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ABS International Contacts Mission The mission of ABS is to serve the public interest as well as the needs of our clients by promoting the security of life and property and preserving the natural environment. INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF OFFICES 1 JUNE 2013 ABS INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF OFFICES 2 ABS Corporate Officers 3 ABS Corporate Departments 33 ABS Divisions 39 ABS Locations City, Country Guide 46 ABS Field Staff & Representatives 212 ABS Nautical Systems 216 ABS Group of Companies 217 ABS Consulting 222 EQECAT 223 ABS Quality Evaluations 226 ABS Employee Listing For general information about ABS send email to: [email protected] www.eagle.org ABS AFFILIATED COMPANIES ABS Group of Companies Inc. www.abs-group.com ABSG Consulting Inc. www.absconsulting.com EQECAT Inc. www.eqecat.com ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. www.abs-qe.com Employee and office listings as of 31 May 2013. 2 ABS corporate OFFICERS Christopher J. Wiernicki, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Tony Nassif, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Kenneth Richardson, Executive Vice President Jeffrey J. Weiner, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Robert A. Giuffra, Senior Vice President Todd W. Grove, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer Thomas A. Miller, Senior Vice President Linwood A. (Lenny) Pendexter, Senior Vice President & Chief Surveyor Peter Tang-Jensen, Senior Vice President T. Ray Bennett, Vice President Robert Clyne, Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer James J. Gaughan, Vice President & Chief Engineer Robert W. Gilman, Vice President, Division President – Americas Jean Gould, Vice President Eric C. Kleess, Vice President, Division President – Pacific John P. McDonald, Vice President Mark A. McGrath, Vice President & Chief Learning Officer Adam W. Moilanen, Vice President Maria O’Neill, Vice President & Chief Information Officer Richard D. Pride, Vice President, Division President – Greater China William J. Sember, Vice President Kirsi Tikka, Vice President, Division President – Europe INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF OFFICES 3 CORPORATE DEPARTMENTS ABS Programs Administrative Services Business Development Business Planning & Analysis Chief Engineer’s Office Classification Corporate Learning Organization Energy Project Development External Affairs Financial Services Group Global Technology & Business Development Human Resources Information Management Systems Legal Services Management Systems Certification Occupational Health & Safety Operational & Environmental Performance Operations Applications Management Rapid Response Damage Assessment Regulatory Affairs Technology Total Quality Management World Headquarters ABS Plaza 16855 Northchase Drive Houston, TX 77060 USA Tel: 1-281-877-5800 Fax: 1-281-877-5803 Telex: 6737929 ABS HQ Email: [email protected] New York 60 E. 42nd Street, 42nd Floor New York, NY 10165-4200 Tel: 1-212-292-8800 Fax: 1-212-292-8801 For individual email and telephone listings consult the ABS Employee Listing. 4 CORPORATE, Executive Office Executive Office Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Christopher J. Wiernicki Tel: 1-281-877-5961 Fax: 1-281-877-5802 Email: [email protected] Executive Assistant Sue Ford Tel: 1-281-877-6460 Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Tony Nassif Tel: 1-281-673-2851 Fax: 1-281-877-5976 Email: [email protected] Administrative Assistant Carla Shugart Tel: 1-281-877-6855 Operations Program Analyst Sam Albrecht Tel: 1-281-877-6785 Senior Vice President Peter Tang-Jensen Tel: 1-281-877-6655 Email: [email protected] Senior Vice President, Service Delivery Robert A. (Bob) Giuffra Tel: 1-281-877-6745 Mobile: 1-281-217-2131 Email: [email protected] Advisor to the Chairman & CEO, Corporate Secretary Thomas A. Miller Tel: 1-281-877-5999 Email: [email protected] Advisor to the Chairman & CEO T. Ray Bennett Tel: 1-281-877-6709 Email: [email protected] Chief of Staff Paul Karam Tel: 1-281-877-6789 Email: [email protected] ABS Programs Fax: 1-281-877-6591 Email: [email protected] Director, ABS Programs Robert J. Vienneau Tel: 1-281-877-6126 Manager Mike Kloesel Tel: 1-281-877-6432 Senior Program Analyst Diane M. Robinson Tel: 1-281-877-6107 For individual email and telephone listings consult the ABS Employee Listing. CORPORATE, ABS Programs 5 Programs Engineer Joe Williams Tel: 1-281-877-6229 Container Certification Principal Coordinator George D. Smith Tel: 1-281-877-6325 Type Approval Program Senior Coordinator Virgil Stevens Tel: 1-281-877-6124 Recognized Specialist Senior Coordinator Janis Fellers Tel: 1-281-877-6407 Administrative Services (New York) Fax: 1-212-292-8801 Manager, Administrative Services & Assistant Corporate Secretary Claire McIntyre Tel: 1-212-292-8788 Senior Administrative Assistant Joan Gentile Tel: 1-212-292-8800 Business Development Vice President, Business Development Joseph Woods Tel: 1-281-877-5714 Email: [email protected] Vice President, Client Management John Gallagher Tel: 1-212-292-8789 (New York) Email: [email protected] Client Relations Coordinator, CRM, Salesforce Cynthia Farmer Tel: 1-281-877-6541 Business Planning & Analysis (New York) Fax: 1-212-292-8801 Vice President James R. Graf Tel: 1-212-292-8794 Chief Business Analyst Raymond C. Ng Tel: 1-212-292-8792 Business Analysts Janice Abdelmesseh Tel: 1-212-292-8790 Merline E. Mayers Tel: 1-212-292-8791 For individual email and telephone listings consult the ABS Employee Listing. 