Welcome Aboard Clevester Granville & David Gonyea, the newest members of our team!


Bob J. Gobert, President

CWO (BOS’N), USCG, Retired

Bob J. Gobert is a retired U.S. Coast Guard (U.S.C.G.) Officer and the founder of MARSEC Corporation, a consulting firm specializing in maritime safety and security. Bob has over 27 years experience in maritime safety and security; serving over 21 years in the United States Coast Guard and the last five as President of MARSEC Corp. Customers typically include federal agencies, port authorities, waterfront facilities, vessels, private security organizations, and Vessel Security Officers.

Bob has served as President of MARSEC Corp. since retiring from the U.S.C.G. in 2003. He has strived to give his customers solutions “now” for their peace of mind tomorrow. Assessments, plans, training, and reports submitted by MARSEC are routinely complimented by industry and compliance enforcement agencies.

MARSEC is currently comprised of personnel who have prior work experience through the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army, petrochemical industry, and local enforcement agencies. MARSEC consultants possess a core experience in maritime safety and security, environmental compliance and response, investigations, incident command, third party vessel examinations, and training. MARSEC has acquired agency approval on hundreds of jobs over the last six years such as Facility and Vessel Security Assessment Reports, Facility and Vessel Security Plans, plan amendments, TWIC re-designations, response plans, operation manuals, and Alternative Hull Examinations.





David E. Majors, Vice President Midwest Region CWO (ENG), USCG, Retired

Dave is a native of Stockton Illinois. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Excelsior College (New York). He enlisted in the US Coast Guard in December of 1976 where he served on active duty until his retirement in April of 2006. Dave serves as Marsec Corporation’s Vice President, Midwest Region, and maintains responsibility for supplying all customers within the Great Lakes and upper Western Rivers systems. Using experience gathered as a former USCG Marine Inspector, as well as a Marsec Corp. instructor, Dave contributed to development of Marsec’s Vessel/Facility/Company Security Officer Training Course that has since received approval from Det Norske Veritas on behalf of the US Coast Guard. He has also made regular contributions and process improvements to other Marsec Corporation security training courses.

He has conducted numerous security audits, Facility/Vessel Security Assessments, and Facility/Vessel Security Plan re-writes. He has organized and facilitated security exercises for both single companies and for cooperative security exercises with numerous clients participating. He has acted as the primary author of Marsec’s highly popular and successful Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) Facility Security Plan Amendment packages, creating both the format and much of the text of that content.





Clevester Granville, Security Consultant


Clevester Granville joins the MARSEC team and will be working out of our Los Angeles, CA office.

Clevester Granville has a MBA from Hawaii Pacific University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Communication Design from Harrington College of Design.

He has served as a Department of Defense Physical Security Officer/ Security Manager. Duties included Chief of the Physical Security and Access Control Branch responsible for overseeing and providing guidance and direction from the Physical Security Officer to the following programs: Installation Physical Security Program, Intrusion Detection System to include the Integrated Commercial Intrusion Detection System, Mobile Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System, Automated Access Control System, Electronic Entry Control System, and the Installation Access Control Operations. Ensured Contractor compliance by managing and monitoring quality assurance for all Physical Security related contracted services. Recommend payment, penalties and/or deductions on Physical Security related contracts to ensure compliance with the Performance Requirements Summary and Quality Assurance Plan. Developed Independent Government Cost Estimate for access control and security contracts projects protected by ACCM and FP. Monitored and identified security risks, reported actual or possible security infractions or violations, and provided corrective actions as required. This includes personnel, physical, and information system security. Provide required security training for all personnel maintaining special access program access and access to projects protected by Alternate or Compensatory Control Measure and Focal Point.




David F. Gonyea Jr., Security Consultant

Chief Petty Officer (CPO), USCG, Retired

David, a native of Rutland, Vermont, joined the MARSEC Midwest Region team in February 2009. He retired from the Coast Guard in November of 2008 with twenty years experience in maritime safety and security, serving his entire career in the marine safety field.

David specialized in oil and hazardous materials spill response and investigation, but also gained extensive experience working with the maritime industry. He conducted numerous safety and security inspections on oil and chemical facilities, foreign tank ships, cruise ships, and cargo ships up and down the east coast and upon the Great Lakes. During his time in the Coast Guard, David also reviewed numerous Operations Manuals, Facility Response Plans, and Facility Security Plans giving him first hand insight into plan approval from the regulators point of view.





Robert L. Seale III

Vice-President Gulf Coast Operations


Prior Experience

In December 2002, Rob retired from active duty service in the United States Coast Guard completing a highly successful career spanning more than 22 years. During his service, he attained the rank of Lieutenant and received numerous commendations and awards. These citations included the Coast Guard Commendation Medal (two awards) and the Coast Guard Achievement Medal, among many others. While in the Coast Guard, he received extensive training and qualifications in the following areas:

· Marine Investigator, including:

o Marine Casualty Investigations,

o Marine Violation Investigations, and

o Suspension and Revocation Investigations;

· Marine Inspector;

· Port Operations Specialist, including:

o Pollution Response,

o Contingency Planning,

o Waterways Safety,

o Port Safety and Security; and

· 12 years as Quartermaster (QM):

o As a QM, Rob served aboard two CG Cutters, serving as Chief of Operations aboard the USCGC CHINCOTEAGUE (WPB-1320),

o He had various specialty assignments including Search and Rescue Planning, Army Corps of Engineer Permit Review (for new installations along the Mississippi River – New Orleans District), and 8th CG District Aids to Navigation Positioning Trainer.

His experience upon retirement from the Coast Guard included 2-½ years as the Assistant Manager of C-Port Environmental Group (CPEG). CPEG was Edison Chouest Offshore’s regulatory and compliance arm for shoreside environmental and security matters.




Mary Jo Lally

Mary Jo is MARSEC's quality assurance officer. She has over 15 years experience in quality control in the public sector.

Associates:

Patrick Lally, Vice President