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Corbin Takes MTS Helm
Elizabeth "Liz" Corbin assumed leadership of the Marine Technology Society (MTS) on January 1, 2009. Corbin, manager of the Science and Technology Branch of the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), took over the position from Bruce C. Gilman, P.E., interim CEO of Deep Marine Technology. Corbin has been with DBEDT for over 25 years. Before joining DBEDT, she spent 10 years in various research and administrative support positions at the University's Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. She was president of the Hawaii Academy of Science from 19871988. For many years, she was the secretary and meeting planner of the MTS Hawaii Section, and she served as executive co-chair for OCEANS'01 MTS/IEEE Conference. Corbin serves on the PACON International board of directors and executive committee. She graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.S. in zoology. Three other board positions changed January 1. Kevin Hardy, vice president at DeepSea Power & Light in San Diego, Calif., is the new vice president of section affairs. He replaces Sandor Karpathy, vice president and senior manager at Stress Subsea, Inc., in Houston, Texas. Debra Kill, a certified public accountant, is the new MTS treasurer and vice president of budget and finance. She replaces Jerry Boatman who has moved to the position of president-elect. Boatman, corporate vice president of engineering for Planning Systems, Inc., will take over leadership of MTS in two years.
New President for Geo Business
Aker Solutions appointed Erik Sverre Jenssen as president for its subsurface consultancy Aker Geo AS. Jenssen, 51, joins Aker Solutions from StatoilHydro, where he has held the position of platform manager at Oseberg field center since 2005. Prior to this he spent five years as vice president for Norsk Hydro's North Sea asset area - including the Grane, Heimdal and Varg fields and Sture terminal - with responsibility for all phases of field development from exploration to production.
Schilling Robotics Expands Houston Team
Schilling Robotics expanded its Houston regional office team with the addition of David Marchetti as
EurOceanique Workshop Opens
EurOceanique, part of the MacArtney Underwater Technology Group, has opened a large workshop in Rousset near Aix en Provence in Southern France. This fully equipped workshop offers moldings, terminations, spares and repairs for customers in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. EurOceanique is, for the first time, able to offer a full range of molding, repair and testing services for underwater mouldings and terminations directly from its own workshop in France. "Our new workshop is designed to bring us closer to our customers and make our services even more convenient," said Managing Director, David Mazzochi. "We are also able to carry more stock of SubConn connectors and standard underwater cables for immediate delivery." New contact details: EurOceanique S.A., Avenue Olivier PERROY, Les Portes de Rousset - Bāt. E, 13790 ROUSSET, France, Tel.: +33 (0) 442 394 The new premises cover more than 450m2. 985, Fax: +33 (0) 442 397 336, Email: mac-fr@macartney.com
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