I have been in business for more than ** years as Quality Assurance Coating
Inspections in the industrial marine coatings field. My last 23 years as
an Independent Third Party, NACE Certified Level 111, Marine Coating
Inspector No. 728 on new ship construction, dry dockings, Naval ships and
numerous bridge projects.
Experience:
o Vessel Owner Representative, Quality Assurance Coating Inspector
for Crowley and
US Shipping new ship construction at NASSCO on five Product
Tankers: Golden State, Pelican State, Sunshine State,
Empire State and the Evergreen State.
o Vessel Owner Representative, QA Coating Inspector for US
Shipping for the ITB Baltimore Dry Dockings.
o QA Coating Inspector for Naval Military Sealift Command Ship Dry
Dockings:
Rescue /Salvage USNS Salvor, Prepositioning USNS Button,
Williams, Lopez, Lummus and on the Sealift Command USNS
Gilliland.
o QA Coating Inspector for Naval Ships: Trident Submarines,
Aircraft Carriers and Frigates at the Bremerton PSNS Ship Yard
and Everett Naval Base.
o Navy's Trident Submarine Base Bangor, WA. Eight years as
Supervisor and QA Inspector for the Industrial Coating Shop:
Waterfront Piers, Trident Missile Facilities, Ammunition Storage
Structures and the Naval Hospital. Corrosion Tech. for Cathodic
Protection on Trident Submarine Piers.
o NASA space Shuttle Cranes, Independent QA Coating Inspector.
o QA Coating Inspector for Military Fuel Tank Depoe's at Mc Cord
AFB, Eielson AFB.
o Specification writing, Consultant and Chief QA Coating Inspector
for Alaska DOT Bridge projects: Herring Cove Bridge, Ketchikan
Creek Bridge, Matanuska River Bridge, Cascade Creek Bridge,
Sawmill Creek Bridge, Lawson Creek Bridge, O'Connell Bridge,
Captain William Moore Creek Bridge and 13 Marine Hwy Ferry
Terminal Bridges.
o Senior QA Coating Inspector for Massachusetts Port Authority
bridge projects: Central Artery/Tunnel (Big Dig) and the Tobin
Bridge. Connecticut DOT Bridge project at High Steel Structures.
Oregon DOT Bridge Projects: Saint Johns Bridge, McCullough
Bridge, Yaquina Bay Bridge and the Thomas Creek Bridge.
o Consultant, Technical Representative and QA Coating Inspector
for a high tech moisture cure coating manufacture on projects
throughout the US and Asia.
Professional Schooling Completed courses with National Association of
Corrosion Engineers in:
o Protective Coatings and Linings, Houston, TX
o Corrosion Prevention by Cathodic Protection, Bakersfield, CA
o Corrosion Control in Oil and Gas Production, Houston, TX
o International Coatings Inspector Training and Certification New
Orleans, LA.
o 2004 Marine Coatings Inspection Certification - San Diego, CA
2004 SSPC - NAVSEA Navy Paint Inspector Certification,
Seattle, WA.
Clearance: Secret, Active June 27th 2006
Professional Affiliations: Active NACE member of the Puget Sound Section
since 1984 and SSPC since 1983. In November 1987, I was certified by NACE
as a Level III International Coating Inspector Number 728.