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Editorial

MARITIME

REPORTER

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ENGINEERING NEWS

M A R I N E L I N K . C O M

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CEO John C. O’Malley [email protected]

President & COO

Publisher & Editor

Greg Trauthwein [email protected] aving maintained a fairly rigorous tion Of? ce, Crowley, for a top to bottom

Editor - MarineNews

Eric Haun business travel schedule for nearly discussion on this iconic maritime brand’s [email protected]

H30 years leading up to 2020, per- digital journey. An Italian native, Graziuso

Offshore Energy Editor

Bartolomej Tomic sonally I enjoyed the COVID-induced break has exactly one year of maritime industry [email protected] from the mundane ritual and inevitable experience, spending the bulk of her career

Production Manager

Irina Vasilets headaches that come with the task. Moreso, transforming the digital journeys of corpo- [email protected]

I promised myself that I would never go rate behemoths like Deutsche Bank and The

Production & Graphic Design back to that frequency and pace again. Adecco Group. Her attraction to the CIO

Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected]

As it seems, I lied to myself. post at Crowley was the ability to not just

Corporate Staff

We write about the rapid technological re? ne a digital strategy, rather create it from

Manager, Marketing

Mark O’Malley evolution happening today in maritime, the ground up. In our hour or so together I momalley@marinelink offshore energy and the subsea industry learned as much about her personally, her

Accounting

Esther Rothenberger relentlessly across our multiple brands, on- path, her family, as much as I did about her [email protected] 212-477-6700 ext 6810 line platforms, webTV and social channels. mission to deliver for Tom Crowley and

Manager, Information Technology Services

Courtesy of my length of service, I’m able company. Our “Meet the CIO” feature starts

Vladimir Bibik [email protected] to tap the minds of business and technology on page 34.

Circulation

Kathleen Hickey [email protected] leaders around the world, and during the lull Another ‘hands-on’ mission was Eric 212-477-6700 ext 6320 between 2020 and 2022 this mostly meant Haun’s recent trek to Finland for a week’s

Sales

Vice President, Sales via Zoom, GoogleMeet, Teams or any other worth of visits and insights on Finnish mari-

Terry Breese [email protected]; +1 561-732-1185 video chat medium available. time organizations and their commitment

But missing was that one-on-one connec- to all things maritime. Finnish maritime

Lucia Annunziata [email protected]; tion, the ability to sit in someone’s of? ce to technology is legendary, particularly in the +1 212-477-6700 ext 6240 gauge not just the words they’re saying, but cruise shipping and icebreaker segments,

John Cagni [email protected]; +1 631-472-2715 feel the meaning behind it and get a better and Finland’s recent admission to NATO

Frank Covella view of the person themself. To jump on the will open many doors, too, on the military [email protected]; +1 561-732-1659 bridge of a ship and give this emerging tech- side of the business. There are many stories

Mike Kozlowski [email protected]; +1 561-733-2477 nology a trial run, to see its potential, to see to come from Eric’s early October swing

Gary Lewis its limitations, and to hear the back-chatter through Finland, but this month we offer [email protected]; +1 516-441-7258 in the room, the off-line, not-for-attribution “Finland: Where Icebreakers are Born”

International Sales conversations on what really works, what starting on page 44. Our icebreaker cover-

Scandinavia & Germany

Roland Persson does not. So as much as I enjoy working in age is particularly timely, particularly as

Orn Marketing AB, Box 184 , S-271 24

Ystad, Sweden my shorts and hoodies on the south shore the U.S. struggles to get its own icebreaker [email protected]; +46 411-184 00 of Long Island, that personal interaction house in order.

is a missing link that cannot be emulated, Founder: imitated or replaced. Our cover story this

John J. O’Malley [1905 - 1980]

Charles P. O’Malley [1928 - 2000] month embodies nearly all I describe above.

John E. O’Malley [1930 - 2019]

Last month I was afforded the opportunity to sit with Erika Graziuso, Chief Informa-

Gregory R. Trauthwein

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