Pat has filled a variety of roles in engineering operations, maintenance and repair of ships and boats for over 30 years. Graduating as a licensed 3rd Assistant Engineer from the California Maritime Academy, he’s worked as a port crane mechanic for American President Lines, high rise facilities engineer, U.S. Coast Guard Naval Engineer, and most recently as Chief of the U.S. Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Center’s Industrial Operations Division. In 2019 he assumed his current position at NSWC Carderock’s Combatant Craft Division, where he now serves PEO Ships PMS300G’s Life Cycle Manager for Navy Boats and Combatant Craft in providing optimal sustainment support.