Meet Our Leaders

At Atlantic Marine, we are led by some of the maritime industry's most respected executives - experts with decades of experience in commercial and government ship repair and conversion, megayacht outfitting and refurbishment, offshore oil rig maintenance and conversion and marine and industrial fabrication.

Meet the leaders with the knowledge and customer commitment to keep us at the forefront of the shipyard industry:

• Ron J. McAlear, CEO of Atlantic Marine Holding Company and President of Atlantic Marine Alabama, LLC
• Ed Fleming, Executive Vice President of Atlantic Marine Holding Company and President of Atlantic Marine Florida, LLC
• Greg H. Gay, Chief Financial Officer, Atlantic Marine Holding Company
• Mark Bishara, Vice President of Supply Chain Management, Atlantic Marine Holding Company
• Herschel Vinyard, Vice President of Government Affairs, Atlantic Marine Holding Company

• Bob Birtalan, Vice President of Operations, Atlantic Marine Mayport, LLC
• Greg Guarisco, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Atlantic Marine Alabama, LLC
• Craig Honour, Chief Information Officer, Atlantic Marine Holding Company
• Chuck Nugent, Vice President of Marine Fabrication, Atlantic Marine Florida, LLC
• Vernon T. (Tom) Williams, Vice President of Operations, Atlantic Marine Alabama, LLC
• Kevin Wilson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Atlantic Marine Florida, LLC
  

Ron J. McAlear has been with Atlantic Marine since March 2003. A graduate of Mass Maritime, University of Michigan and MIT, Ron has over three decades of marine experience in operations, marine fabrication, design construction and repair.

Ed has spent 30 years with Atlantic Marine in Jacksonville, Florida. In his long career with the organization, Ed has held various positions, including Estimator, Estimating Manager, Production Manager, Vice President and his current role as President of our Jacksonville facilities.

Greg has been with Atlantic Marine since November 2001. Prior to joining us, he spent 11 years working in various senior financial executive positions for a major hospital system. In addition, he spent five years working for PricewaterhouseCoopers as an auditor, covering multiple industries.

Mark has 15 years of experience in purchasing and supply-chain management. Before joining Atlantic Marine, he worked for 14 years in various purchasing management and executive roles in the automotive industry. Before that, he worked in the construction industry.

Herschel joined Atlantic Marine Holding Company in 1999 as a vice president. He advises the company on governmental, industry and community matters.

Bob has been with Atlantic Marine since 1982. During his career with us, he has held several positions, including Coordinator, Subcontract Administrator, Project Manager, Production Manager and his current position as Vice President of the Mayport operation. Prior to joining Atlantic Marine, Bob spent 13 years in the heavy manufacturing industry

Greg Guarisco
Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Atlantic Marine Alabama, LLC

Greg Guarisco has more than two decades of experience in the marine industry and has been with Atlantic Marine since 1989. Greg has had various roles and responsibilities at Atlantic Marine, including Planning, Production, Estimating and Sales.

Craig Honour
Chief Information Officer, Atlantic Marine Holding Company

Craig has been with us since early 2006 and has extensive experience in both technology and the marine industry. His U.S. Navy career as an aircraft carrier fighter pilot and deep draft Navy ship captain was followed by a decade in the technology industry, including Chief Information Officer for one of the larger school districts in the nation.

Chuck, who has been with Atlantic Marine since July 1997, has more than three decades of experience in shipyard engineering, shipyard operations, estimating, contract management and continuous process improvement. In his current role, he is responsible for project management, contract administration, engineering, estimating and managing as well as leading our marine fabrication production departments.

Tom brings more than three decades of ship operation, maintenance, overhaul, conversion and construction experience to Atlantic Marine. Before joining us, he completed a career in the U.S. Navy, with his last assignment as shipyard commander of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.

Kevin has more than 30 years of experience in the marine industry, 21 of them with Atlantic Marine. His various roles have included Project Manager, Project Manager/Sales Development, Sales Account Executive and Manager of Sales and Marketing.