Steve has been in the offshore industry for 33 years, and has been involved in deepwater development and specifically Tension Leg Platforms for most of that time.  His PhD is from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.  Steve’s career path has included 9 years with Gulf Oil Company, 10 years as head of a small deep water engineering firm, and 14 years with SBM Atlantia.   Steve has been involved in 15 TLP and semi projects.  Steve was on the design team for the world’s first TLP, the first Gulf of Mexico TLP, the first mini-TLP, and the worlds first DeepDraft Semi.  He is chairman of the API RP2T committee.