Technical Trainer

Paul spent 25 years as a senior manager/CEO in the charity sector managing and training a significant number and variety of people over those years. 

He then read for a Hydrography Degree at Plymouth University in the UK.  After graduating, Paul worked for the UK Hydrographic Office predominantly processing and acquiring multi-beam data in places such as Jersey, the Caribbean and the South Atlantic.  

Paul then moved to work for Andrews Survey undertaking a large variety of survey jobs from cable lay to UXO surveys windfarm work and subsea construction. 

Paul has now worked at a Technical Trainer for Sonardyne since mid-2022 running courses in a range of the Sonardyne products. 

Technical Trainer

Steven has had a distinguished 25-year career at sea, serving in the military and civilian offshore environment.

Since graduating in 1995 with a degree in Hydrography with Marine Navigation from the University of Plymouth, Steven has conducted a wide range of offshore hydrographic surveys.

He considers himself an underwater acoustic positioning specialist having worked as a Chief Navigator in the seismic oil and gas exploration industry from 2008 to 2020.

He has served on all manner of vessel both below and above the surface of the ocean. Steven was involved in towing the largest in-sea configuration ever towed by a single seismic vessel. With 14 streamers measuring 10.5km in length making it the largest man-made moving object on the planet.

Due to the extent of his experience Steven was awarded a Senior Lectureship with the University of Lincoln to teach Meteorology and Oceanography to Royal Naval Officers at Britania Royal Naval College. He is a qualified higher education teacher, and he joined the Sonardyne training team in 2024.

   Lead Trainer

Stuart has spent the last 20 years working in the Offshore Construction, Positioning and Navigation sector. He graduated in 2003 from the University of Plymouth with a degree in Ocean Science and also qualified as a commercial diver.

As a diver with a keen interest in Underwater Archaeology, Stuart began his offshore career as an ROV Pilot Technician hoping to use the skills to search for wrecks and artefacts in the underwater environment. Inevitably he ended up in the oil and gas sector working with large work class vehicles in the North Sea.

After a rethink to his career path, Stuart decided to move into the offshore survey sector and began working with Fugro in 2005 as part of their positioning and construction division. He also enhanced his hydrographic survey knowledge as part of an intensive programme at the Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia. He spent the next 8 years working at Fugro on projects such as pipeline installation, towed electromagnetic survey, LBL construction and metrology and rig positioning. In 2011 Stuart made Party Chief status and supervised multiple projects for the following 2 years and mentored and trained junior surveyors coming up through the ranks.

In November 2012, Stuart’s family life changed with the birth of his son, and eventually in 2013 he decided to make the transition onshore. As he had been involved with multiple projects offshore using Sonardyne LBL and USBL systems and with a passion for knowledge sharing, Stuart applied to join the Sonardyne Training team.

Stuart has worked for Sonardyne since November 2013, he now leads the Training Team and delivers training, support and consultancy in Sonardyne products and solutions across the globe.