David Martin

Current

Unlimited DP Master at Cal Dive International

Past

Unlimited DP Master at Global Industries
Master Unlimited at Maritime Management Services, Inc
DP Captain at Epic Divers & Marine

DPO at Otto Candies, LLC
Master Unlimited at Maritime Management Services, Inc
Third Captain at Otto Candies, LLC
DPO at C-Mar
Chief Mate at McDermott
Chief Mate at Ocean Services
System Administrator at Boeing
Win 95 Tech Support Team Lead at Keane
Captain at Cruise West
Chief Mate at M/V Pembina
Chief Mate at Clipper Navigation
Chief Mate / Relief Captain at DynCorp International
Chief Mate at Lockheed Martin
2nd Mate at Edison Chouest Offshore
Chief Mate at General Electric
2nd Mate at MARAD NDRF
Captain at Sunmar Shipping
Operations Manager at Coastal Transportation Inc.
Chief Mate at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
2nd Mate at Knappton Towing
Mate / Relief Master at Canonie Transportation
Chief Mate at Tug Sea Skimmer
Chief Mate at M/V Makaka
Student at Kildall Nautical School
AB Seaman at M/V Pribilof
AB Seaman at ULCC Maryland
AB Seaman at M/V Northstar III
AB Seaman at US Army Corps of Engineers
South American Field Rep at Wesmar
AB Seaman at R/V HERO
Quartermaster at NOAA
Quartermaster 3rd Class at U.S. Coast Guard

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Education

University of Idaho

Recommended

3 people have recommended David

Connections

131 connections

Industry

Oil & Energy

Websites

dpcaptain.blogspot.com

David Martin’s Summary

David has been going to sea for over 30 years. Currently sailing as Unlimited Master of the 252 foot Dive Support and Sub Sea Construction Vessel, MYSTIC VIKING, he commutes between the US Gulf Coast and his home in Costa Rica.

David Martin’s Specialties:

Unlimited Master Mariner, Unlimited DPO, Dive Support, ROV, Sub Sea Construction, Pipe-laying, Drilling, Ice Piloting, Towing, Marine Research, has sailed all over the world on many different classes of vessels. David is also highly skilled with computers and high technology and has worked in High Tech.

David Martin’s Experience

Unlimited DP Master

Cal Dive International

(Public Company; DVR; Oil & Energy industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)
Unlimited DP Master

Global Industries

(Public Company; GLBL; Oil & Energy industry)

August 2008 — July 2009 (1 year )
Master Unlimited

Maritime Management Services, Inc

(Maritime industry)

June 2008 — July 2008 (2 months)

Master of the DSV EPIC DIVER
DP Captain

Epic Divers & Marine

(Oil & Energy industry)

June 2008 — July 2008 (2 months)

Master of the DSV EPIC DIVER
DPO

Otto Candies, LLC

(Maritime industry)

December 2007 — May 2008 (6 months)

DPO on the Platform Supply Vessels CELIA and EMILY CANDIES
Master Unlimited

Maritime Management Services, Inc

(Maritime industry)

July 2007 — December 2007 (6 months)

Master of the R/V ALUCIA and the Seismic Survey Vessel BGP PIONEER.
Third Captain

Otto Candies, LLC

(Maritime industry)

September 2006 — June 2007 (10 months)

Third Captain on the z-drive ROV vessel Chloe Candies.
DPO

C-Mar

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

April 2006 — August 2006 (5 months)

DPO Aboard the DP-MODU Ocean Confidence, drilling a 29,000 deep well in the Walker Ridge lease block area.
Chief Mate

McDermott

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Oil & Energy industry)

January 2003 — March 2006 (3 years 3 months)

Served as DPO / 2nd Mate and was promoted to Chief Mate. Served aboard the DB-50 and the DB-101 in the US Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Campeche off of Mexico.
Chief Mate

Ocean Services

(Maritime industry)

2002 — 2003 (1 year )

Chief Mate aboard the R/V Moana Wave
System Administrator

Boeing

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BA; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

1997 — 2002 (5 years )

SysAdmin supporting the Boeing CSRC tech support call center.
Win 95 Tech Support Team Lead

Keane

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; KEA; Information Technology and Services industry)

1996 — 1997 (1 year )

Technical Support Team Lead, supporting Microsoft Windows 95. Keane was a Microsoft Launch Partner for Win 95.
Captain

Cruise West

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

1995 — 1996 (1 year )
Chief Mate

M/V Pembina

(Maritime industry)

October 1994 — December 1994 (3 months)

