Dennis Nixon
Dennis currently serves as the Associate Dean for Research and Administration, Graduate School of Oceanograhy, University of Rhode Island. He has been a faculty member there for the past 33 years, teaching courses in the area of marine and coastal law. A marine lawyer by training, he is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States and the Rhode Island Bar. He is also the legal advisor for the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System, providing advice to all of the US academic research vessel fleet. He has lectured on marine law topics in 27 states and 14 countries. He is the author of over 50 articles and the casebook Marine and Coastal Law. Dennis was one of the three original co-founders of IMI, and has lectured at nearly all of the educational programs on his favorite topic -marina law.- He has sailed over 3,000 miles offshore on a variety of vessels and has raced everything from frostbite dinghies to 12-Meters. Above all, he just loves being around marinas.
Jim Schuman
Jim Schuman is a partner at Fortune, Alsweet, Weiss & Schuman, Inc., a management-consulting firm that has represented developers, property owners, general contractors and private sector employers in all facts of labor relations and human resources since 1954. Jim has been with the firm for over 20 years and has assisted clients throughout the United States, to include Westrec Marinas. With offices in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Jim has the opportunity to train leadership teams, participate in staff development, resolve employment issues, and negotiate collective bargaining contracts - including the agreement between the SEIU and Westrec for the Chicago harbors. Jim holds degrees in psychology from the University of California. For the last ten years, he has been a guest lecturer at UCLA and USC.
Kellie Thornelle-Crete
Kellie Thornell is the president and CEO of Ink, Inc., which provides safety and health consultation services to general, marine and construction industry employers. Services include site safety inspections, industrial-hygiene surveys, employee-training seminars, environmental guidance, and the completion of mandatory written programs. Courses include: ten- and thirty-hour OSHA safety and health, hazard communication, asbestos awareness, lead awareness, hazardous waste operations, hazardous materials transportation, machine guarding, personal protective equipment, powered industrial truck, fall protection, respirator, confined space entry and lockout/tagout.
Kirby Cay Scheimann, CMM
Kirby has been a member of the IMI faculty since 2002. In early 2006, he rejoined Marinas International as Managing Director of the Management Division, focusing on third party management agreements and acquisitions.
Prior to rejoining M.I., Kirby was a Regional Manager for Flgship Marinas with full accountability for over 4,000 slips at three marinas, $7M in operating budgtes, and over $10M in capital projects His career includes extensive time in the advertising and marketing arena, as well as promotions and public relations.
Kirby is a past National Marina Day Chairperson, Executive Secretary of Metro Atlanta Trade Association, President of the marina Operators of Lake Lanier, as well as serving as an officer in the Chamber of Commerce's, Rotary, Friends of the Parks, and various other community service organizations. his service to AMI and IMI included a trip to Auckland, New Zealand as keynote speaker for the Marinas 8 Conference.
For further information regarding Marina's International's Management Division services, contact the Managing Director, Kirby Cay Scheimann, CMM at Kirby@marinasintl.com or call (727) 822-9173.
Larry Halgren
Larry has over 35 years of experience in sales and management within the marine industry. Larry created his own international marina and waterfront consulting firm, Halgren and Associates LLC.
Larry has notable expertise in the marine industry. He has extensive knowledge of marina and waterfront development, operations, infrastructures and marina components. Larry has been credited with new product research, development and licensing of marine designs and details. Included in his experience are locating existing marina properties for sale, performing cost analysis of refurbishment, reconfiguring or remodeling of a marina property. Larry’s portfolio incorporates market research for sites, marina plans and site selection as well as marina financing and feasibility studies. Larry also oversees the coordination of engineering, construction planning and scheduling, marina inspection and safety reviews of marina and waterfront facilities.
Before starting Halgren and Associates LLC, Larry held a variety of positions in the marine field. He worked for Bellingham Marine Industries for 22 years; the Washington State Ferry System; a fuel dock manager and assistant captain for a salvage boat; for Uniflite Inc. in customer service and international boat sales; and he owned a Uniflite dealership and marine accessory store. Larry’s broad knowledge of marina operations and waterfront developments greatly enhance his ability to provide marina systems best suited to each client’s needs. Larry was also a consultant to Vertical Yachts a new technology used to store very large boats in dry stack storage buildings.
Larry is an accomplished speaker at many industry forums, including the University of Wisconsin Docks & Marinas Conference, the International Marina Institute, International Boat Builder Expo & Conference, National Marina Conference, The Marina Recreation Association of California and the boating industry of Australia to name a few. He is Past President and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the International Marina Institute having served for six years. Larry is still an active member of the teaching facility for the Advanced Marina Management Classes and is a past president of the Rotary Club of Bellingham.
Larry R. Halgren, Post Office Box 4098, Bellingham, WA 98227 Telephone 961-3344, E-mail: LSHalgren@comcast.net
Mark Amaral
Mark Amaral is on the executive team of the Association of Marina Industries (AMI) and is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of its staff. AMI is a non-profit membership organization dedicated exclusively to serving the needs of the marina industry worldwide. Mark oversees all of AMI’s offerings, including membership services, global training and certification, and its legislative activities. Mark also coordinates with the board of directors to develop and guide the strategic long-term direction for the association and ensures this vision translates into action.
Mark’s extensive experience in the marina industry has focused on providing assistance and outreach to the industry to develop and implement clean marina practices. Previous work includes creating and managing the Sea Grant MarinaNet professional network, writing Rhode Island’s pollution reduction program for marinas and contributed to the creation of the national Clean Vessel Act.
