CURRICULUM VITAE                         

KEVIN M. KERWIN, P.E.
750 NE 7th Ave.                     
Dania Beach, FL. 33004
(954) 524-9013 office (954) 253-2698 cell
mailto:kevin@kerwinnavalarchitects.com
http://www.kerwinnavalarchitects.com

EMPLOYMENT:
JULY, 1997 TO PRESENT
RESIDENT /CHIEF N.A., Kerwin Naval Architects, Inc.

Duties and responsibilities include marketing, administration, and promotion of company engineering capabilities in yacht and commercial business areas. Additional responsibilities include project management, naval architectural design, and production engineering on various refit and new construction projects as above for private and commercial clients worldwide. Firm specializes in MCA, USCG, and classification society refits of existing vessels, new design, repowering, and performance/stability improvements. Supervise a staff that varies between 1 and 5. Performed over 350 refit and preliminary newbuild design projects to present.

JULY, 2009 TO December, 2014
ENGINEERING MANAGER, Eastern Shipbuilding Group

Duties and responsibilities have included management of Production Engineering Department, interacting with outside design firms, marketing support, and facilities support. Additional duties have included project engineer, and training new employees. Vessels built during this period have been a 280’ RORO/Passenger Ferry, a 160’ open deck car ferry, (2) 140’ fireboats, (14) offshore supply boats from 280-302’, a 192’ factory fishing trawler, (2) 140’ 2-masted schooners, and (10) 90’ river tugs. Supervised a staff that varied from 16-20.

2006-2009
Adjunct Instructor in Marine Industrial Design, Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale

MAY 1993 TO JULY 1997
NAVAL ARCHITECT, MAR, Inc.

Duties and responsibilities include marketing and promotion of company engineering capabilities in yacht and commercial business areas. Additional responsibilities included project management, naval architectural design, and production engineering on various projects as above for private and government clients. I held a Secret clearance for military projects. Completed approximately 30 projects/year.

JULY 1990 TO APRIL 1993
CHIEF NAVAL ARCHITECT, Broward Marine, Inc.

Duties and responsibilities included supervision of Engineering Department. Managed the production design of 15 custom motoryachts and sportfishers   ranging in length from 88 to 140 feet, to American Bureau of Shipping, Det Norske Veritas, Bureau Veritas, and French Affaires Maritimes rules as well as company standards. Additionally responsible for technical support of all repairs and conversions, preliminary design, and plant maintenance as required. Was responsible for engineering of M/Y Pegasus, which was awarded “Most Distinctive Yacht of the Year 1991” by Showboats Magazine. Supervised a staff of five.
 

EDUCATION:

B.S.E., Naval Architecture (Major) Business Ad. (Minor), Univ. of Michigan
Computer-Aided Yacht Design, Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology
Marine Electrical Design, American Bureau of Shipping
Beginning Italian, and German, Broward College
Introduction To Interior Design, Broward College
Basic Autocad 2015, Broward College
 

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES:

Professional Engineer in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering in Louisiana, License number 33259
Professional Engineer in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering in Florida, License Number 69539

TECHNICAL and INDUSTRY SOCIETIES:

Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers (Member)
United States Superyacht Association (Member)     
International Yacht Brokers Association (Associate Member)
 

SEMINARS:

Sixth Biennial Powerboat Symposium, SNAME       
Drydocking Operations and Theory, Crandall Drydock Engineers
Designing For Ship Production, Thomas Lamb
Patrol Boats ‘86, ASNE
Yacht Broker Certification
Project 2004
 

PRESENTATIONS:

Final Self-Righting Stability Design of USCG 47’ MLB to USCG, USN Small Craft Branch, and GSA Auditors, 2/90. Resulted in approval for full production of prototype craft, first of 120.
 

PUBLICATIONS:

“The Big Refit”, 6-page photo article about refit of M/Y Daydream III, Yachting magazine, September, 2005
 

COMPUTER ABILITIES:

Graphics: ShipConstructor (learning), AUTOCAD, RHINO, NavisWorks, PROSURF 3
Word Processing: Microsoft WORD, Adobe ACROBAT
Spreadsheet: Microsoft EXCEL       
On-Line Communications: INTERNET
Specialized: NAUTILUS, AUTOPOWER, NAVCAD, MAXSURF, HYDROCOMP
 

LEGAL/TECHNICAL REPRESENTATION:

Chase-Freedman Family Trust v. Broward Marine, Inc., Civil Court, Broward Co., FL (1993-Defendant-Deposition, testified))
SDF, Inc. v. Broward Marine, Inc. 95-000856 Div. 11 (1996-Defendant-Deposition) 17th Judicial Circuit Court, Broward County, FL (Arbitration case)   
Shamwari, Inc, v. AETNA Life & Casualty 95-2188-CIV-Graham (1996-Plaintiff-Depostion) U.S. District Court, Southern District of FL (Admiralty)
Bueno v. Catalina Yachts, Inc., 11th Circuit Court, Dade County, FL (1997-Plaintiff-report)
Leal v. Norwegian Cruise Line, 11th Circuit Court, Dade County, FL (1997-Plaintiff-report)
Koontz v. Norwegian Cruise Line, Inc. 96-13944 CA-01, 11th Circuit Court, Dade County, FL (2000-Plaintiff-Deposition)
Meroney Estate v. Rhodriguez Estate Civil Action No. 197-CV-260 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division  (1997-Plaintiff-Deposition)
Sea-Fab, Inc. v. Alred, Civil Court, Jackson County, Mississippi
Moorer v. Norwegian Cruise Line, Inc. 96-12874 CA-05, 11th Circuit Court, Dade Co., FL (1999-Plaintiff-Deposition)
Cape Horn Yachts vs. ZF Industries, Inc., Civil Court, Toronto, Canada (2002-Defendant-report)
Michael J. Swan, as Guardian of the Person and Property of CAROLE BOSTICK vs. Triad Trailers, Ltd. et al., U.S. District Court, Case 01-14181-CIV-PAYNE (2003-Plaintiff-report, model)
Allen Aycox v. Navigator Yachts…and Golden Yachts, Inc., 15th Judicial Circuit Court, Palm Beach Co., FL, Case 03-00692 AF (2004-Defendant-Interrogatory)
Antonio Periera c. Camper & Nicholsons, USA Inc., et al., Broward Co. 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Case Number CACe09050755 (2011-Defendant-Deposition)
Carol Gorczyca v. MSC Cruises, SA, U.S. District Court, Southern District of FL, Miami Division, Case 15-CV-61734-UU (2016-Defendant-Deposition)
 

LANGUAGES:

English (fluent), French (basic conversational), German and Italian (learning)