PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWSKito Americas Hess Said Woidill Balthasar Abbott Decas WhitebookOngserved as CEO and Port Director for the Port of New Bedford, MA. Kristin graduated with her Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Vermont and with her Masters De-gree in Environmental Policy and Law from the University of Denver.Birns Announces New Sales Team Hires Birns has expanded its sales team with the appointments of Alan White-book as Sales Applications Engineer and Jenny Ong as Customer Service Representative. Whitebook will be responsible for the active sale of the company’s advanced deep submer-gence connectors and cable assemblies to worldwide users. Whitebook holds a Master’s degree in business admin-istration and a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. Ong most recently served as Senior Customer Service Representative for Power-One and as Customer Service Representative for Sony Electronics. Ong holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration.T&T Salvage Enters Green Award Scheme T&T Salvage has been welcomed as an incentive provider of Green Award. T&T Salvage has been dedi-cated to sustainability and sound so-lutions for safety for years, and now underlines this commitment through participation in the Green Award scheme. Green Award helps superior ship managers and ships to differen- www.marinelink.com MN 53