Experience

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  Verolme heusden

  Jul 1997 - Aug 1997

  Work experience student

  Work Experience project on the WD Fairway and Queen of the Netherlands for Boskalis. Assisted in production from initial cutting of the steel up, through section fabrication, till final outfit of the Fairway at the Rotterdam outfit location.

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  European patent office

  Jul 2001 - Mar 2005

  Assistant patent examiner

  Classification and re-classifcation of patents

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  Nuon solar team

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Logistics and production manager

  In charge of production organisation and logistics to become the World Champions for Solar Cars in 2003 World Solar Challenge

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  Australian marine technologies

  Jul 2006 - Aug 2009

  Naval architect

  Specialising in all duties involved with naval ship design. Projects ranged from small modifications and maintenance tasking of current platforms to full conversion of a commercial tanker to an Auxiliary Oiler for the Royal Australian Navy and concept designs for a range of new platforms for international naval customers.Extensive experiences with the most ship classes of the RAN fleet have been obtained.International Projects were the concept development of the Canadian Navy JSS and the Chilean Navy AORThe range of duties and tasks within this role were:• Multi-Disciplinary Project Coordinationo Project Management• Propulsion Integration;o Concept propulsion designo Propulsion modification design• Risk Analysis and Management Plans;o Environmental impact plan• Acoustic Design;o Development of in-house acoustic engineering capabilityo In field acoustic testingo Design of acoustic solution for major refit• Equipment Integration;o Development of ship and compartment arrangementso Combat system interference envelopeso Upgrade of ships HVAC System, (Including Chilled water plants, air flow calculations and noise predictions)• Structural Analysis of Naval Ships and platforms;o Development of in-house shock design capabilityo Global strength analysiso Shock analysis of major structures and equipment foundationso Major and minor equipment foundations (steel and aluminium)o Fatigue design• Design of Composite Mast Structures;o Global Composite structure design• Sensor integration and interference• Hydrodynamics/Hydrostatics;o Ship stability including damaged stability predictiono Weight & Moment control• Maintenance and obsolescence planning;• Tender Response and;• Business Development. Show less

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  Raytheon

  Aug 2009 - Jun 2012

  Design validation and certification of the modified Navantia F100 design for the Royal Australian Navy. Main Responsibilities are:• Creation of Design Verification Methodology and roll out into the Alliance Organization.• Independent studies into critical design features of the AWD Platform.• Oversight of design and build issues during construction;• Build assurance of the ship block production.• Technical management of the Statutory Operational Certificates Contract with Germanischer Lloyd.• Design verification of various systems on board the vessel (Propulsion, Mechanical, HVAC, Structural) and the maintenance systems associated with these systems. Show less

  • Lead Naval Architect / Marine Engineering DAR

    Jun 2011 - Jun 2012

  • Naval Architect / Marine Engineering DAR

    Aug 2009 - Jun 2011
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  Qinetiq

  Jun 2012 - Feb 2013

  Project manager / maritime engineer

  Developing the maritime engineering capability of QinetiQ Australia. Various consulting engineering jobs for various defence customers. Main Projects:• Paramarine modelling for Defence Science & Technology Organisation SEA1000 Submarine project. Management of Modelling, work performed by QinetiQ GRC in the UK for the Australian SEA1000 Parametric Modelling Project• Hydrographic SPO: Stability Program Project Manager. The development and implementation of a weight management process and the associated stability certification of 13 classes of vessels maintained by the Systems Program Office. Show less

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  Dmo

  Nov 2012 - Mar 2013

  Hydrographic ships stability project manager

  Facilitate and manage the Stability Program of the Hydrographic ships and Army Marine Vessels based in North Queensland

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  Qinetiq australia

  Feb 2013 - Jan 2014

  Maritime ipt lead

  Developing the Maritime and Safety Engineering capability of QinetiQ Australia. This newly setup team required full development of capability assessment criteria, processes and Engineering Delegations. Management of 12 staff in two main engineering disciplines; Safety Engineering and Naval Architecture/ Marine Engineering. Staff located in 3 states and 5 locations. The role requires the change implementation of engineering management systems in the organisation.Achieved growing the Maritime Section by 1200% in 12 months. Customer base is in both the government and commercial domain.Various consulting engineering jobs for various defence customers. Including Safety Management, Maintenance Management, Ship Stability Program, Setup of and implementation of Engineering Management Systems and Certification. Show less

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  Rsc bio solutions

  Oct 2014 - Dec 2015

  Director of business development

  Business Development and strategic positioning for large transformational accounts. Responsible for development of business in Europe and Asia for a mostly USA based business looking to expand globally. With a focus on shipping companies looking to reduce their environmental impact by applying the latest technology in Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants (EALs)

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  Oceanco

  Feb 2016 - Feb 2017

  Project manager

  Manage the design and construction of super yachts. Responsible for managing the budget, resources, scope, schedule and quality of the whole project from initial design up to end of warranty period.

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  Feadship royal van lent shipyard

  Mar 2017 - Jul 2019

  Senior project manager

  Project Manager at Royal Van Lent - Feadship. Responsible for the design and build of a large Megayacht and leading the newly designed project organization to build this ship in RVLS’ new dock under construction in Amsterdam.Responsible for managing the budget, resources, scope, schedule and quality of the whole project from initial design up to end of warranty period.

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  Apto innovations

  Aug 2019 - Jan 2021

  Managing director

  Boutique consultancy in the Marine Industry. Specializing in Business Improvement, Project Management, Technical Management, Change Management and Stakeholder Mmanagement

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  Rsc bio solutions

  Sept 2019 - Dec 2020

  Technical business consultant
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  Bmt

  Jan 2021 - Nov 2022

  Business development manager

  Responsible for Maritime and Defense Business of BMT Asia Pacific

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  Spectainer

  Dec 2022 - Jan 2024

  Chief technology officer
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  Nebula-marine

  Jan 2024 - now

  Business owner

  company specialising in high end technical maintenance of yachts