Interview: Todd Thayse, Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding

Vice President and General Manager of Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Todd Thayse, has 34 years of experience in the maritime construction and repair industry, working with clients from all over the world as well as vendors and suppliers from the Great Lakes region and beyond. He has an extensive background in manufacturing production, material procurement, strategic planning, estimating, budgeting, labor negotiations, mergers and acquisitions as well as scheduling for both the commercial and governmental shipbuilding industries. He has overseen projects that have produced U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers, articulated tugs and barges (ATBs), offshore support vessels (OSVs), dredges, passenger ferries and, most recently, modular construction for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program.

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