CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Tecton Corporation
(TTNC) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Steven Saint Amour has joined its Board of
Directors.
Company CEO, Micah J. Eldred
commented, "We are pleased to have Steven join our team.
Steven's deep water technical experience in our industry will prove
a valuable resource for our management team, and on behalf of the
shareholders, I wish to thank him for his commitment to our
Company."
A summary of Steven's industry experience is contained in the
associated 8-K filed today with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and highlights are presented below:
Steven Saint Amour,
Background
Mr. Saint Amour has been involved in the subsea industry for
over twenty-eight years and is recognized as an authority in the
field of aviation and marine casualty investigations. He is an
active member of the International Society of Air Safety
Investigators (ISASI) and the Society of Naval Architects and
Marine Engineers (SNAME) and routinely writes articles and conducts
seminars on behalf of these and other professional
organizations.
In 2009 Mr. Saint Amour and his wife, Joan Saint Amour co-founded Eclipse Group Inc.
(EGI). EGI is a marine operations service provider based in
Annapolis, Maryland and provides
turnkey subsea technical solutions to both commercial and
government customers worldwide. EGI holds several multi-year
contracts and subcontracts with the U.S. Navy, National
Oceanographic Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) and several international
commercial companies based both in the U.S. and abroad.
In 1999 Mr. Saint Amour accepted the position of Remote Operated
Vehicle (ROV) Operations and Sales Manager at Phoenix
International, Inc., an underwater services company based in
Crystal City, VA.
Mr. Saint Amour was tasked with establishment of Phoenix
International's deep-water ROV division whose accomplishments were
instrumental in Phoenix award of
the U.S. Navy's worldwide search and recovery contract in 2001.
While at Phoenix, Mr. Saint
Amour initiated, and managed the design, engineering, build and
operation of nine ROV systems including Phoenix's Remora, Medusa and XBot ROV systems.
These systems routinely conducted operations worldwide for search
and recovery, telecommunications, oil and gas, science and film
projects.
These systems were built to operate in 6,000 meters water depth
and have attained an impressive track record of high profile
operations over the last eleven years, including:
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2012 – Search and
Recovery of a Turkish AF F-4
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2011 – Search and
Recovery of Air France AB 330 Flight 447
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Depth 3,900
meters
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2011 – Inspection of
the RMS TITANIC
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Depth 3,700
meters
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2010 – Search and
Inspection of the AHS CENTUAR
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Depth 1,200
meters
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2010 – Search and
Recovery of a USN E2-C Hawkeye
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Depth 3,500
meters
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2007 – Search and
Recovery of Adam Air Flight 547 Boeing 737
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Depth 1,400
meters
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2009 – Search and
Recovery of Yemeni Flight 626 Airbus 310
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Depth 1,200
meters
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2005 – Search and
Recovery of Tuninter Flight 1153 ATR – 72
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Depth 1,450
meters
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2005 – Artifact
Collection, RMS Titanic
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Depth 3,700
meters
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2004 – Search for
JAMSTECH H-2 Rocket engine
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Depth 5,900
meters
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2003 – Search and
Recovery of a USN F-14 Tomcat
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Depth 3,200
meters
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2003 – Search and
Recovery of a USN SH-60 Helicopter
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Depth 2,900
meters
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2001 – Inspection of
the RMS TITANIC
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Depth 3,700
meters
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2000 - Recovery of
the INS/DAKAR forward sail section
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Depth 3,000
meters
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2000 – Search and
Recovery of a Israeli AF F-16
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Depth 1,400
meters
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2000 – Search and
Recovery for JAMS TECH-2 Rocket engine
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Depth 3,400
meters
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1999 – Discovery of
the Israeli Submarine INS DAKAR
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Depth 3,000
meters
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Mr. Saint Amour's group at Phoenix was called upon to create innovative
ROV systems for unique applications including feature film
projects. The Medusa and XBot ROVs have been seen in several IMAX
documentaries and TV Specials. Examples include:
"Ghosts of the Abyss" produced by IMAX and directed by
James Cameron.
"Last Mysteries of the Titanic" produced by Discovery Channel and
directed by James Cameron.
"Search for the USS Indianapolis" produced by Discovery
Channel.
"USS Monitor" produced by the History Channel.
Over a 14-year period, Mr. Saint Amour was a voting shareholder
and served on the Board of Directors at Phoenix International
Inc. In 2007 Mr. Saint Amour sold his ownership interest to
Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. an Employee Stock Ownership
Program (ESOP).
Mr. Saint Amour has worked in virtually every aspect of the
subsea industry as a commercial diver, ROV technician, pilot and
project manager for various major diving and ROV service providers
including Taylor Diving, Subsea, Inc. Sonsub, Inc. Eastport
International, Inc. and Oceaneering Technologies, a division of
Oceaneering International, Inc.
Cautionary Information Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements.
Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are
made under the Safe Harbor Provision of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from the anticipated. The information
contained in this release is as of January
7, 2014. Tecton Corporation assumes no obligation to
update forward-looking statements contained in this release as the
result of new information or future events or developments.
CONTACT: Abby Lord, 727-289-0010
x488
SOURCE Tecton Corporation