Prior to joining AMI, he worked for a University-based Center that innovated the global application of resource management in coastal communities. While at the Center he coordinated field programs in the United States, Asia, Latin America, and East Africa, providing advice and technical input at local, national, and regional scales to balance economic development with resource conservation. His experience there focused on environmental policy development both nationally and internationally and conceptualizing and managing participatory processes at local, regional and national scales. Seminal work included the development of a national coastal policy and supporting structure for the country of Tanzania, designing and deploying a coastal management regional training program for the countries in the Western Indian Ocean region,
Mark is the author of over 90 technical articles, peer-reviewed journal papers, reports and publications. He has lectured and taught extensively on topics that include pollution reduction at marinas, reducing risk and hazards in coastal communities, managing coastal resources through participatory processes, and organizational design, work planning and management. Mark has a Masters Degree in Community Planning and Environmental Management from the University of Rhode Island.
Pam Lendzion
Pam Lendzion has recently joined the Marinas International team and is managing special projects for the company. She has 14 years of experience in the Marine Industry as well as a 100 ton USCG Masters License. Pam was the COO of Vinings Marine Group and the CEO of MarineTec Management, a company that provided consulting and training services to various marine businesses, including marine project management, marine services development, marina facility planning and construction, marina resort start-up and operations, boat yard operations, and yacht charter operations. Prior to her experience in the Marine industry, Ms. Lendzion has had a long and varied history in the hospitality industry and in professional development and training. She has designed, built, and operated her own executive hotel and two restaurants employing a minimum of 100 people and owned and operated a Professional Development Training Company with 42 licensed trainers.
Currently Pam volunteers her time to the Marine Industry at the national level as the Vice President of ABBRA, (American Boat Builders and Repairers Association), the Vice Chair of MITEC (Marine Industry training and Education Council), and is an IMI (International Marina Institute) faculty member teaching Leadership Skills to marina and boatyard managers. She is also a member of the IMBC Steering Committee and Editorial Board.
Richard Calcote
Richard owns an independent CPA / Consulting Firm providing Interim CFO and Executive Consulting to maritime and international organizations. He is also a licensed NASD Securities Principal with an investment banking firm, Brisbane Capital, and a Partner of a maritime consulting group, Maritime Transport & Logistics Advisors LLC.
Recent engagements include Interim CFO for the Grand Bahama Shipyard in Freeport, Project Manager at CP Ships for the assessment and documentation of their financial data systems, and Consultant for a joint US DOT / Port Canaveral short-sea shipping project. Other clients have included Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven, and the Grand Bahama Port Authority.
He has spent over 25 years as the CFO and Corporate Controller for a number of corporations, with extensive experience in the maritime industry. During 1980’s and 1990’s he was the VP of Finance for Tecmarine Lines, VP of Finance for Tropical Shipping and Corporate Controller for Coordinated Caribbean Transport (now Crowley Maritime). During this period he oversaw the companies’ international finance operations, and the successful implementation of several ERP and software packages.
Richard is a graduate of Tulane University (Economics) and also holds an MBA and a Masters Degree in Accounting. He is a licensed Florida CPA and is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Florida Institute of CPAs. He has spent most of his career in the Caribbean / Latin-American trades and is fully fluent in Spanish.
Tim Timpson, CMM
Tim Timpson is presently the principal of MarinaResource, LLC. This company provides consultation, management, and training to the Marina Industry. Prior to this position, he was the Executive Director of the International Marina Institute from 2002-2004. He assumed this position in 2002, replacing departing founder Paul Dodson. He had been a frequent speaker, instructor, and conference chair for the Institute in the past. He has also served on several committees for the Institute including several years as the Chair of the CMM qualifications review committee. He is also a writer whose articles appear frequently in the International Marina trade press. Before taking over at the IMI, Tim was employed by an investment group that acquired Seagate Marina from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in November of 1996. The ten-acre facility consists of a 450 slip dry storage, a 20 slip wet storage basin, Ship’s Store, Fuel Dock, as well as a Retail Arcade, and a Boat Sales and Service Facility which are leased out to independent operators.
His primary responsibility has been to turn around a facility, which had been in Federal Receivership for the previous five years. Major issues have included State and Federal compliance, restoration of the facility and equipment, training of the personnel in sound business practices, and developing overall profitability. Further responsibilities include the future development of the property to include a restaurant or other profit centers.
Prior to his employment with Seagate Marina, Tim was employed as Dockmaster and subsequently General Manager of Jonathan’s Landing Marina, part of a 606 acre Planned Use Development created by Alcoa in Jupiter, FL. This relationship lasted 14 years from the construction, opening and through the eventual sale of the property. Responsibilities included supervision of the operation of the Dry Storage, Wet Storage, Ship’s Store, Yacht Brokerage, and Condominium Docks, as well as involvement with the developer and individual homeowners concerning matters dealing with waterways and single family docks within the project.
Tim has 32 years in the Marine Industry in South Florida, 23 of those involving Dry Storage. Through this time he has developed credentials as a Marine Mechanic, Fork Lift Mechanic, Yacht Broker and USCG 50 Ton Ocean Master, as well as Marina Manager. Tim is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a strong background in physical and biological sciences. Tim also received extensive training in Corporate Business Management during his 14 years with Alcoa, developer of Jonathan’s Landing. He received his Certified Marina Manager certification from the International Marina Institute in 1994.
Tim has been active on the community level as well. He served several terms as a director of the Marine Industries Association of Palm Beach County, and chaired committees concerning Environmental Issues and Hurricane Preparation. He has also been a director of the Clean Boating Partnership for the State of Florida. He has also been active in the promotion of Boating and Fishing events in conjunction with the local Chambers of Commerce and Board of Realtors.