Experience

The Northwest Seaport Alliance

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Port Operations

  • Oct 2014 - Present

  Director, Port Operations The Northwest Seaport Alliance, Seattle/Tacoma, Washington (October 2014 – Present) o Lead all Port operations in both the Port of Seattle and Tacoma. o Responsible for the North Intermodal yard which is an on-dock rail yard servicing two major terminals in the Port of Tacoma. o Serve as the key operational lead for both Class 1 railroads as well as liaise with the Port of Tacoma’s short line rail provider Tacoma Rail on all operational matters o Direct and lead all breakbulk (including military) operations for the Alliance and successfully moved over 200,000 tons through the gateway in 2016 o Selected as the operational military liaison for the Alliance. The Port of Tacoma has been classified as a ‘strategic port’ for the U.S. Military. o Manage operational relationship with ILWU and the Pacific Maritime Association o In charge of the Alliance’s safety program Show less



Wallenius Wilhelmsen

• Norway
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Port Operations Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2014

  o Operational lead with all Port operations throughout Australiao Establish and managed all vessel port rotationso Managed all stakeholders which included Port Authorities, stevedores, terminals, pilots, tugs agents and labor to ensure productive and safe vessel callso Approved all vessel load and discharge planso Managed quoting for all special cargo handlingo Served as the quality and safety officer for all operationso Member of the Global Efficiency and Optimizing team known as “Go+10”. Team zeroed in on opportunities to improve efficient and drive down costs. o 100-130 Vessel calls per year/Operating Budget of 10million per year.o Successfully moved over 300,000 tons of cargo thru the Queensland ports per year. Show less

• Central Vessel Planner

  • Oct 2008 - Sep 2012

  o Responsible for coordinating all cargoes including roll-on roll-off, auto and breakbulk cargoo Coordinated strategic placement of cargo carrying equipment to ensure effective utilization of capacity and resourceso Produced and maintained the vessel schedule for multiple regionso Improved vessel utilization by ensuring proper stowage guidelines were followed for all trade laneso Selected and participated in a 6 week cross-training with European Region planners in Stockholm, Sweden in May and June 2011.o Lead Planner for the Oceania trade (Europe-Americas-Australia-Asia) lane 2010-2012. Show less



Overseas Shipholding Group

• United States
• Maritime Transportation
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Second/Third Officer Onboard US Flag Merchant Vessels

  • May 2000 - Sep 2008