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COVER STORY he maritime industry is ? lled with executives that have an internal passion for the business that has driven their careers … then there’s

Morgan Fanberg, CEO of Glosten who takes it to the next level: Glosten is the only place

T that Fanberg has worked to date, and appar- ently, it’s the only place he’d like to work.

“I like to say we’re a bunch of boat nerds, to tell you the truth,” said Fanberg on the Maritime Matters: The Marine- link Podcast. “And that’s not just our engineering staff, it’s also our administrative staff.”

Today Glosten is just north of 120 employees – roughly half of which are employee/owners. Glosten has been in business for more than 67 years, and cumulatively it has worked more than 10,000 projects in 20 different countries. One of the big- gest upgrades to the organization in recent years was the acqui- sition of Noise Control Engineering, a wholly owned subsid- iary of Glosten that specializes in habitability, noise abatement, underwater radiated noise mitigation and vibration issues.

Since 1998

Fanberg jokes that one of the biggest changes during his tenure is that “when I started, I had a full head of hair! I love my job; this company has been amazing to work for. But I joke with people, too, because I’ve never worked anywhere else. I always have to remind people, when I talk about how great it is to work here, just be aware I’ve never worked any- where else … but it is great to work here!”

When re? ecting on the change that has happened during that time, he cites the speed of technological evolution and the resulting signi? cant growth of Glosten itself.

“We are engaged in projects worldwide, we embrace new technologies, an we’ve added a lot more expertise, because I think the challenges in the marine industry have gotten more complex than they were 26 years ago,” said Fanberg. “Not that we didn’t have dif? cult problems then, but the level of technol- ogy and the advancement of technology in that rapid advance- ment has really pushed us to take on more expertise and grow from simple marine engineering and naval architecture.”

But even with the rapid pace of technology and growth, Glo- sten remain ? rmly rooted with a focus on safety, reliability, and ef? ciency. “Whether it’s a naval architect company or an

Morgan Fanberg has worked his operator, I think those pillars have not changed one bit. If any- thing, they’ve grown stronger,” said Fanberg. “When I started entire career with one company 26 years ago in the industry, we used to joke about the ma- – Glosten – evolving from a ‘full- rine industry being one of the last industries on the planet that would adopt new technology. That has completely changed. head-of-hair’ intern to CEO today.

You couldn’t ask for a better time to be a naval architect or a marine engineer, because of the challenges we’re facing.”

Grounded, too, is Fanberg and the Glosten team’s focus on problem solving for the client.

“You don’t know exactly where the clients are going to take

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