Tim Romedy

Phone: ( 979 ) 245 - 6649
Cell : ( 979 ) 943 - 1613
E-mail: conros@sbcgobal.net

Marine Systems Engineer

Over twenty years of experience in the use, maintenance and design of electronic systems, with a significant emphasis in the development and operations of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). I have engineered and performed several marine diverless salvages, and have been instrumental in the research and development of ROVs and submersibles with a variety of operational capabilities. I have extensive experience in data acquisition systems monitoring pressure, strain, displacement, acceleration and gases.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

1997 Marine Offshore Survival and Safety Training, University of Southern Louisiana.
1979 Graduated from the National Radio Institute, Washington, D.C.
Marine Electronics with Radar Endorsement.
1978 Graduated from the Hyro Products Remote Controlled Vehicle School, San Diego, CA.
1977 Graduated from the Divers Institute of Technology, Seattle, WA.
1974 Graduated from Valencia College, Orlando, FL (ASEE).
1969 Graduated from the U.S. Air Force Extension University, Communication and Electronics.
1967 Graduated from the U.S. Army Signal School, Broadcast Television and Microwave Equipment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS

1995— Present: Underwater Consultant
Provide ROV services on customer-owned equipment. Projects: Technical management, engineering and ROV piloting in movie "Sunken Treasures of Lake Tahoe", ROV supervisor on Shasta Dam Temperature Control Device (TCD) Project. Senior Supervisor for Racal – Hibernia Project, performed in the Newfoundland Grand Banks. My duties included supervision of a 10 – man ROV crew with 2 “SEA LION” heavy work ROV’s. Performed pre-survey, route survey, removal of flanges up to 1000lbs, and installation of fish grids. Director of Technical Operations for Discovery International on archeological research projects. Duties included sonar surveys, manned submersible operations, and diving supervisor. Project consultant for Shell Deep Water Development. Responsible for underwater systems intervention, including testing, and installation of subsea completion systems. I currently provide consulting and supervision of ROV projects in Mexico and US GOM.
These include: ROV specialist & HSE consulting on the BP Mardi Gras Transmission System.

1993—1995 Underwater Resources, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Technical Manager and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) chief operator, electrical engineer and consultant. Responsible for all maintenance, repair, special tooling and modifications of both 500' standard configured and 3400' long tunnel ROV systems. Projects included supervision and ROV operation on numerous shallow and deep water detailed ROV inspection projects for cable and pipeline placement, dam surveys of intake/outlet structures and vent shafts, pen stocks, tunnels and rock traps. Underwater remote sensing project design and specifications for setting and monitoring targets with proficiency in side scan bottom surveys, sonar imaging/profiling for large basin and sedimentation surveys, pipeline and corridor surveys and utilization of GPS, Loran-C and other navigational equipment.

1992—1993 Hydro Vision International, San Diego, CA
Field Engineer/Customer Service. Senior engineer responsible for all field and in-house customer assistance for subsea video and photo cameras, lighting systems and associated equipment for private and public sectors (U.S. Navy).

1991—1992 Tim Romedy, Consultant, San Diego, CA
Contract submersible pilot/technician. Performed subsea operations using a variety of public and private sector owned submersibles, including search and recovery utilizing ROV's to depths of 17,500 feet.

1989—1991 Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Structural Systems Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, CA
Senior Research and Development Technician. Performed design, installation, and maintenance of video and optical systems. Developed the Whole Sky Imager used in the "Star Wars" high-energy laser. While at the Structural Systems Lab, I was responsible for seismic testing of full-scale concrete reinforced buildings, bridges and freeway structures, which included building and instrumenting models for testing and data acquisition, using a 525 channel data acquisition system. Measurements taken included strain, displacement, force, and acceleration. Designs developed during this time are now used by Caltrans for earthquake resistant retrofit of California freeways.

1984—1989 Ocean Robotics, San Diego, CA
President. Provided custom design of tele-robotic systems and remote manipulators for use in subsea and hazardous environments. Co-authored a subsea operations manual for Amoco Oil Company. Designed and manufactured remotely operated tools for use in the cleanup of Three Mile Island nuclear reactor.

1980—1884 Jered Inc./Oceaneering International, Houston, TX
Special Projects Manager. Established their submersible operations program, trained operators and technicians in offshore procedures, developed and commissioned new submersibles and subsea tool packages. Developed the first modular ROV used in diverless installation of anodes on an oil platform.

