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MARINE DESIGN BASJAN FABER, CEO, C-JOB “I have always been inspired by ships, today. Most recently it opened an of? ce kick-start, direction and they were entre- “technology management MBA” – be- and I knew by the end of grammar school in Houston, Texas, a move that Faber preneurs,” said Faber in assessing how fore entering the workforce full-time that I wanted to be a naval architect. In sees as a stepping stone to growing his he came to love the maritime business. with another naval architecture ? rm.

fact, I remember going with my parents business in the Americas, with an eye on “Other than that, I really don’t have one But the young man with the big dreams to a university to explore naval architec- Asia and Australia in the future. “But we speci? c mentor. In general, I am very could not be con? ned under the employ ture at the age of 11, and I’m sure the can’t do everything at once,” said Faber. open and receptive to ideas, I’m a good of another, so Faber and two classmates professors at that time were thinking listener, and I like to learn from others ventured to create C-Job, opening shop

The Man, The Plan ‘what is this young boy doing here,’” and take different ideas to help form fu- of? cially in December 2007.

said Basjan Faber, co-founder and CEO Faber grew up on the water, on boats ture direction.” From the outset, the C-Job founders of C-Job. personally and professionally as his par- Per his 11-year-old career ambitions, had a plan to grow substantially and in-

But Faber did indeed know his place ents were entrepreneurs, owning their Faber graduated with a Bachelor’s de- ternationally. When Faber and his part- and his heading, and in 2007 he and two own inland cargo vessel operation, and gree in Naval Architecture in 2002. But ners started C-Job, their mandate was not partners founded C-Job, which today is when not working the family could be at the time, the maritime business in centered on the design of a certain type a growing force in the world of maritime found sailing. The Netherlands was in a slump. Real- of vessel or market segment, rather they design, evolving from a trio 12 years ago “I know it’s cliche, but it all starts izing his ambition to be an entrepreneur, saw an opportunity to focus on the cli- to more than 160 employees worldwide with your own parents. They gave me a he opted to get his Master’s degree – a ent and their needs as well as change the 36 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • OCTOBER 2019

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