Marianne Molchan, President Molchan Marine Sciences
| Marianne Molchan President, Molchan Marine Sciences 107 Palmer Neck Rd Pawcatuck, CT 06379 USA 860-599-8366 (v) 860-680-6460 (c) |
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| Marianne@molchanmarine.com molchanm@comcast.net www.molchanmarine.com |
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| Professional Experience Marianne Molchan is the President of Molchan Marine Sciences (MMS). Molchan Marine Sciences (MMS) is a multi-disciplinary small business enterprise supporting the development and execution of projects in Ship, Port and Offshore Energy Security, Marine Transportation Safety, Diving and Underwater Operations as well as Technical Writing and Maritime Education. In the course of her military and civilian careers she performed ship, and port facility security and vulnerability assessments for owner operators servicing tankers, container ship, passenger ferries, military transport vessels, and bulk carriers. She worked with port facilities in the United States, Caribbean, and Europe conducting port facility security assessments and writing ship and port facility plans, technical manuals, operations manuals and facility response plans in support of newly implemented ISPS Code regulations as well as existing national and international maritime regulations. She has taught Ship Security Officer, Company Security Officer and Port Facility Security Officer courses to several hundred students worldwide. She has chaired and has been a requested speaker for multiple panels on maritime security and ship and port security technologies. MMS has provided security consulting services to owner operators of energy infrastructure such as oil platforms, ports as well as land based operations. In 2009 MMS was pursued by the Defence Science and Technology Organization (DSTO) (Australia) and hired by Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) (United Kingdom) to participate in a multi-national (US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia) military/civilian supported port security trial evaluating over 25 port security technologies and their effectiveness in Sydney Harbor against above and below water threats. This was the most extensive trial of its kind allowing for port security technology and threat assessment in a fully operational port during the port’s busiest time of year. MMS was asked to make technology evaluations and write the Quick Look Report as a preliminary appraisal of the performance of the technologies tested in the port. She is trained in the Incident Command System (ICS) a methodology used in the United States to organize a command system with multiple state, federal, private and public first responders and deal with an incident (i.e. port explosion, weapons of mass destruction). Prior to holding the position of President of Molchan Marine Sciences, Marianne was a Senior Analyst for MicroSystems Integration identifying performance measures and capabilities of US Coast Guard assets, and creating and utilizing a Waterways Evaluation Tools for several U.S. East and West coast ports. Waterways evaluation factors included mobility, safety and protection of the natural resources. She was in charge of Special Projects for VideoDiscovery, an award winning post secondary electronic media education company. In this capacity she created mini-documentaries highlighting careers in oceanography for educational CDs and VideoDiscs. She served as the Manager of the Safe Marine Transportation Forum of Puget Sound, a predecessor to the Puget Sound Harbor Safety Committee. In this position she gained international attention forming collaborations and initiating workshops among competing maritime entities of Puget Sound organizing international conferences and forums on marine navigation safety, issues involving fast ferries, ballast water discharge, electronic charts and other marine related topics. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Qualifications Marianne was qualified as a Deck Officer, Hydrographer, and Diving Officer on the Hydrographic Ship NOAA SHIP RAINIER, home ported in Seattle Washington, and conducting hydrographic surveys primarily in Alaska and California. Following her ship assignment, she installed, maintained and monitored a series of 60 tide and tsunami gauges located from San Diego, California north to Adak, Alaska and from Honolulu, Hawaii west to Okinawa. It was in this assignment Marianne worked directly with the government and civilian entities responsible for access to port infrastructure within which the gauges resided. She was the Ocean Services Program Coordinator in Honolulu and Anchorage Alaska working for the National Ocean Service and National Weather Service educating the public on relevant oceanographic/weather events and providing NOAA products and services to public, private, state, federal and local government representatives. U.S. Military Qualifications Marianne is a retired Navy Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve with 25 years (NOAA/USN) of Ship and Port Security, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Salvage, and Operations Research Analysis experience in both the above and below water environments. She holds qualifications in the following areas: |
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Basic Dive Officer, Dive Supervisor Officer in Charge (OIC) Area Search Detachment (Det) OIC, EOD Ordnance Clearance Det MK 20, MK 21 Surface Supply Diver MK 16 Mixed Gas Diver Demolition Qualified |
Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection Officer Level II Port Services Officer Operations Control Center Briefing Officer Commanding Officer, Military Sealift Command Shipping Operations Officer Operations Analyst |
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As the Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection Officer for Military Sealift Command (MSC) Europe during Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom she facilitated the movement of civilian (contracted under the U.S. Military Sealift Command) and military supply ships in Europe. She served in the ports of Naples, Rotterdam and Bremerhaven. It was during this time the ISPS code was being implemented, affecting both MSC and commercial ship traffic. During the same period she served as Liaison Officer for EUCOM MSC office and Acting Commanding Officer for the U.S. Transportation Command in Stuttgart Germany facilitating military flights and ship movements in Europe and Africa. This provided an extensive knowledge base of maritime threats, issues related to inport visits and transits. She served as a Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Diving Supervisor and Officer in Charge of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit 17, Ordnance Clearance and Area Search Detachments, and an Operations Research Analyst for Office of Naval Research. These assignments provided a unique blend of above and below water operational experience combining technology and port security expertise. Teaching and Conferences and Workshops Marianne Molchan was certified as an instructor through Tactical Defense Concepts and has taught Ship Security Officer, Company Security Officer and Port Facility Security Officer Courses to multiple entities in support of the ISPS Code. She has also been asked to speak at conferences and workshops on the subject of Maritime Security, Implementation of ISPS and Maritime Technology Transfer. Following is a representative number of presentations made by Marianne Molchan over the past decade: |
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Representative Publications Interconnect Solutions Aboard Submarines: AMETEK SCP Continues to Implement Connector Technology in Naval Submarines” Sea Technology July 2012 Augmented Reality: Brings Digital Information Into View” Sea Technology March 2010 Anti-Piracy TTPs Tactics Technology and Politics for Marine Technology Reporter June 2009 What do you get when you Cross the Blue Water and Brown Water Navies?” Sea Technology April 2008 Howler Experiment: Innovation Brings Success to Coordinated Autonomous Vehicle Operators” for H20 Ops Magazine Dec 06/Jan 07 The Role of Micro-ROVs in Maritime Safety and Security” for H2O Ops Magazine, April/May 2006 Contaminated Water Diving Wake-up Call” for H2O Ops Magazine June/July 06 The Role of Micro-ROVs in Maritime Safety and Security” 2005 White Paper for MMS Website Joint Littoral Mobility, Littoral Combat Ship” for Bath Ironworks LCS team 2004 Ehime Maru Technical Salvage Report” Co-Authored with JMS 2003 for Supervisor of Salvage USN Augmented Realty: Innovation through Experimentation” The Second Australian-American Joint Conference on the Technology of Mine Countermeasures” Sydney 2001 for MINWARA Delong Mountain Marine Geophysical Study” May 1999, for NORTEC Before You Leave the Dock" 1999, Washington State boating safety brochure for USCG Loadmax, An Evaluation of a Real-Time Water Level System in the Columbia River” for NOAA Marine Reporting: The Development of a Northwest Marine Safety Reporting System" , for Safe Marine Transportation Forum of Puget Sound The Water Planet" Videodiscovery CD-ROM and Laser Disc 1995. An Assessment of Single Station Forecasting Methodologies for Naval Special Warfare Applications" USN, Tech Note 60, July 1990 Alaska Bore Tales: A Local Guide to Bore Tide Sightings” for NOAA, 1985. |
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