Current Page: About Services Government Commercial Employment Certs Press IMIA Team News Request A Quote About Already established as the premier Marine Preservation and Structural Services company in the United States, International Marine and Industrial Applicators has evolved to provide shipbuilders, ship repairers and our commercial customers with a Multi-Disciplined Marine Contractor for Turnkey Services. These services are bolstered by the Preservation Services of recently acquired Main Industries, the Scaffolding Services of fellow IMIA Group Holdings’ company, American Scaffold, and the staffing capabilities of Craft and Technical Solutions. IMIA, under IMIA Group Holdings, will provide “service bundling” made up of these Service Groups. Each stand on its own, but in combination, the Service Groups provide assurance to our customers that critical work-streams will be executed in a coordinated way by a single trusted provider. International Marine and Industrial Applicators has been successful in establishing long-term relationships with shipyards and ship owners through responsive service, strong business ethics and a commitment to delivering the best product. With over 1,500 group employees, we are strategically located with workforces to provide our services worldwide. Currently, we have equipment and labor positioned in several locations along the Gulf of Mexico, East and West U.S. Coasts, and Hawaii. Mike Keenan, CEO of IMIA Group Holdings, heads up this industry leading combination to offer shipyards a Multi-Disciplined Marine Contractor for scaffolding & containment, structural repair, and preservation services. “The span of our combined companies will allow IMIA to partner with our shipyard customers, to offer a vertically integrated and turnkey solution for the highly specialized preservation and related services we can now offer as a Multi-Disciplined Marine Contractor. This will take the risk, burden and cost of the cyclical demand for preservation and related services from the shipyard and providing them with a ‘one-stop-shop’ for multi-disciplined contractor services of their shipbuilding and ship repair businesses.” Executive Team Michael Keenan, Jr. CEO Mike Keenan is a graduate of Old Dominion University and MBA from William and Mary University. He held numerous positions during his 30 years at Newport News from Hull Outfitting Foreman, Blast/Coat Superintendent, Plant Manager of Asheville Industries, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, to Director of Commercial Construction. In 1996, Mike Keenan became President Of Tampa Bay Shipbuilding, and took this shipyard from a fledgling start-up operation to one of the few shipyards specializing in the retrofit double hulling of ocean-going petroleum barges. In 2000 Mike left Tampa to run International Marine and Industrial Applicators, which then, was a $14M paint company primarily serving the commercial marine industry. Since becoming CEO of International Marine and Industrial Applicators, the company’s revenue has grown to over $90M serving the military and commercial marine industry nationwide. Yehuda Chakoff President Yehuda Chakoff is a graduate of the University of Virginia. He has over 20 years of experience in the marine sector in a variety of management positions including engineering, contracts and program management. He joined International Marine and Industrial Applicators, LLC in 2003 and has helped International Marine and Industrial Applicators evolve from a subcontractor position to the prime contractor for all Naval preservation projects. In addition, Yehuda has expanded International Marine and Industrial Applicators LLC’s product offerings to include a variety of non-preservation items such as specialty tiling and lead handling. Robert Doran Vice President Risk Management Quality Assurance & Estimating Robert Doran has worked in the marine industry for over 30 years. For the past 10 years Robert has focused exclusively in the preservation industry. His career began as an electronic repair technician working on numerous commercial vessels and transitioned over to a manager of a major gas freeing company. He later transferred over to project management of large repair availabilities on board US Navy ships and submarines for the past 4 years with concentration in environmental, safety and quality assurance. Joe Rella Vice President HR, Strategic & Production Planning, Scheduling & Control Mr. Rella joined International Marine and Industrial Applicators in 2013. He is a graduate of the US Navy's Nuclear Power School and a US Navy Veteran; he received his BS in Marine Engineering Systems from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York and an MBA from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. Mr. Rella has worked in the Marine Industry for over 30 years. During this time, Mr. Rella has gained extensive marine industry knowledge in program management, business development, contracts, manufacturing, engineering and executive management. Prior to joining International Marine and Industrial Applicators LLC, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Austal USA. Mike Hood Vice President of Trades Mike Hood has over 20 years of experience in the marine painting industry. He began his career as an apprentice blaster/painter in a major gulf coast shipyard. He has first-hand experience in production management, quality control, safety, and contract management. Jonathan Thompson General Manager, Structural Division Jonathan Thompson is a graduate of the Newport News Apprentice School. He has over 25 years of experience in the marine sector in a variety of management positions including project management, contracts, program management, and manufacturing. He joined International Marine and Industrial Applicators, LLC in 2018 and has helped International Marine and Industrial Applicators LLC evolve from a paint contractor to a turn key contractor expanding International Marine and Industrial Applicators LLC’s product offerings to include a variety of non-preservation items such as structural repairs, pipe repairs/install and mechanical work. 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