Career
Key projects are listed separately under Projects. Academic background is under Education.
Since 05/2026
DPFMEA.comFounder
Remote — Founder
- Data centric evidence for DP annual trials and DP FMEA proving trials
- DP FMEA studies, proving trials and gap analysis for DP2/DP3 vessels
- dpfmea.com ↗
Since 08/2021
Noble Corporation
Houston, USA — DP Consultant, member of DP Governance group
- DP FMEA trials attendance on v-rigs and d-rigs
- Gap analysis on MTS guidance and ABS Rules
- DP Ops manual development
- DP assurance process support
- DP upgrades and modifications
- Liaison with clients on rig intakes: Shell, Total, XOM, Petrobras, Petronas, Tullow Oil, INPEX
- Purchase order coordination on the technical side with vendors
- Closed bus analysis
- eWSOG project involvement as reviewer
- WSOG (Well Specific Operation Guidance) contribution
09/2015 – 08/2021 (freelancer)
DP and Marine Assurance Norway AS
Bergen, Norway — Principal Engineer / CMID accredited inspector
- DP FMEAs, annual and proving trials, c. 150 vessels/trials since 2013
- eCMID (AVI 503) and condition surveys, dozens completed
- Gap analysis and advisory on offshore ships and MODU units
- Inspection of new build vessels: DP proving trials, commissioning
- DP assurance audits and reports
- Commissioning team member, new build GPO Sapphire (CSBC Taiwan)
08/2020 – 08/2021 (freelancer)
Idwal Marine Services Ltd
UK — Surveyor
- Condition surveys
03/2020 – 08/2021 (freelancer)
LOC London & Germany
UK / Germany — Surveyor
LOC Group is now part of ABL (Aqualis)
- Condition surveys / suitability reports
02/2019 – 08/2021 (freelancer)
Solumare — Marine & Cargo Surveys
Berlin, Germany — Marine Warranty Surveyor
- Heavy cargo lift surveys performed with the iAuditor app
03/2017 – 08/2021 (freelancer)
Nordic Maritime Solutions
Flensburg, Germany — Marine Warranty Surveyor
- Marine warranty surveys of heavy cargo — towers, blades, 400t generators
- Condition surveys
04/2013 – 06/2015 (three years)
DNV GL (former GL Noble Denton)
Bergen, Norway — Technical Lead Norway
- DP FMEAs for HV closed bus analysis
- DP FMEAs (Maersk Supply Service, Olympic Shipping)
- DP FMEAs according to DNV RP-D102 (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis)
- DP FMEA proving trials (Maersk A, B, L and F class)
- DP FMEA proving trials of a new build vessel in COSCO, China (A2SEA wind installation vessels)
- Annual DP trials (Siem Offshore, Olympic Hercules, WesternGeco, Maersk Drilling, Maersk Supply Service, Subsea 7)
- FMEA gap analysis
- CMID surveys
- Research on fuel savings during closed bus-tie DP operations for MODUs and drillships
04/2009 – 04/2013 (four years)
GL Noble Denton Brevik AS
Brevik, Norway — Principal Engineer (Electrical, Instrumentation & Telecom)
- New build FSO, Martin Linge project — line diagrams, load balance, philosophies, PSD/ESD cause & effect diagram, HAZOP
- Tanker conversion to FSO, Banyu Urip project (Mobil Cepu Ltd. & Sembawang Shipyard) — SLD, voltage drop, short circuit, transient stability, motor starting, load schedule, cable trays, earthing philosophy
- Passenger vessel — leading engineer, Electro/Instrumentation/Telecom, full LR class design scope
- FEED Seismic Vessel — leading engineer, design in Intergraph SmartPlant Electrical
- Conversion of Aframax Tankers into Modular Capture Vessel (American Eagle Tankers)
- FEED FPSO Ichthys — subcontractor for Aker Solutions, Kristiansand (Norway)
- Pre-FEED Floating LNG (Cash field) for PTTEP Australasia Pty Ltd.
- Pre-FEED FPSO Jordbaer (Strawberry) for BG Group
- Maritime warranty services — AGIP KCO (IBEEV), National Oilwell Varco (Alfa Star project)
08/2004 – 04/2009 (five years)
Polish Register of Shipping
Gdańsk, Poland — Surveyor and plan approval engineer
- Vice manager of the Electrical and Automation Department
- Coordinator for multipurpose heavy lift vessels built at COSCO (Dalian, China) — plan approval scope
- Statutory and classification surveys on seagoing ships
- Plan approval of electrical installations and automation for ships and offshore units
- Plan approval and commissioning for a naval ship (safety certificate confirmed by government)
- Type approval for Caterpillar, Scania, Selco, Saacke, Kongsberg, Imtech, WECS-9520, Tyco, Consilium, SAIA, Stucke and others
- Factory Acceptance Tests and commissioning
- Training of surveyors on electrical installations, control systems and hazardous areas
- Elaboration of classification rules and translations
2002 – 2004 (two years)
Cork Institute of Technology
Cork, Ireland — Researcher, Dept. of Electronic Engineering (supervisor: Tom O'Mahony)
- Master of Engineering thesis: “An Evaluation of Model-Based Predictive Control”
- Coauthored “Two degree-of-freedom PID controller design using genetic algorithms” (IEEE MMAR 2005) — used a genetic algorithm to search the PID gain space directly against closed-loop performance criteria, instead of classical analytical tuning rules, to design a two degree-of-freedom controller balancing setpoint tracking against disturbance rejection
- Coauthored “Intelligent controller design based on gain and phase margin specifications” (ISSC 2004)
- “Controller Comparison on a Real-Time System”, 4th Annual Post-Graduate Research Forum, CIT
- Full list under Publications ↗
2000 (four months)
Interocean Ugland Management AS
Offshore — ETO assistant, m/v Carib Sun (car carrier)
- Ship maintenance
- Awarded