Personal knowledge of incident response, regulatory compliance, and expertise in the design and execution of successful exercises is essential. Our personnel are experienced in each of these areas, and together they have a cumulative experience base of over 75 years in maritime safety and environmental response. While they worked together at the USCG National Strike Force, Tom Marquette, Jim Armstrong , and Paul Gebert were the driving force behind the development of the federal government’s highly successful National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (PREP). The PREP program set the standard for pollution and disaster exercises in the maritime industry.

Tom Marquette: 252-330-4254 tommarquette@ppscorp.com 252-339-5278 (mobile)

• 30 years of active service in the United States Coast Guard (USCG)
• Assignments at 4 USCG Marine Safety Offices a qualified marine casualty investigator, marine inspector, port operations officer, and pollution responder
• 6 years as the Chief of the National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (PREP) Division at the USCG National Strike Force – Developer of the National PREP Guidelines - conducted over 45 government-led PREP exercises
• President PPS Inc. - has conducted approximately 200 exercise and training sessions.

Jim Armstrong: 502-741-1335 jimarmstrong@ppscorp.com

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  22 years of active service in the United States Coast Guard (USCG)
• Assignments at 3 USCG Marine Safety Offices, a qualified marine casualty investigator, marine inspector, port operations officer, and pollution responder
• 4 years as the Chief of the Government-led PREP Exercise Development Branch at the USCG National Strike Force – conducted over 28 government-led PREP exercises
• 2 tours teaching maritime safety as a Master Instructor at the USCG Marine Safety School
• Vice President PPS Inc. - has conducted approximately 175 exercise and training sessions.

Paul Gebert: 610-469-1810 paulgebert@ppscorp.com 610-842-4280 (mobile)

• Over 9 years of active service in the United States Coast Guard (USCG)
• Assignments at a USCG Marine Safety Office, as qualified marine casualty investigator, marine inspector, port operations officer, and pollution responder
• 4 years as the Exercise Development Team Leader and 1 year as Chief of the Government-led PREP Exercise Development Branch at the USCG National Strike Force – conducted over 36 government-led PREP exercises
• Corporate Emergency Response Manager for a Northeast OSRO. Conducted response to over 300 oil and chemical spills both on water and on land for a wide variety of large and small clients.
• Vice President PPS Inc. - has conducted approximately 175 exercise and training sessions.