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CIVIL ENGINEERING SURVEYING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
our business leaders
2019
proud to be 100% employee-owned...and led!
2020 Company of the Year
The
New England
Chapter of
The ESOP Association
Martin Grimnes
Former president / Harbor Technologies
What he is doing today: President of Arcadia Alliance, a joint
venture between Brødrene Aa of Norway and Front Street Shipyard
in Belfast, with 350 employees between the two owners.
Key lessons learned as a manager: Proactively engage all stake-
holders, boards of directors, employees at all levels, academia and
related branches of public service.
Advice to Maine's next generation of business leaders: Bless
new emerging technologies, which are nibbling at large well-established
technologies. If you see something happening somewhere in the world
and it makes sense, set your watch, it's coming here.
What's next: Reestablish Maine as a national leader in shipbuilding
technology for the benefit of coastal Maine's maritime industry, its
supply chain and our environmental goals and ambitions.
Martin Grimnes, who was president of Harbor Technologies, now
oversees a joint venture between Front Street Shipyard in Bath and a
company in Norway. FILE PHOTO
If you see something happening
somewhere in the world and it makes
sense, set your watch, it's coming here. –
Martin Grimnes
