Thomas Dyer

During a shipbuilding, naval architecture, and heavy lift engineering career spanning over 40 years, Tom Dyer has developed a broad knowledge of the shipbuilding business, and of the technology and operation of workboats and pleasure craft. He has managed heavy industrial contracts. He has put his knowledge to work as an expert in more than forty disputes, representing shipyards, vessel owners, and seaman; both plaintiffs and defendants.

Growing up in his father's shipyard at the mouth of the Columbia River, Tom received: 

·        BS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford

·        Commission as a naval reserve officer

·        MS in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from MIT.

·        Fulbright Scholarship to study in Holland

After naval service, Tom worked his way through the shipbuilding ranks as a naval architect, estimator, superintendent, project manager, new construction program manager, shipyard general manager, and finally as president and owner of a small yard. He has also served briefly as a principal in a leading naval architecture firm, and was engineering vice president for a heavy lift contractor. He holds a Professional Engineer's license in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.