Ammo ship carrying explosives from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to Concord, California.
Chief Mate

Clipper Navigation

(Maritime industry)

May 1994 — September 1994 (5 months)

VICTORIA CLIPPER High Speed catamaran ferry running between Seattle, WA and Victoria, BC, Canada
Chief Mate / Relief Captain

DynCorp International

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DCP; Defense & Space industry)

September 1993 — May 1994 (9 months)

Oil Spill Response vessel WASHINGTON RESPONDER, based in Everett, WA.
Chief Mate

Lockheed Martin

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LMT; Defense & Space industry)

September 1992 — August 1993 (1 year )

Chief Mate on Aerostat vessels in the Caribbean carrying out drug interdiction operations with the US Coast Guard.
2nd Mate

Edison Chouest Offshore

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Maritime industry)

January 1992 — May 1992 (5 months)

2nd Mate on the maiden voyage of the Antarctic Icebreaker / Research Vessel NATHANIEL B: PALMER.
Chief Mate

General Electric

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Financial Services industry)

July 1991 — January 1992 (7 months)

Chief Mate on Aerostat vessels in the Caribbean carrying out drug interdiction operations with the US Coast Guard.
2nd Mate

MARAD NDRF

(Maritime industry)

December 1990 — April 1991 (5 months)

Served as 2nd Mate aboard the SS CAPE CATAWBA during operation Desert Storm.
Captain

Sunmar Shipping

(Maritime industry)

1987 — 1990 (3 years )

Captain of a freighter in service between Seattle and Dutch Harbor and Western Alaska.
Operations Manager

Coastal Transportation Inc.

(Oil & Energy industry)

1986 — 1987 (1 year )
Chief Mate

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

(Oil & Energy industry)

August 1982 — December 1985 (3 years 5 months)

I advanced from 3rd Mate up to Chief Mate aboard the R/V ROBERT D. CONRAD. The vessel performed seismic surveys and marine research all over the world.
2nd Mate

Knappton Towing

(Maritime industry)

June 1982 — July 1982 (2 months)

Tug PORTLAND towing tandem rail barges between Prince Rupert, BC and Whittier, Alaska.
Mate / Relief Master

Canonie Transportation

(Maritime industry)

February 1982 — June 1982 (5 months)

Tugs Barbara Andrie and American Viking working on the Atlantic coast.
Chief Mate

Tug Sea Skimmer

(Maritime industry)

December 1981 — January 1982 (2 months)

ITB carrying gasoline from Corpus Cristi to Jacksonville.
Chief Mate

M/V Makaka

(Maritime industry)

August 1981 — October 1981 (3 months)

Salmon Tender working in SE Alaska.
Student

Kildall Nautical School

(Maritime industry)

March 1981 — July 1981 (5 months)

Studying for my 3rd Mate's license.
AB Seaman

M/V Pribilof

(Maritime industry)

November 1980 — January 1981 (3 months)

Freighter running between Seattle, Dutch Harbor, and the Pribilof Islands.
AB Seaman

ULCC Maryland

(Maritime industry)

March 1980 — May 1980 (3 months)

1115 foot tanker on the Valdez to Panama run.
AB Seaman

M/V Northstar III

(Maritime industry)

January 1980 — March 1980 (3 months)

The Northstar III was a Victory Ship used by the BIA to supply Native American villages along the Western Alaska coast.
AB Seaman

US Army Corps of Engineers

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Civil Engineering industry)

January 1979 — January 1980 (1 year 1 month)

Deckhand on the WT PRESTON and the PUGET, debris removal vessels operating on Puget Sound.
South American Field Rep

Wesmar

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

March 1978 — December 1978 (10 months)

Field representative in Panama, Ecuador, and Chile, selling, troubleshooting, repairing and installing the company's scanning sonar systems aboard fishing vessels.
AB Seaman

R/V HERO

(Maritime industry)

August 1977 — January 1978 (6 months)

Deckhand on the 125 foot wooden hulled motor-sail equipped Antarctic Research Vessel HERO running between Ushuaia, Argentina and Palmer Station in the Antarctic.
Quartermaster

NOAA

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

January 1977 — July 1977 (7 months)

NOAA Ship SURVEYOR and McARTHUR sailing Alaskan waters
Quartermaster 3rd Class

U.S. Coast Guard

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

May 1971 — May 1975 (4 years 1 month)

Plank Owner on the USCGC Jarvis, numerous Ocean Station Novembers and Alpats. Two arctic East deployments on the Icebreaker Edisto. Decommisioned the Edisto in 1974.