Oceaneering International, Inc. Announces Board Appointments
January 27, 2021 at 09:45 pm
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On January 23, 2021, the Board of Directors of Oceaneering International, Inc. elected Ms. Karen H. Beachy and Dr. Kavitha Velusamy as independent, non-executive directors, in Classes II and III, respectively. Ms. Beachy was appointed as a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board, and Dr. Velusamy was appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. Ms. Beachy, served in roles of increasing responsibility with Black Hills Corporation, an investor-owned natural gas and electric utility, from July 2014 until December 2020, most recently as Senior Vice President, Growth and Strategy from August 2019 and as Vice President, Growth and Strategy from October 2018. Previously, she served as Vice President, Supply Chain from September 2016 and Director, Supply Chain from July 2014. Ms. Beachy joined Black Hills Corporation after 17 years in operations and supply-chain management for utilities Vectren Corporation and LG&E-Kentucky Utilities and two years in management consulting. Dr. Velusamy, serves as Vice President, Software Engineering of Leia, Inc., a light field display technology company, which she joined in July 2020. Previously, Dr. Velusamy served as Vice President, Engineering of iMerit, Inc., a company that enriches and annotates the data that powers algorithms in machine learning, from June 2019, and held technical leadership roles with Bossa Nova Robotics, Inc. from May 2016 to March 2019, NVIDIA Corporation from 2015 to April 2016 and, prior to that time, with Amazon.com, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc. and Motorola India Electronics Limited.
Oceaneering International, Inc. is a technology company, which delivers engineered services and products, and robotic solutions to the offshore energy, defense, aerospace, manufacturing and entertainment industries. The Company operates through four segments. Subsea Robotics segment consists of its remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), survey services and ROV tooling businesses. Manufactured Products segment provides distribution systems, such as production control umbilicals and connection systems made up of specialty subsea hardware, along with clamp connectors and subsea and topside control valves. Offshore Projects Group segment provides a portfolio of integrated subsea project capabilities and solutions. Integrity Management & Digital Solutions segment provides asset integrity management, corrosion management, inspection and nondestructive testing services, principally to customers in the oil and gas, power generation and petrochemical industries.