From Subsea to Space at the ONS Conference

Two people with extensive experience in revealing how the energy sector can learn from the space industry are Mark Gittleman and Dick Frisbie.

During this year's ONS Conference we will be focusing on new technologies and how we can close technology gaps by learning from other industries.

Dick Frisbie is senior VP at Deepwater Technology, while Mark Gittleman is vice president and general manager at Oceaneering Space Systems. Both are based in the USA.

"I have personally had the pleasure of meeting both Frisbie and Gittleman, and I'm looking forward to their presentation at this year's ONS",  says ONS president Kjell Ursin-Smith.

"Both are outstanding experts in their fields and have seen the need for and benefits of mutual linkage between the space and oil industries. We can anticipate a ground-breaking presentation", says Ursin-Smith

Gittleman and Frisbie have been invited to hold their presentation entitled "From Subsea to Space" on Thursday 26 August at 9.50 a.m.

 

Mark M. Gittleman
Mark Gittleman is vice president and general manager at Oceaneering International Inc.'s Oceaneering Space Systems (OSS) division. 

As both VP and GM, he is responsible for all of Oceaneering's space business activities, which include the Constellation Space Suit System, together with the design, development, manufacturing, certification, and sustaining engineering of thermal protection systems (TPS) for re-usable and expendable launch vehicles; astronaut tools and equipment for EVA and IVA operations; robotic systems for space, bio-technology, and explosive ordinance disposal; and operation of NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab.  He is also a lead instructor for Oceaneering's internal, three-day Leading High Performance Teams course. 

Mr. Gittleman helped start OSS in 1988 and has worked as an engineer, project manager and programme manager. Before joining OSS he worked in the offshore oil and gas production industry, where he was a commercial diver and diving supervisor. 

In 2009, OSS was awarded the George M. Low Quality Award for products - NASA's most prestigious award for quality and performance. Mr. Gittleman holds a patent for the robotic harvesting of crystals from liquid, and is a recipient of NASA's Public Service Medal. 

Mr. Gittleman has degrees in Political Science and Ocean Engineering from the University of California, San Diego and California State University, Long Beach, respectively, and is a registered professional engineer in Texas.

 

Dick Frisbie
Dick Frisbie is senior VP of Deepwater Technology of Ocean Systems, Inc., an Oceaneering company. He began his career with Ocean Systems, Inc. in 1974, as a senior ocean engineer, working out of Reston, Virginia. 

During the last 36 years Frisbie's work has included responsibility for the design, fabrication, and certification of the industry's first 1500 fsw diving system. He has also worked as programme manager for Unmanned Tethered Submersibles (now known as ROVs). He has held the positions of  senior vice president and general manager of Ocean Systems Engineering, Inc. (OSE) and VP of Oceaneering International Advanced Technology. For the last 13 years he has been senior VP of Deepwater Technology.

Frisbie is regarded as one of the leading experts in the industry. He is a dynamic leader, and in 2004 was awarded the Offshore Technology Conference's Individual Achievement Award.

Mr. Frisbie earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1965, with a minor in Naval Architecture. He has also studied metallurgy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In July 1974, he earned an M.S. degree in Physical Oceanography/Ocean Engineering from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.


Space and Energy
ONS believes that there is exciting potential developing at the interface between space and energy.

UPDATE: Mark M. Gittleman will hold the presentation by himself, as Dick Frisbie will not be able to participate.

 

source: ONS 2010