Service Center Staff

MOBILE: (910) 367-6270

Atlantic Marine’s Service Director, Richard, oversees all aspects of the service center’s daily operations including personnel, scheduling and distribution of work for technicians.  He also manages all work orders, logistics, handling insurance/warranty claims and vendors. He maintains a positive rapport with his service staff members and ensures they are properly trained and equipped with the resources and tools needed to perform all service-related jobs. Specializing in customer service negotiations, Richard has developed and maintained positive customer relationships and trust throughout his 25 years at Atlantic Marine.

Richard has received many service and customer excellence awards with Grady-White, Yamaha service management, and been recognized as a Yamaha five star certified service manager.

Richard grew up on lakes in Hartsville, SC and later moved with his family to Goldsboro, NC. Richard enjoyed being on the water and operating boats at an early age. Upon graduating high school, Richard moved to Wilmington, NC and attended Cape Fear Community College.  He has lived in Wilmington for 30 years and is blessed to call Wilmington home.

Richard and his wife, Heather, are devoted parents to their two sons, Patrick and William. When Richard isn’t working he enjoys spending time with family, hunting, fishing and getting out on the water.

MOBILE: (910) 520-5412

Zach is Atlantic Marine’s Parts Manager located at the service center. He ensures that inventory is fully stocked with anything the technicians need to complete a job and anything a customer may need. Zach is proud to serve AM’s sales staff and technicians with great products from Yamaha and Grady White. He has been the Parts Manager for about a year and his favorite part of his job is the daily interaction and challenges as well as the relationships he builds with customers.

Zach was born and raised in Durham, NC and moved to Wilmington in 2015. He began working for Atlantic Marine as a team member at the marina and enjoyed his time there because he got to know customers. In that setting, he began to love the marine industry because he got to experience a variety of things from putting boats in and out of the water to weighing a 600 pound Marlin on the forklift. Zach has a passion for baseball and plays in a summer league in the area. When he isn’t working, he loves to cook and watch sports as well as paint and draw.

MOBILE: (910) 620-0383

Dara works at the service center on Eastwood where she provides excellent customer service, writes work orders, arranges boat transportation, and communicates with service technicians to ensure the smooth operation of our service center.

Dara was born and raised in Asheboro, NC and moved to Wilmington 13 years ago to be closer to the beach. She previously worked in the auto business but decided to try her hand in the marine business and fell in love. She appreciates that her job has something to do with the beach and the water – both of which she loves. One of her accomplishments in life is the PRO ASM award that she received while working in the car industry.

Dara loves to spend her time with her family when she gets the opportunity! Her personal interests include anything to do with the water/ocean – heading to the beach, kayaking, or boating. She also has a cat, Haley, who she spends her time with as well. Another hobby of Dara’s is traveling to fun destinations – Key West is her favorite!

MOBILE: (910) 540-5762

Buddy was previously a parts manager when he joined the Atlantic Marine family in 2011, but is now the Service Manager/Advisor. Some of his daily activities include coordinating and scheduling incoming service, writing work orders, invoicing, and updating customers on additional needed repairs.

Buddy was born and raised in Wilmington and graduated from New Hanover High. He worked at DuPont for six years and then at Crocker’s Marine for 15 years. He co-owned Holden Beach Marina and also worked at Bob King Volkswagen. However, he missed the marine industry and then began working for Atlantic Marine.

He achieved the level of 2 stroke OMC Master Technician in 1988 and 1996 and has been married for 33 years to his wife, Katy. He has two grown and married children named Carson and Erica. He is a grandfather to four – Samantha, Noah, Jackson, and Emma. His free time consists of boating, inshore fishing, hunting, camping, and spending time with his family.

MOBILE: (910) 465-6687

Mike is Atlantic Marine’s facility operations supervisor. He is responsible for pickup and delivery of boats, building maintenance, and checking boats prior to delivery. Mike also drives the forklift at the service center to transport boats in and out of the bays for our technicians.

Mike is from Port Orange, Florida and spent 4 years in the Navy before moving to Wilmington in 1986. He is a Life Member of VFW post. Mike is married and has one daughter. Mike’s personal interests include motorcycles, hunting, and anything mechanical.

Jody is a Yamaha Master Technician and is also ABYC certified. He works at the Service Center and mobile when needed.

He has an 11 year old son and 6 year old daughter. Jody enjoys camping, surfing, diving, fishing, or anything outdoors. He also enjoys reading nonfiction technical and historical books.

Bobby joined the Atlantic Marine team in 2017 as a technician and he currently works at the Service Center and mobile when necessary. He is a certified as a Grady-White specialist, Yamaha technician, Garmin Electronics technician, and Fischer Panda Generators technician. He is a member of NMEA and ABYC. Bobby does a little bit of everything.

Bobby was born in raised in New Hanover County and began working on charter boats at 14. He started out washing boats at a local marine in 1999 and soon became technically involved. He began working for Crocker’s Marine in 2000 and started working on Grady White boats and there he gained a ton of experience. In 2008, Bobby opened Bailey Marine where he ran a full service marine facility and electronics installation/repair center.

In his spare time, Bobby loves to fish, surf, build/work on things, and hang out with his family and friends.

Brad joined the Atlantic Marine team in 2012 as a sales and service specialist at the service center. His daily duties vary during the seasons but he manages new boat rigging, preparing boat deliveries to new owners, boat and electronic installations and Yamaha outboard repowers. Brad also manages off season climate-controlled boat storage at our hangar.

Brad grew up in the family boating business at Pages Creek Marine and enjoys boating, hunting, fishing, and traveling. He has been married to his wife, Susanna, for 30 years and has two adult children – Zack and Allie. Zack is completing his PhD at Berkeley and planning to work at Apple after graduation. Allie married in 2018 and works in the New Hanover County Hospital system.

Rick works at the service center as a Yamaha technician. He services Yamaha outboard motors and boat systems. He has been with Atlantic Marine for 2 years and has worked in the marine industry for 14 years.

Rick graduated from Cape Fear Community College in 2003 with a degree in marine technology. He is married and has three sons. His personal interests include fishing, boating, and traveling.