Oceaneering, a subsea engineering and applied technology company based in Houston, has made several new appointments including those of a chief financial officer (CFO) and chief operating officer (COO). Furthermore, Oceaneering announced the appointment of Senior Vice President, Operations Support.

Oceaneering named Alan R. Curtis as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In addition to finance, tax, and accounting functions, Curtis will also be responsible for the oversight of Oceaneering’s investor relations activities, corporate development, risk management policies, and facilities management.

Curtis joined Oceaneering in 1995 as a Financial Controller and since December 2014 has served as Senior Vice President, Operations Support. He has over 28 years of oilfield service and products industry experience.

Marvin J. Migura, Executive Vice President, stated, “Since Alan joined Oceaneering he has excelled in all of the positions he has held and progressively assumed more challenging and significantly higher responsibilities. He brings exceptional focus and knowledge of Oceaneering’s operations, financial experience, and leadership to his new role as Chief Financial Officer. These attributes will be beneficial to our daily operations, the market-driven business challenges we currently face, and our long-term growth plans.”

W. Cardon Gerner will continue to serve Oceaneering as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.

COO

Oceaneering also announced the promotion of Clyde Hewlett to Chief Operating Officer. In this capacity he will have expanded responsibility for managing all of Oceaneering’s oilfield business.

Hewlett’s career spans 37 years in the offshore oil and gas industry. He joined Oceaneering in 1988 as a Project Manager and has held progressively more responsible roles, most recently as Senior Vice President, Subsea Services.

Rod Larson, President, stated, “Clyde’s promotion to Chief Operating Officer recognizes his proven track record of accomplishment, broad technical knowledge, and superior commercial skills in increasing roles of responsibility. We are looking forward to his stewardship in this expanded role.”

Senior VP, Operations Support

Finally, Oceaneering announced the promotion of Eric A. Silva to Senior Vice President, Operations Support.

Silva joined Oceaneering in February 2014 as Vice President and Chief Information Officer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.

As Senior Vice President, Operations Support, Silva will continue his leadership of Information Technology and assume additional responsibility for Human Resources, Supply Chain Management, and Internal Audit. Silva’s career spans over 30 years in the oilfield service, chemical, energy, and oil and gas industries.

Migura stated, “Since Eric joined Oceaneering he has been instrumental in driving strategic alignment of technology and technology services with corporate and business unit goals. He has proven to be a superb builder of effective teams that focus on and collaborate with the business. Eric has been well accepted within the organization and his broad background makes him an ideal candidate to serve an expanded support role with the company.”

Silva is replacing Alan R. Curtis, who has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Source: www.offshoreenergytoday.com

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