Grossetti License Consulting Mark Grossetti A Premiere Maritime License Consultant Licensing Experience Since 1979

Mark Grossetti has over twenty-one years leadership experience as an active-duty U.S. Coast Guard officer from 1977 to 1999.

EXPERIENCE

• Coast Guard Headquarters Staff - Elbow-to-elbow experience in Washington, DC with the highest level USCG and DOT executives and attorneys. Program manager for the maritime drug & alcohol testing regulations. Branch chief for mariner license suspension and revocation proceedings. Authored commercial fishing vessel safety regulations.
  
  
• Mariner Licensing - Nationally recognized expert in the complex field of mariner licensing and vessel manning regulations. Established and supervised Regional Exam Centers. Pioneered mail transactions system. Hands-on licensing experience includes:
  • Evaluator/examiner before RECs were established
  • Evaluator/examiner during the establishment of RECs in 1982
  • Senior Inspector of Personnel during the 46 CFR Part 10 rewrite in the late 1980s
  • Licensing experience during initial STCW and tankerman regulation changes
  
  
• Marine Inspector - Supervised marine inspection department. Inspected hundreds of commercial vessels for safety/regulatory compliance, including lifesaving, firefighting, hull, machinery, and electrical systems.
  
  
• Marine Investigator - Supervised marine investigation departments. Investigated the cause of scores of marine casualties. Successfully prosecuted a dozen suspension and revocation cases against mariner licenses before Administrative Law Judges.
  
  
• Port Operations - Supervised port operations department. Coordinated oil spill cleanups, implemented port safety programs, directed vessel movements, etc.
  
  
• Deck Watch Officer - Directed navigational watches on Medium Endurance Cutter. Boarding officer for drug smuggling operations, Fishery Conservation Management Act compliance, and law enforcement.

EDUCATION / ACCREDITATIONS

B.S., Ocean Engineering, 1977, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Unlimited Second Mate Merchant Mariner License
Connecticut-registered Engineer in Training

Copyright 1999-2014 Mark Grossetti
Last revised: March 2014