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Marcus Alden, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired), President, 7 P Solutions Mr. Alden was raised in the small town of Milton-Freewater, Oregon just 11 miles south west of Walla Walla, Washington. He joined the United States Coast Guard in 1984 at the age of 17 planning to serve a four year tour and pursue other opportunities. 28 years later, he retired from the Coast Guard on 01 October 2025 while serving his final assignment as the first active duty Operations Officer of Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor. |
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Captain Manny Aschemeyer, President, Cap'n Manny & Associates Cap’n Manny’s career ashore has been successful. He’s served as Port Captain/Operations Manager, Freight Traffic Manager, Fleet Manager, and District Director for several major steamship companies; he’s been Vice President of sales, marketing and public affairs for one of the largest stevedoring and terminal operating contractors in America; and he retired in 2008 after 15 years of service as Executive Director at the Marine Exchange for Southern California – where he was responsible for monitoring and facilitating all ship traffic that moves in and out of the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego, Santa Monica Bay, Santa Catalina Island, and Oxnard Harbor (Port Hueneme). And he established the first -- and only – private sector VTS in the USA. |
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Randy Beardsworth, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired), President, Catalyst Maritime Randy Beardsworth possesses over thirty years of operational and strategic experience, with expertise in maritime domain awareness, maritime security, search and rescue, law enforcement, resource protection, border and transportation security, law enforcement, immigration policy, and bilateral and multilateral treaties. |
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Scott Beeson, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired), Vice President, SCRA Scott joined SCRA in October 2010 leading SCRA efforts in the growing maritime security and homeland security markets. Prior to joining SCRA, Scott served on active duty as a Captain in the United States Coast Guard. While on active duty, Scott was a driving force behind Project SeaHawk, the Intermodal Transportation and Port Security Pilot Project, in Charleston, SC... |
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John Cameron, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired), Executive Director, Charleston Branch Pilots Association, President, Tradeworthy, Inc. Throughout his career in the United States Coast Guard and private business, Captain Cameron has continually focused on the safety and efficiency of marine commerce. He combines engineering expertise in ship systems and structures, and business management experience in port services and marine consulting... |
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Kenneth Christopher, D.P.A., Former Chief of Security, Port of Miami, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Park University Christopher is a former chief of security for the Port of Miami, and captain with the Miami-Dade, Fla., Police Department. He has developed vulnerability assessment training programs for the U.S. Maritime Administration and Organization of American States; and security awareness and credentialing training courses for the National Terrorism Prevention Institute. He authored the 2009 book, Port Security Management, providing practical guidance for managing, planning and coordinating port facility security, and is a certified protection professional by ASIS International. |
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John C. Fetterman, Deputy Executive Director, National Association of State Boating Law Administrators Major John Fetterman joined the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) in January 2010 as the association’s first Director of Law Enforcement. In this capacity, Fetterman works to integrate and coordinate law enforcement programs within NASBLA and to expand the nonprofit organization’s resources for the maritime law enforcement community it serves through education and consulting services. |
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Eric Holdeman, Former Security Director, Port of Tacoma, Principal, Eric Holdeman and Associates Eric Holdeman is the Principal for Eric Holdeman and Associates. His areas of expertise include building regional coalitions between agencies, governments, the private sector and non-profits. Planning, Regional planning, Emergency Operations Center (EOC) design and construction, multi-media public education programs, Joint Information Center (JIC) formation and operations, media relations, social media, meeting facilitation and integration of technology into emergency management and homeland security programs are just a few of the areas in which he has extensive experience... |
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Robert James Lyden, DSO, USCG Auxiliary District 13, Division 3, FL. 38 Mr. Lyden has been involved in the USCG Auxiliary since 2000 and has been instrumental in the implementation of many groundbreaking community engagement programs for the USCG such as the Citizen's Action Network (CAN) and AWW (America's Waterway Watch). He is currently the administrator for the USCG AWW Facebook page. He has received numerous awards for his work with the USCG Auxiliary including The Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation. |
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Edward Lundquist, Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired) Captain Edward Lundquist, U.S. Navy (Retired), is a principal science writer at MCR Federal in Arlington, Virginia, supporting government and commercial clients, including the Office of Naval Research, NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, and the Department of Defense Unmanned Control Segment Working Group. |
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Captain Angel Montanez, Principal, Mass Maritime Marine Captain Montanez is the principal owner of Mass Maritime Marine. He maintains a U.S.C.G. Master Mariners License of unlimited tonnage upon any oceans and a U.S.C.G. QMED / Junior Engineers endorsement unlimited horsepower. A subject matter expert of the maritime industry with over 33 years of experience in both the recreational and commercial marine industry conducting marine surveys, training of all types, and consulting, he is a 1981 graduate of Massachusetts Maritime Academy and an accomplished, “Master Mariner and Marine Surveyor”. |
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Louis Noriega, Former CIO, Port of Miami, President, Automated Port Solutions Louis Noriega’s information technology career spans over 30 years of experience, responsible in activities including strategic planning, evaluation of physical security and operational technologies to meet the ever developing requirements and sophisticated systems, requirements definition and project management. He is past chair of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) Information Technology Committee and has served as a member of the Florida Ports Council Security Committee, Florida Uniform Port Access Credential Committee and has been invited to speak at numerous conferences and seminars throughout the United States and the Caribbean. |
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Edward Seebald, Commander, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired), President, Seebald & Associates Commander Seebald is the founder and President of Seebald & Associates, the premiere Maritime Security Firm in the United States. CDR Seebald has over 27 years of experience in leadership and management positions in the U. S. Coast Guard, at Seebald & Associates, and with the international maritime community. A sample of his Maritime client base includes the Illinois International Port District Port of Chicago, the State of Hawaii, Port of Milwaukee, Savannah LNG, Sempra Energy Group, the United States Coast Guard and the United States Navy... |
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Det. Candice Wright, Long Beach Police Dept., Long Beach FBI JTTF Candice Wright was born and raised in Southern California and has been in law enforcement for over twenty five years. In her capacity as a police detective Ms. Wright has worked complex transnational narcotics cases both as an investigator and in an undercover capacity. For the past 9 years, Detective Wright has been assigned to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), assigned to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Squad. This division of the Los Angeles based JTTF includes; Los Angeles World Airport (LAX), the Los Angeles /Long Beach Port Complex, surface transportation, K-12 schools, college campuses and special event venues. |
