People & Company NewsMcMurtie Pedersen Signell Ferlandvolvement in the offshore industry. For new vice president of engineering. Fer-McMurtie Takes Helm nearly 20 years, he was part of the top land comes to Hydroid from her most at iSURVEY management of Ramboll that special- recent position as vice president and iSURVEY Group, a provider of survey ises in engineering in the construction, principal engineer at Maritime Applied and positioning services to the global transport, environment and energy mar- Physics Corporation (MAPC). Ferland oil and gas and telecommunications kets. With CEO being his most recent is a former US Navy of? cer and salvage sectors, announced the launch of a new position, Pedersen contributed signi? - diver. She is a Harvard University grad-offshore division as part of U.K. growth cantly to the strategic development of uate with a BS in Mechanical Engineer-plans. Based in Norway, iSURVEY the company. ing, and holds a Master’s degree in Civil Group is establishing a new Aberdeen-Under Pedersen’s management, Ram- Engineering, Naval Architecture and based entity supporting clients oper-boll grew from being a primarily Danish Marine Engineering from the Massa-ating in the U.K. North Sea and other company with 800 employees to an in- chusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).global regions, including the Mediter-ternational concern with close to 10,000 ranean Sea and Africa. Recruitment has employees and more than 200 of? ces in Marino Promoted Man-started and it plans to have 30 staff in 21 countries. Among other initiatives, place by the end of 2014. Key to the this included establishing activities in ager at PMI Industriesestablishment of iSURVEY Offshore the offshore sector. Jay Marino has been promoted as the Limited is the appointment of Andrew manager of PMI Industries, Inc. Labo-McMurtrie as managing director, which ratory Services and Government En-Signell, Ferland will see him take responsibility for gineering operations. In this position, growing international business through Join Hydroid Mr. Marino is primarily responsible for the new division.Hydroid, Inc., announced organizational overseeing and managing the subsea changes to its management team. Libby cable and hardware testing laboratory Signell was appointed as vice president functions for the company. He also will Pedersen New of operations. Signell, most recently serve as the liaison between PMI and EIVA Chairmanprogram manager at Hydroid, brings to various domestic and international gov-The Board of Directors of Danish EIVA her new position more than 30 years of ernment agencies, as well as indepen-a/s is headed by Flemming Bligaard engineering and program management dent contractors.Pedersen as of January 14, 2014. With experience. She has previously worked Previously, Marino was the Manager the appointment of the new chairman, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic In- for PMI’s Engineering Department that the offshore service and equipment pro-stitution and Lockheed Martin. Signell develops subsea cable hardware. He vider prepares to further strengthen its holds a mechanical engineering degree joined PMI in 1985 as a project engi-business in the light of the growth it has from the University of Michigan and is neer. He is a 1984 graduate of Cleveland seen in recent years. a certi? ed Project Management Profes- State University with a Bachelor of Me-Pedersen has technical understanding sional (PMP). chanical Engineering degree. Marino and many years of management experi-Leading Hydroid’s team of engineers received his Ohio registered Profes-ence from a career that has included in-will be Julie Ferland, the company’s sional Engineering certi? cation in 1993. March 201478 MTRMTR #2 (66-81).indd 78 MTR #2 (66-81).indd 78 2/22/2014 2:12:04 PM2/22/2014 2:12:04 PM