Engineering Staff
Management & Engineering Staff
Technical Marine Service was founded by Dan Gray and Dennis Jackson in January of 1987.
Technical Marine Service specializes in the engineering, installation and service of Marine Control systems. TMS has been involved with ships’ control systems with an install base of over 30 boiler control systems on commercial and government vessel main propulsion boilers. TMS has also worked on main propulsion diesel and diesel electric control systems throughout our history.
TMS has in depth experience, understanding and qualifications in providing a complete solution to our customers and of what it takes to provide the next level in the hardware and software development.
TMS engineering staff is composed primarily of marine engineers. Four engineers have steam and/or diesel of any horsepower USCG engineering licenses. Three of these are chief engineer’s licenses. One of the big advantages is that these folks know how to design a system with the end operating engineer in mind. TMS provides designs and solutions that are “engineer-friendly”.
Key Engineering Personnel
Dan Gray, Owner and Director of Engineering
Mr. Gray co-founded the company in 1987 and has been directly responsible for designing many of the automation systems and instrumentation products developed and installed, including the System 2000 Boiler automation and combustion control system that has been installed in over 30 commercial, government and military steamships. The demand for Mr. Gray’s in-depth knowledge and experience with steam plants has taken him around the world on troubleshooting jobs and speaking engagements.
Dan Elsner, Senior Engineer
Mr. Elsner has been with TMS since 1990 serving as Senior Engineer, Field Engineer, in-house engineer, project manager and designer. Mr. Elsner has direct experience with various marine controls including GE, TANO, General Regulator, Bailey, Hagan, Copes-Vulcan, Fisher, Leslie and Mason-Neelian systems. Prior to joining TMS, Mr. Elsner developed his expertise over a span of 22 years, starting as an industrial maintenance electrician and advancing through various positions including Field Service Technician, Shop Manager, and Supervisor/Mechanical designer in both shoreside and marine settings.
Ed Garrahy, Senior Engineer
Mr. Garrahy has been with TMS since 2000 serving as a field engineer, in-house engineer, project manager, PLC programmer and HMI developer. Mr. Garrahy’s 13 plus years of marine experience make him a valuable asset to the company.
B.S. Marine Systems Engineer, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 1993
EIT New York State, 1993
U.S.C.G. Chief Engineer of Motor Vessels of Any Horsepower
2nd Assistant Engineer of Steam Vessels of Any Horsepower
Tom Tommaney, Senior Engineer
Mr. Tommaney has been with TMS since 2001 serving as a field engineer, in-house engineer, project manager, PLC programmer and HMI developer. Mr. Tommaney’s 36 plus years of experience in the marine industry make him an invaluable resource.
B.S. Marine Engineering Technology – California Maritime Academy, 1969
Chief Engineer of Steam Vessels of Any Horsepower
Chief Engineer of Motor Vessels of Any Horsepower
Jim Malcarne, Engineer
Mr. Malcarne has been with TMS since 2005 serving as a field engineer, in-house engineer and project manager. Mr. Malcarne’s 10 plus years of marine experience add greatly to the depth and breadth of TMS’ engineering expertise.
B.S. Marine Engineering, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 1996
U.S.C.G. Chief Engineer of Steam Vessels of Any Horsepower
1st Assistant Engineer of Motor Vessels of Any Horsepower
2nd Assistant Engineer of Gas Turbine Vessels of Any Horsepower
Shane Grendahl, Engineer/Programmer
Mr. Grendahl has been with TMS since 2006 serving as a field engineer, in-house engineer,PLC programmer and HMI developer. Mr. Grendahl has direct experience with several programming languages and control systems (Allen-Bradley, GE Fanuc, Modicon, Siemens, and TI).
B.S. Electronics Engineering, Central Washington University, 2006
Industrial Computing & Process Control Certification, Perry Technical Institute, 2003
King Wick, Systems Engineer
Mr. Wick has been with TMS since 2009 serving as a systems engineer. Mr. Wick has designed embedded systems, designed integrated circuits, written embedded operating systems, written hundreds of thousands of lines of C/C++ Code, and is fluent in the Perl programming language. He is experienced with Allen-Bradley, GE Fanuc, and Siemens PLCs and has years experience designing GE Cimplicity and Red Lion HMI / SCADA systems. He is expert at designing Ethernet networks and setting up network hardware like Cisco managed switches and routers. He architects the virtual computing environment used on numerous ships including VMWare, Windows Server 2008, MS SQL Server, and various Linus servers. In his spare time, he builds methanol-powered blown drag engines and is the crew chief / part owner of a world-champion drag boat team that campaigns a 1000 HP blown alcohol drag boat that runs the 1/4 mile in 8 seconds at speeds up to 160 MPH: these are the quickest open cockpit boats in the world.
B.S. Electronics Engineering, Oregon Institute of Technology, 1995
Patent: “Toll Free Calling Account Recharge System and Method”