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• • Page 2 of 6, Resume of F. San Miguel, 3/7/10 Employment: 35 years of uninterrupted service with McDermott International and six years with Maryland Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, all in shipbuilding or offshore marine construction industries. I joined McDermott as Naval Architect and Chief Engineer in 1964 and advanced through the next 35 years to Shipyard Division Manager, Shipyard Vice President, Systems and Automation Vice President, General Manager and Vice President of Marketing and Business Development in the Former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Mexico and the Caspian Bas n I, refired inf 1'999 and' have been active o the consulting 'field advising shipyards and offshore; const uction.. compaiues, m the :marketing of their products arid; performing feasibility studies: References Excellent references, both U.S. and international, can be provided upon request and determination of mutual interest. Experience Technical Started career in the shipbuilding industry as Assistant Naval Architect in a major U.S. East Coast shipyard, Maryland Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company (1958-62) in Baltimore, Maryland, performing Naval Architectural and Structural Calculations for both commercial and naval combatant vessels. During the first two years, I also estimated both repair and new construction work. A foreign assignment followed during which I assisted in the creation of the first ever Mexican -American Shipbuilding Joint Venture in Veracruz, Mexico as Assistant to the Technical Director, 1962-64. In this capacity, I was solely responsible for the staffing, organizing and management of the Purchasing, Engineering and Estimating Depai talent. This included the implementation of the chart of accounts, cost controls, cost analysis, labor/material planning and scheduling in what was then a primitive business environment. Also negotiated labor contracts and taught native personnel the elements of new construction contract negotiation. Yard grew from a group of 30 to 2000 workers in two years, repaired a variety of ocean going ships, designed and built several barges and supply vessels. Shipyard Management Returning to the USA, accepted a position in the newly established shipyard division of one of the foremost pioneers of the offshore marine construction industry, J. Ray McDermott & Co where I played a major role in the growth of that business over a period of twenty years. Starting as Chief Engineer and Naval Architect responsible for New Construction, two vessels per year and 200 employees, rose through several management levels to the position of Vice President and General Manager of a three yard shipyard group (1200 workers and 20 vessels per year) specializing in the construction of medium size vessels engaged in sea going and coastal 3/7/10 2 54