1978—1980 Taylor Diving and Salvage Company, Belle Chase, LA
Saturation Systems/ROV Technician. Worked on offshore oil field construction and inspection projects including exploration wellhead assistance, pipe laying, platform/pipeline connections, cathodic protection surveys, and monitoring of new construction.

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE (ROV) EXPERIENCE

Sub Sea Hercules – heavy work ROV
Tritech Triton XL, Scorpion. – Heavy work ROV’s
“Sea Lion” Heavy work ROV by TTI.
Benthos "Mini-Rover" - Light inspection vehicle using all electric thrusters. Performed a variety of inspections in tunnels, dams, reservoirs and lakes.

Hydro Products "RCV-225" - Light inspection, electric vehicle with a S.I.T. low light level camera. Performed inspections on oil platforms and pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, Southern California, and the Mediterranean. Used vehicle to place explosives for removal of obstructions in 1800' fsw and also to salvage a 110-ton steam hammer.

International Submarine Engineering "TREC" - Medium duty electric vehicle with hydraulic manipulator. Performed oil platform inspection and "live" boat inspection of pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, and California.

ISE "Hydra" - Heavy-duty work vehicle with hydraulic power supply from 40 HP to 100 HP, powering thrusters, dual manipulators, and various hydraulic tools. Performed wellhead and BOP maintenance, salvage, and pipeline inspection.

AT&T "SCARAB IV" - Special purpose heavy work vehicle weighing 13,000 lbs. It is equipped with a jet sled for cable burial and retrieval, dual spatially correspondent manipulators capable of lifting 1,000 lbs. each, color scanning sonar, magnetometer, 5 television cameras, and 6 hydraulic thrusters. Performed cable maintenance operations on trans-Atlantic cables in the North Atlantic.

AMETEK Straza “Gemini” – A 20,000-foot, fiber-optic work vehicle owned by Oceaneering.
AMETEK Straza "SCORPIO” and SUPER SCORPIO - Heavy duty hydraulic work vehicles. Performed subsea tasks as with other vehicles mentioned.

AMETEK Straza "SCORPI" - Medium hydraulic work vehicle.

Perry Tritech "RECON III" - Medium electric vehicle with electric manipulator. Performed oil platform and pipeline inspections, light salvage and explosives setting.

Perry Tritech "RECON IV" - First "modular" work vehicle, consisting of a "base" vehicle with interchangeable work skids and tool packages for specific tasks. Worked as project manager on the initial vehicle, which carried and installed 650 lb. anodes on oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

Deep Ocean Engineering “Phantom”, “Phoenix” ROV’s

MANNED SUBMERSIBLES:

Nekton Gamma – Discovery International Ltd.: A 2 – man 1050 fsw rated sub used in survey and archeology. I performed maintenance and piloting duties on the above submersible, as well as supervising the Nekton Gamma Operations for Discovery International. Perry PC 12 diver lockout sub.

OTHER EQUIPMENT

SONAR

"AMETEK Straza" - CTFM dual scanning sonar.
"Mesotec" - Single head color scanning sonar.
"Wesmar" - Towed side scan sonar and single head color scanning sonar.
"Klein" - Towed side scan sonar.
“Amfac” – Towed side scan sonar
Sonar equipment experience in oil fields, military, and civilian applications. Tasks included pipeline and cable locations and survey, and search and recovery.
“Mesotech”- 900 series profiling sonars and side scan sonar.
Tritech “Sea King” scanning sonar, bathy and profilers.

MAGNETOMETER

"Inovatum" - Triple-head magnetometer system used in tracking buried pipelines and performing corrosion potential measurements. Used on the AT&T SCARAB IV vehicle for cable location and tracking.

TRACKING SYSTEMS

"Honeywell RS-7 and RS-902" - Acoustic positioning and tracking systems used for ROV tracking during pipeline and cable inspections and other "live boat" operations. Performed oil jacket installations using the RS-902 system.
"Ore-Trackpoint II" - Tracking system used in "live boat" operations.

SURVEY

Extensive use of Winfrog and Hypack survey software for pre-lay, route survey, and as-built
Surveys.

TOOLING

ROV torque tools, hot stabs, various cutting tools and tree intervention tools.