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BPA Worldwide membership applied for February 2011. Meet the Contributors Maritime 4 V S J I W W M S R E P Copyright © 2012 New Wave Media. Maritime Professional (ISSN 2159-7758) volume 2, issue 1 is published quarterly (4 times per year) by New Wave Media, 118 E. 25th St., 2nd Floor, Ne w York, NY 10010. Application to mail Periodicals postage rates in pending at New York, NY and additional mailing of? ces. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Maritime Professional, 118 E. 25th St., 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10010. Publishers are not responsible for the safekeeping or return of editorial material. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prio r written permission of the publishers. 1 E V M X M Q I 4 V S J I W W M S R E P ? X L I Q E K E ^ M R IWilliam H. Watson is Maritime Security Liaison at International Registries, Inc. (IRI), the mari- time and corporate administrator of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). Will also holds a commission as Deputy Commissioner of Mari- time Affairs in the Of? ce of the RMI Maritime Administrator. 6 W R U \ S Dr. Jim Giermanski, is Chairman, Powers Global Holdings, Inc., an international transportation security company. A former FBI special agent, OSI special agent and a Colonel in the Of? ce of Special Investigations, Giermanski has testi? ed many times at federal and state levels. 6 W R U \ S Murray Goldberg is CEO of Marine Learn- ing Systems (www.MarineLS.com), maker of MarineLMS. A researcher and developer of learning management systems, his software has been used by millions of people and companies, worldwide. Email: Murray@MarineLS.com. 6 W R U \ S Luke Ritter leads the maritime practice at Ridge Global, a ? rm founded by The Honorable Tom Ridge, the ? rst U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. He can be reached for comment at:maritime@ridgeglobal.com. 6 W R U \ S Also in this Edition6 | Editors Note 8 | Insights ( P E D U N H G * X D U G V &