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Executive Bios
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Douglas B. Mackie
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Mackie has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company since 1995. He joined the Company in 1978 as Corporate Counsel. In 1987 he was named Senior Vice President. Mr. Mackie earned a MBA from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from Northern Illinois University. He is a former President of the Dredging Contractors of America. |
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David E. Simonelli
President of Dredging Operations
Mr. Simonelli was named President of Dredging Operations in 2010. He had earlier served the company as Vice President and Special Projects Manager, a position to which he was named in 1996. He joined the company in 1978 as a Project Engineer, and has since managed many of the company's large domestic and international projects. Mr. Simonelli earned a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Rhode Island. He is a member of the Hydrographic Society and the American Society of Civil Engineers. |
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Deborah A. Wensel
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Wensel has been the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company since April 1999 and was named Senior Vice President in 2002. Ms. Wensel joined the Company in 1987 as Accounting and Financial Reporting Supervisor. In 1989, she was named Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. She is the current Treasurer of the Dredging Contractors of America. Ms. Wensel is a Certified Public Accountant and also has a MBA from the University of Chicago. |
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Vice President Bios
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Kyle D. Johnson
Senior Vice President, Chief Contract Manager
Mr. Johnson has been Vice President and Production Engineering/Special Projects Manager since 1997. Prior to joining the Company in 1983, he was a Project Manager with Healy Tibbits Builders. Mr. Johnson earned a BSE in Ocean Engineering from Purdue University and a graduate degree in Construction Engineering & Management from Stanford University. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. |
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John F. Karas
Senior Vice President, Chief Estimator
Mr. Karas has been Vice President and Chief Estimator since 1992. He joined the Company in 1983 as Project Engineer in the Hopper Division. Mr. Karas earned a Bachelors degree in Finance from University of Notre Dame. He is a member of the Western Dredging Association. |
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Steven W. Becker
Vice President, Plant Equipment and Chief Mechanical Engineer
Mr. Becker has managed the Equipment Maintenance and Mechanical Engineering Departments since 1995. He joined the Company in 1984 as a Field Engineer and holds a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois. |
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Christopher Gillespie
Vice President, Special Projects Manager
Mr. Gillespie was named Vice President and Special Projects Manager in 1997. He joined the Company in 1987 as a Project Engineer and previously served as a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Gillespie earned a BS in Civil Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a graduate degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Tulane. He is a member of the Society of American Military Engineers. |
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Bradley T.J. Hansen
Vice President, Division Manager—Hydraulic
Mr. Hansen has been a Vice President and Division Manager of the Company since 1994. He joined the Company in 1977 as an Area Engineer. He was named Vice President & General Superintendent of the Company in 1991. Mr. Hansen earned a BS in Civil Engineering from Louisiana State University. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. |
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William H. Hanson
Vice President, Manager of U.S. Business Development
Mr. Hanson is the Manager of U.S. Business Development, and became a Vice President in 2004. After graduating from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Ocean Engineering, he was hired as a resident engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He came to Great Lakes in 1983 as a project manager and estimator. After being promoted to area engineer of the North Atlantic and then Southern Division, he reached his current Manager position in 1995. |
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Steven F. O'Hara
Vice President, Division Manager—Clamshell
Mr. O'Hara has been a Vice President and Division Manager of the Company since 1988. He joined the Company in 1978 as Cost Accountant. He is a member of the Society of American Military Engineers. Mr. O'Hara received a BS from the University of Illinois. |
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John T. O'Brien
Vice President and Manager, Middle East Division
Mr. O'Brien was named a vice president of the company several years after he assumed leadership of the Middle East Division. There he has inaugurated and completed several large joint venture projects in Bahrain and Qatar, one of which is the largest in the company's history. He joined the company in 1979 as a rangeman on a field survey team, and soon rose to be a project and area engineer. In 1990 he was named manager of the Midwest Division in Cleveland. Since 1996 he has had management responsibilities in the Middle East. He received his BA degree in journalism from the University of Rhode Island in 1978. |
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William F. Pagendarm
Vice President, Division Manager—Hopper
Mr. Pagendarm has been a Vice President and Division Manager of the Company since 1985. He joined the Company in 1979 as Project Superintendent. Mr. Pagendarm is a former President and Chairman of the Western Dredging Association. He is also a former President of the World Dredging Association. Mr. Pagendarm holds a Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from University of Notre Dame and a MBA from the University of Chicago. |
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Russell F. Zimmerman
Vice President, Special Projects Manager
Mr. Zimmerman was named Vice President and Special Projects Manager in 2009. He joined the company in 1982 as a Field Engineer. Mr. Zimmerman earned a BS in Construction Management Technology from Purdue University. His is a member of the Society of American Military Engineers and the Western Dredging Association. |
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