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PEOPLE & COMPANIES

Seaspan

LR

Eriksen Reynolds

Marsh Sadler Davis Liodden

Schottel Furuno USA

HII LR

HII

Schottel Norwegian Trade Fairs

WSS

Troy Container Line DNV GL

Buch

Farrell Jones Gimbert Shao Lange

Eriksen to Head DNV GL Corporation as the company’s new engi- The award, presented by the ASN for International. Stefan Buch was appoint-

DNV GL Group appointed Remi Eriksen neering manager, bringing to the post 21 Research, Development and Acquisition ed director of the division Automation as the company’s new Group President years of manufacturing experience as a (ASN RDA), recognizes contributions und Systems Technology. The electrical & CEO, succeeding Henrik O. Madsen, mechanical engineer. that demonstrate stellar quality, technical engineer has been working in leading who is retiring on August 1. His current excellence and have had an operational positions in the Schottel area of software role is as DNV GL Group Chief Operat- Furuno’s Ed Davis Passes Away impact. development, engineering and switch- ing Of? cer, and his appointment follows Ed Davis, an industry veteran and long- In 2014, Robinson demonstrated the ef- board engineering since 2001.

an extensive executive search from both time employee at Furuno USA, Inc., fectiveness of utilizing single crystal René Lange is responsible for the new inside and outside the organization. passed away on April 30. Davis was arrays for small unmanned undersea division Repair International. The naval

Furuno USA’s Mid-Atlantic Regional vehicles, and he developed and tested engineer has been working in leading

Marsh to Take Over as LR CEO Manager since September 1992, work- a compact, low-frequency transducer positions in the Schottel service orga-

Alastair Marsh, current CFO at the ing closely with dealers. Prior to work- for tracking ranges, which will enable nization since 2006. Amongst others he

Lloyd’s Register Group Ltd. (LR), has ing at Furuno, Ed had his own marine small-diameter vehicles to be used at a worked in the service area of the North been appointed as the successor to CEO manufacturer’s rep company, where he wider variety of naval at-sea test facili- American Schottel subsidiary.

Richard Sadler who has decided to step represented Datamarine International, ties. down at the end of 2015. Sadler will pass Audiovox and Shakespeare Electronics. Delta ‘T’ Systems Appoints Gustafson the CEO role to Marsh on October 1, Ingalls Appoints Jones, Farrell Delta “T” Systems has appointed Jon 2015 and commence a formal handover Liodden New Director of NorShipping Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) an- Gustafson as its application sales man- period until the end of December 2015. Norwegian Trade Fairs has appointed nounced the appointment of two vice ager.

Simon Nice, currently Group FP&A Di- Birgit Liodden as the new Director of presidents at its Ingalls Shipbuilding di- rector, will take up the role of Interim Nor-Shipping. Liodden, 32, holds a CV vision. George Jones has been appointed Laborde Power for Stone Oil Fleet

Group Financial Director during the that includes tenures at Wilh. Wilhelm- vice president of operations, and Tim In January 2014, Laborde Products sold transition. sen, external consultancy for OECD and Farrell has been appointed vice president its ? rst Mitsubishi engine to John W.

SeaTrucks Nigeria, and numerous board of new Navy programs. Stone Oil for the vessel John W. Stone.

Seaspan Marine Appoints Reynolds level positions for, amongst others, Mar- Since then, Laborde has supplied the

Bart Reynolds has been hired to take itime Forum Oslofjord and the Norwe- WSS Appoints Shao for China Gretna, Louisiana-based oil distributor over as president of Seaspan Marine. gian Sea Rescue Academy. Heading up Wilhelmsen Ships Service’s with seven more Mitsubishis, repower-

Appointed to lead Seaspan’s Marine Di- (WSS) ships agency sales team in China, ing half of its ? eet. vision, Reynolds joins the company with Troy Container Line VP to Retire Emilia Shao brings both industry expe- The John W. Stone, Olga G. Stone and more than 20 years of experience in lead- Walter Gimbert, vice president of Troy rience and an eclectic academic back- Moose are now powered by a S12A2- ership positions and senior management. Container Line, will retire from the com- ground to one of the company’s largest Y2MPTK at 940 hp, while the Jennifer, pany as of May 14, 2015, after more than agency markets. Located in Shanghai, Shell Fueler, Hiawatha and Custom each

Theriot Lands at Conrad 20 years of service. Shao will manage WSS’s agency busi- have a S6R-Y2MPTK at 630 hp. Stone

Conrad Industries, Inc. announced the ness across its three of? ces located in Power utilizes a S12R-Y3MPTAW at appointment of Scott J. Theriot as Exec- Dr. Robinson Named Top Scientist Northern, Central and Southern China. 1,100 hp. utive Vice President and COO. Most re- Dr. Harold Robinson, a physicist at Laborde also repowered the Lil Susan S, cently Theriot was Executive Vice Presi- the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Schottel Launches New Service a vessel chartered by John W. Stone Oil. dent of Sales and Marketing at Bollinger. (NUWC) in Newport, R.I., has been Divisions In addition, Laborde provided the com- named a winner of the 2014 Assistant Schottel announced the creation of two pany with ? ve fully mechanical 400 hp

WPT Power Appoints De Hoyos Secretary of the Navy (ASN) Top Sci- new service divisions, Automation and barge power units, and two Vapor 8.6

Robert De Hoyos joined WPT Power entists and Engineers of the Year Award. Systems Engineering as well as Repair MBTU thermal ? uid heaters.

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