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TCC PROFILE
James van Antwerp
Committee Members
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center (Division Keyport)
United States
Division Technical Director
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport
Mr. James E. VanAntwerp was appointed as the Division Technical Director (DTD) for Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport in October 2008. At this time, he also became a member of the Senior Executive Service. As DTD, Mr. VanAntwerp oversees the test and evaluation, in-service engineering, maintenance and repair, fleet support and industrial base support for undersea warfare systems, undersea weapon systems, countermeasures and sonar systems. He directs NUWC Keyport operations at a number of remote facilities located throughout the United States.
Mr. VanAntwerp began his Federal Service career in 1981 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), Bremerton, Wash. Prior to his current assignment, Mr. VanAntwerp was the Engineering and Planning Manager at PSNS & IMF, accepting that appointment in March 2003. In this position, he was responsible for the technical specifications and repair procedures for all non-nuclear aspects of ship modernization and repair. He was instrumental in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard conversion to mission funding and integration of the Bremerton and Bangor sites.
From 1997 until 2003, Mr. VanAntwerp was the Waterfront Support Manager, where he managed the fleet introduction, in service support and disposal of today’s technologies on several classes of ships. From 1995 to 1997 he was the Structural Division Manager where he streamlined processes and significantly improved quality and turnaround time for products. From 1992 to 1995 he was the Project Engineering and Planning Manager, leading the engineering recovery effort for the Trident availability.
During his career, Mr. VanAntwerp has been the recipient of numerous awards for Outstanding Performance, Special Act awards and several leadership awards from local community organizations. In 2004 he was awarded the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award for his work with NAVSEA at the corporate level and for his success at refocusing the Engineering Department on sustainable improvements.
Mr. VanAntwerp earned his bachelor’s of science degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan.
The Committee
Chairman
Past Chairman
Rear Admiral Bertil Bjorkman
Former Defence Attaché to United States and ex-Director Produktion – FMV (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration)
Sweden
Founding Members
Executive Advisors
Don McCormack
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States
Rear Admiral Kate Paige
President, Mark India LLC & Special Advisor to U.S. Strategic Command’s Strategic Advisory Board – US MoD
United States
Dr. John Sirmalis
Technical Director (Retired) – Naval Undersea Warfare Centre NAVSEA
United States
Integrated Systems Committee Chair
Surface Committee Chair
Thierry Brizard
Vice President, Research & Technology – Thales Naval Systems
France
Undersea Committee Chair
Dr. Paul Lefebvre
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport
United States
Committee Members
James van Antwerp
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center (Division Keyport)
United States
Jerry Bradshaw
Technical Director, Undersea Technology – Raytheon
United States
André Buhart
Innovation & Technology Manager – Thales - DMS (Naval)
France
Alain Carof
Technical Director, DSIS Information & Security Systems Division – DCNS
France
Matthias Conrad
Senior System Engineer – L3 Communications ELAC Nautik GmbH
Germany
Lyn-Markus Giersch
Office for Defence Procurement (Naval branch) – BWB/Ministry of Defence
Germany
Patrick Keyzer
Business Developer Maritime Operations – TNO Defence, Security & Safety
Netherlands
Roger Mathias
Board Member – Review Board Government Contracting
United Kingdom
George McNamara
Chief Development Officer – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States
Thomas Meurling
Vice President, Solution Concepts – Reson Global Group
United States
Bill Mildon
Vice President, Technology – Ametek
United States
Ralf Siegfried
Head of Systems Engineering – L-3 Communications ELAC Nautik
Germany
Patricia Woody
Department Head, C/90 – Naval Surface Warfare Center
United States
George Zvara
International Program Coordinator – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States
Conference Administrators
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Business Director – MAST Events Ltd
United Kingdom
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Business Director – MAST Events Ltd
United Kingdom
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