Background

Marianne Molchan President, Molchan Marine Sciences

Areas of Expertise
• Maritime Security for Ship, Port, Energy Infrastructure in accordance with ISPS and MTSA
• Underwater Operations
• Technology Transfer
• Marine Transportation Safety

Education & Certification
• M.S. Engineering and Science Management, University of Alaska, Anchorage
• B.S. Mathematics, (w/ Honors) California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, California
• U.S. Navy Basic Dive Officer, MK 16, Hyperbaric Chamber Operator, Naval Diving and
   Salvage Training Center
• Demolition Qualified, EOD School Eglin AFB Florida
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Officer Candidate School,
   Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy, New York

Professional Memberships
• American Society of Naval Engineers (04-05 Chair, Southern New England)
• Northeast Veteran-Owned Business Network
• Oceanic Engineering Society
• Thames Maritime Coalition
• Naval Reserve Association
• Marine Oceanographic Technology Network

Professional Experience
Marianne Molchan has been the President of Molchan Marine Sciences for over a decade and is a retired Navy Commander with 25 years of Operations Research, and above/ below water Ship and Port Security experience, worldwide. In the course of her military and civilian careers she has performed ship, and port security and vulnerability assessments for companies servicing tankers, container ship, passenger ferries and bulk carriers. She has written ship and port facility security plans, operations manuals and facility response plans in support of national and international maritime regulations. She has taught Ship Security Officer, Company Security Officer and Port Facility Security Officer courses worldwide. Most recently, Molchan Marine Sciences and Bluewater Defence and Security Ltd. has been providing security consulting services to owner operators of energy infrastructure such as oil platforms, ports as well as land based operations. She has served as an Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection Officer for Military Sealift Command Europe and Liaison officer for Transportation Command in EUCOM during Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Prior to her role as President of Molchan Marine Sciences she served as a NOAA Deck Officer, Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Diving Officer and Officer in Charge of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit 17, Ordnance Clearance Detachment and Area Search Detachment, and Operations Research Analyst for Office of Naval Research. These assignments provided a unique blend of above and below water operational experience.

Marianne has an extensive background in Marine Transportation Safety, including 7 years of active duty with NOAA as a Deck Officer, Dive Supervisor and Hydrographer aboard a NOAA Ship RAINIER. She served as an Oceanographer, Real-Time Water-level Gauge Expert and Ocean Services Program Coordinator to NOAA throughout the Pacific. As the Manager of the Safe Marine Transportation Forum of Puget Sound, she gained international attention forming collaborations and initiating workshops among competing maritime entities of Puget Sound. She is a requested speaker at workshops and conferences on the Maritime Threat.

She has current knowledge of and has consulted on projects including littoral combat ship joint littoral mobility, augmented reality, mine countermeasures, energy security, use of unmanned vehicles, contaminated water diving, underwater port security, tethered vehicles and mission modules in maritime security, as well as the use of new navigational technologies in special operations. It is Marianne’s diverse operational experience that provides Molchan Marine Sciences large firm capabilities with small firm responsiveness.