power Group (RPG) ap- pointed Sean Carey as the engine sales& service company?s General Manager of the MaK and large bore engine busi- ness for the southeast US and theCaribbean territories. Carey is a graduate of the US Merchant Marine Academy who previously was employed as a Serv- ice Sales Manager for Wärtsilä North America, Inc. RPG appointed Juan Car- los Perez as Operations Manager for itsMiami operations. Perez most recentlyserved as the GM for Contract & Project Management for Wärtsilä North Amer- ica, and Branch Manager for the Seattleand Long Beach offices. RPG also ap- pointed Jack A. Smith as Technical Manager for the company?s large bore engine business. Smith is a graduate of the US Merchant Marine Academy and a 28 year veteran of the sea, having served as the Chief Engineer for various Sealand container vessels. Johnson joins Hempel USA Hempel USA, the global supplier ofMarine and Protective coatings has re- cently hiredJennifer Johnson as a SalesRepresentative in the U.S. Gulf. Ms. Johnson will be responsible for Marinesales of Hempel?s extensive product line in the territory. A graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy with extensive industry experience, she will be located in Hempel?s headquarters in Houston Texas. STX Marine Expands StaffJohn Hensler Mandy has joined STXMarine as the manager of STX Marine?s Electrical Engineering department, bring-ing with him over 20 years of experience in the Naval/Marine power generation protection industry. Chad Oldfield has also joined STX Marine?s Ottawa office as a Naval Architect with an emphasis in CFD and FEA. Chad brings with him awealth of theoretical knowledge from his studies at Memorial University, where he obtained a Bachelors of Engineering inOcean and Naval Architecture. J.F. Lehman & Co. To Acquire NRC J.F. Lehman & Co. signed a definitive agreement to acquire National ResponseCorporation and its affiliated businesses NRC Environmental Services and SEA- COR Response from SEACOR Holdings Inc. NRC is a leading provider of United States Oil Pollution Act of 1990 regula- tory compliance and emergency response services, one of the leading environmen- tal contracting firms on the U.S. West Coast, and a global provider of diversi- fied environmental, industrial, and emer- gency response solutions. Headquartered in Great River, NY with regional offices throughout the U.S. and internationally, NRC has approximately 540 employees. Steve Candito will be CEO of the inde- pendent company after closing. 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