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RESUMES
Mark
P. Avakian
TG&B Marine Services, Inc.
Experience:
1986-present
President,
TG&B Marine Services, Inc.
Mr.
Avakian has 25 years experience in conducting oceanographic, geotechnical (vibrocoring),
geophysical, and environmental data collection projects.
As owner of research/workboats for 20 years, he is an experienced mariner
familiar with vessel operations and navigation equipment.
His responsibilities include design, fabrication, deployment and recovery
of moored instrumentation arrays and operation of various coring devices and
geophysical survey equipment. He
has a U.S. Coast Guard-license, is 40 hour HAZWOPER-certified, and has performed
a wide variety of environmental sampling operations including work at several
superfund sites. Mr. Avakian is
experienced in the design and fabrication of innovative sampling equipment and
outfitting vessels and barges for drilling and sampling work.
He has also provided logistics and expertise in marine based drilling
operations and well development.
1984 –
1987
Marine Consultant
As a consultant Mr. Avakian worked on marine programs worldwide for
companies such as EG&G Environmental Consultants, Ocean Surveys, Battelle
Ocean Sciences, EG&G WASC, Arthur D. Little, and others.
He has deployed and recovered deep water moorings offshore South America,
Indonesia, Africa, Europe and the U.S. He
installed moored instrumentation and meteorological data acquisition systems in
the Gulf of Alaska for various oil companies and performed similar work for NOAA
in the Yukon River delta. Mooring
projects include outfitting vessels of opportunity with winches, A-frames, etc.
and preparing many different types of current meters, transponders, waverider
buoys, tide gages, and related instrumentation. He also participated in profiling and other circulation
measurements for physical oceanographic studies. Mr. Avakian has supervised numerous acoustic flowmeters
installations in hydroelectric plants throughout the world.
1981
–1984
Field
Engineer, EG&G Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Mr. Avakian participated in various field efforts similar to those described
above for marine data acquisition projects for MMS, offshore oil companies, and
related customers.
Education:
Suffolk
University, B.S., 1979
Other:
U.S.
Coast Guard Captain’s License
Robert M. Reynolds
TG&B
Marine Services, Inc.
Experience:
1999-present
Principal,
TG&B Marine Services, Inc.
Mr. Reynolds is responsible for conducting marine data collection surveys for
TG&B. He has 21 years
experience conducting and supervising moored instrumentation programs, marine
biological, environmental, geotechnical (vibrocoring), geophysical, and
oceanographic studies. He has a
USCG Masters (Captains) license, is a certified diver, and is 40 hr. HAZWOPER-certified.
1997-1999
V.P. and General Manager, Accusonic Technologies, Inc. (formerly ORE
International)
Mr. Reynolds was responsible for overall management of the company (a subsidiary
of Axel Johnson, Inc.). With annual
sales of $15 million, the company designs, manufactures, and installs
instrumentation for the marine and water industries.
The company’s products, which are all developed in internal R&D
projects, include underwater navigation systems and water flow measurement
systems. The company also provides
marine survey and navigation equipment to the offshore oil industry and research
groups.
1991-1997
Principal, ORE International, Inc.
As co-owner of ORE, Mr. Reynolds was responsible for all commercial
operations of the company. The
company’s activities are described above. Division Manager,
1982-1991 Mr. Reynolds
managed the field operations, engineering, and sales staffs of the Accusonic
Division, specializing in flow measurement systems for coastal, river and
pipeline applications.
1973-1982
EG&G Environmental Consultants, Inc.
For
the last four years of this period, Mr. Reynolds served as Operations Manager,
responsible for worldwide field operations of the company.
He also served as field technician, party chief and program manager.
EG&G performed marine geophysical, biological, and oceanographic data
collection investigations. Marine
geophysical surveys included operation and interpretation of side scan sonar,
subbottom profiling and positioning data. Oceanographic
surveys included the design, deployment and recovery of coastal and deepwater
moorings.
1967-1973
Marine
Biological Laboratory
Mr.
Reynolds worked as mate during the summers aboard a 40 foot trawler operated by
the MBL, Woods Hole, MA. The
trawler was engaged in marine specimen collecting and fisheries studies.
Education:
Princeton
University, B.A. 1973
Other:
USCG
Masters License, Certified Diver
Jeffrey
Balmer
TG&B
Marine Services, Inc.
Experience:
1993-present
Field
Supervisor/Vessel Captain, TG&B Marine Services, Inc.
Mr. Balmer conducts and supervises field data investigations for TG&B.
He is a licensed captain and is responsible for directing marine
operations in support of vibrocoring and survey projects.
He is a specialist in marine biological sampling and collecting with
experience in a wide range of trawls, dredges, and nets.
Mr. Balmer is a certified diver and is 40 hr. HAZWOPER-certified.
1993-1998
Field
Supervisor, ORE International, Inc.
Mr. Balmer was responsible for installation of flow measurement systems in
hydroelectric, waste water, irrigation and flood control facilities.
This equipment is used for turbine efficiency monitoring, sewer outfall
measurement and revenue metering. He
has directed over 100 projects throughout the U.S and abroad.
1979-1993
Commercial
Fisherman
Mr.
Balmer served as Captain of several offshore commercial fishing vessels working
throughout Georges Bank, Nantucket Shoals, and the Gulf of Maine.
1975-1978
Collector/Diver,
Northeast Marine Specimen Company
Mr. Balmer was a marine specimen collector utilizing trawls, dredges, fishing
and plankton nets. He was
responsible for collecting over 100 species throughout New England for
scientific research.
1973-1974
Collector/Diver,
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
At MBL, Mr. Balmer performed the same services as described above for NEMSCO.
Other:
100
Ton Masters License
Len
Perry
TG&B
Marine Services, Inc.
Experience:
2002-present
Field Engineer, TG&B Marine Services, Inc.
Mr.
Perry’s responsibilities include conducting vibrocoring projects and operating
boats for
TG&B. He has served as coring
technician and port security boom installer on many projects throughout New
England and the Great Lakes. He is
an experienced mechanic and is responsible for repair and maintenance of all
coring equipment, motors and engines. As
a welder, he is responsible for fabrication of specialized coring systems and
vessel modifications.
Other:
US Coast Guard Captain’s License
40
hr. HAZWOPER-certified
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