6 CORPORATE, Chief Engineer’s Office Chief Engineer’s Office Vice President & Chief Engineer James (Jim) Gaughan Tel: 1-631-265-6666 (New York) Mobile: 1-631-531-2571 Email: [email protected] Coordinator Sonya Lansford Tel: 1-281-877-5935 Chief Engineer, Metallurgist Marcus Cridland Tel: 1-281-877-6319 Chief Engineer, Structures Luiz Motta Tel: 82-51-460-4040 (Busan) Chief Engineer, Offshore Joseph Rousseau Tel: 65-6371-2631 (Singapore) Chief Engineer, Machinery Evangelos (Angelo) Tsevdos Tel: 30-210-9441205 (Piraeus) Manager Senthil Chidambaram Tel: 1-281-877-6572 Senior Principal Engineer Rathin Guha Tel: 1-281-877-6427 Staff Consultant Sang-Kil (S.K.) Byun Tel: 1-281-877-6873 Senior Engineers Xiang-Bin Meng Tel: 1-281-877-5832 Anju Valookkaran Tel: 1-281-877-6420 Classification Fax: 1-281-877-5811 Senior Vice President & Chief Surveyor Lenny Pendexter Tel: 1-281-877-6514 Email: [email protected] Administrative Assistant Shannan Porter Tel: 1-281-877-6492 Chief Surveyor, Offshore John D. (Dave) Forsyth Tel: 1-281-877-6562 Assistant Chief Surveyor Kurt Larsen Tel: 1-281-877-6555 For individual email and telephone listings consult the ABS Employee Listing. CORPORATE, Classification 7 Assistant Chief Surveyor, Materials & Equipment Demetri Stroubakis Tel: 1-281-877-5705 Assistant Chief Surveyor, Naval Programs Robert L. (Bob) Ballard Tel: 1-281-877-6458 Senior Surveyor Jeanne Deloach Tel: 1-281-877-6776 Surveyor Michael Prim Tel: 1-281-877-6428 Safety Analyst Paul Lowe Tel: 1-281-877-6430 Manager, Naval Programs Steven Urwiller Tel: 1-281-877-6043 Classification & Documentation Center Tel: 1-281-877-6010 Fax: 1-281-877-6011 Email: [email protected] Assistant Chief Surveyor Mark Stanton Tel: 1-281-877-6605 CDC – Classification & Record Manager Thomas F. Corbett Tel: 1-281-877-6353 Senior Surveyor Robert J. Paramore Tel: 1-281-877-6596 Senior Principal Analyst John J. O’Neill Tel: 1-281-877-6354 Senior Principal Record Specialist Man-Li Liao Tel: 1-281-877-6442 Principal Systems Analyst, CDC Kathleen A. Drew Tel: 1-281-877-6782 Survey Support Senior Principal Surveyor Edward L. Beche Tel: 1-281-877-6579 Principal Surveyor Frank L. Suski Tel: 1-281-877-5920 Senior Engineer Freydoun Arjumandi Tel: 1-281-877-6773 For individual email and telephone listings consult the ABS Employee Listing. 8 CORPORATE, Classification Senior Principal Analyst Chiao-Ling (Amy) Liu Tel: 1-281-877-6630 Technical Analyst Yu-Nan (Nancy) Sun Tel: 1-281-877-6508 Survey Status Supervisor, Vessel Status Pamela Barber Tel: 1-281-877-6379 Senior Vessel Status Specialists David Trejo Tel: 1-281-877-6466 Kristi Wager Tel: 1-281-877-6823 Survey Document Consolidation Center Manager Marilyn Griggs Tel: 1-281-877-6501 Senior File Clerks Guadalupe Andrado Tel: 1-281-877-6013 Nadia Richards Tel: 1-281-877-6013 Leatrice Young Tel: 1-281-877-6013 ABS Eagle Operations Principal Technical Specialist Michael Davison Tel: 1-281-877-6860 Corporate Learning Organization Tel: 1-281-877-6600 Fax: 1-281-877-6601 Vice President & Corporate Learning Officer Mark A. McGrath Tel: 1-281-877-6373 Email: [email protected] Director, Learning Paul B. Johnston Tel: 1-281-877-6631 Director, External Learning Graham Marshall Tel: 1-281-877-6852 Manager, Learning - Innovation Jennifer Bewley Tel: 1-281-877-5851 Manager, Learning - Survey Frank Jacobsen Tel: 1-281-877-5885 Manager, Learning - Engineering Arturo Revenga Tel: 1-281-877-6490 For individual email and telephone listings consult the ABS Employee Listing. CORPORATE, Corporate Learning Organization 9 Manager, Learning Andy Breuer Tel: 1-281-877-6566 Americas Divisional Learning Center Manager Pavan Lall Tel: 1-281-877-5922 Europe Divisional Learning Center Manager Colin Brookman Tel: 44-20-7377-4486 Greater China Divisional Learning Center Manager Andrew Lipman Tel: 86-21-23270-696 (Shanghai) Pacific Divisional Learning Center Manager Amar Hanspal Tel: Energy Project Development Tel: 65-62771203 Fax: 1-281-877-6851 Executive Vice President, Energy Development Kenneth L. Richardson Tel: 1-281-877-6506 Email: [email protected] Vice President, Global Gas Development William J. Sember Tel: 1-281-877-6599 Email: [email protected] Vice President, LNG Patrick Janssens Tel: 44-20-7377-4466 (London) Email: [email protected] Administrative Assistant Angie Lozano Tel: 1-281-877-6595 Senior Staff Consultant James N. Brekke Tel: 1-281-877-6540 Managing Principal Engineer Leonard T. Burns Tel: 1-281-877-5752 Principal Engineers Thalia Kruger Tel: 1-281-877-6403 Michael A. Sano Tel: 1-281-877-6494 Proposal Engineer Shashi Bhushan Tel: 1-281-877-6657 For individual email and telephone listings consult the ABS Employee Listing.
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