Austal USA Names Santamaria CFO
experience.”Santamaria has served as CFO for several major defense contractors throughout his lengthy career. Before coming to Austal USA, he was CFO and a board member for Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions where he served in a number of roles. Santamaria also had a 24-year career with Lockheed Martin Corporation culminating with a position of Divisional CFO.Santamaria holds a B.S. in Business Management from Towson University in Maryland. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and completed the financial management program through the Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Fincantieri Marinette Marine Names Vandroff CEO
2014.“Our company’s continued growth afforded us an opportunity to expand our senior leadership team and to better organize to exceed our customer’s needs,” said Dario Deste, CEO of Fincantieri Marine Group. “Jan [Allman] has done a tremendous job working with partner Lockheed Martin and the Navy on the Littoral Combat Ship and Multi-mission Surface Combatant programs, as well as helping our company secure the FFG contract. We are pleased that she has accepted a promotion and will continue to serve in her new role in our Green Bay office as FMG’s senior vice president
ASL Hires Taillefer
support of ASL, Taillefer founded and started a new defense company called Maritime Way Scientific, which for the next nine years earned a reputation as an effective and capable acoustic modelling and sonar analysis company. Maritime Way developed an acoustic modelling system called SPARTA for Lockheed Martin, an acoustic modelling system for arctic sound propagation called Arctic BellTex and acquired the technologies and assets of a Seabed Classification System.In his new role at ASL, Taillefer will be leading several technology projects and will be expected to foster a greater involvement with
Vice Adm. Richard Hunt to lead SNA
June 2015. He transitioned to Chief Strategy Officer at Fincantieri Marinette Marine in April 2018.McCullough retired from the U.S. Navy in 2011 where he was commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/Commander, U.S. 10th Fleet. He currently is vice president of strategy and business development for Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission System.“It’s been an honor and privilege to lead SNA for the past five years, and see our association grow in support of the surface warfare professionals in the Navy and Coast Guard,” McCullough said. “Rick Hunt brings his knowledge and professional
Shipbuilder HII Names Thomas VP Pricing, Contracts
division in 2006 and has held director-level positions in supply chain management, business management, business development, and contracts and pricing. In 2017, she was promoted to corporate director of investor relations at HII’s corporate office. Prior to HII, Thomas spent 12 years with Lockheed Martin. A native of Pennsylvania, Thomas earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Bucknell University and an MBA in finance from State University of New York at Binghamton
Dennis joins SeaRobotics as Director of Programs
as a commercial diver after graduating from Florida Institute of Technology. He then joined Subsea 7's engineering group focused on Deepwater ROV and Intervention Tooling System design. Dennis later joined ROV manufacturer Perry Slingsby Systems, as its Vice President of Programs then moving onto Lockheed Martin as Business Development Manager for its AUV program. Before joining SeaRobotics, he served as General Manager of the Southeast Region for MacArtney, Inc.
TNA Appoints Williams as President & CEO
Effective August 6, 2016, Terma North America Inc. has appointed Steve Williams as President & CEO. Since the beginning of 2014 until present, Williams has held the position of Regional Executive, Lockheed Martin International Business Development, Europe-Americas. Prior to this, Steve was Regional President for Lockheed Martin Continental Europe, and before that, Senior Director, Europe-Eurasia at Lockheed Martin Corporate. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, he was president of a security and telecommunications company, leading business partnerships in the U.S.
Austal Stops Shares Trading
is a modular, reconfigurable ship, with three types of mission packages including surface warfare, mine countermeasures and antisubmarine warfare. The LCS class consists of the Freedom variant and Independence variant, designed and built by two industry teams. The Freedom variant team is led by Lockheed Martin – for LCS 1 and follow-on odd-numbered hulls. The Independence variant team is led by Austal USA – for LCS 6 and follow-on even-numbered hulls. According to The West Australian, the company is intending to update the market on Monday
VT Halter Marine President Skinner Retires
decades culminating in promotion to Rear Admiral. He served in both submarines and aboard aircraft carriers, and as a Flag Officer was assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet and subsequently to the Staff of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (The Joint Staff). Upon retirement, Jack worked for Lockheed Martin for several years before joining the VT Halter Marine team. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and a Masters Degree in Management from the Naval Postgraduate School. “All of us here at VT Halter Marine are very appreciative of Bill&rsquo
Gibbs & Cox Names Hans VP, Platform Solutions
of program managers within the Group. The Platform Solutions Group provides ship design and naval architecture expertise to military and commercial maritime clients. Most recently, the Platform Solutions Group has served as the design agent for the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in support of Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri's Marinette Marine Shipyard. The Platform Solutions Group is also designing the future U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter as part of the Bollinger Team. Hans joined Gibbs & Cox in 2008. He began his maritime industry career as a commercial engineering officer, where
Terma NA Names Hungerford President & CEO
of Directors in February, 2008. During 2012 he became part of the company’s daily operations as Vice President, Business Development, Command, Control & Sensor Systems while continuing his Directorship. Prior to joining Terma North America, Larry Hungerford was responsible for leading Lockheed Martin’s domestic growth and management of Lockheed Martin’s 26 domestic field offices, while supporting Corporate Business Development (CBD) functions. Earlier, he served as Vice President, Space Programs for domestic business development at Lockheed Martin. Prior to joining Lockheed
Navy Cuts One Littoral Combat Ship in 2015
U.S. Navy Aims To Smooth Impact Of Fiscal 2015 Cut To Ship Orders Add to Collection(Oil)|Print Download:Plain TextXMLAll WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy hopes to smooth out the impact on Lockheed Martin Corp and Australia's Austal of a budget-driven decision to order three Littoral Combat Ships instead of four in fiscal year 2015, the Navy's top weapons buyer said on Thursday. The Navy had planned to buy two of each of the different small warships built by Lockheed and Austal in fiscal 2015 and 2016, but it scaled back those
