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Prof. Dennis G. Tan, MM, MSc.

dgtan2003@yahoo.com Cell# 0915-
0915-7979580

Home Address : Blk-16, Lot-9, Ph. I, San Gerardo Heights, Subd., Tacloban City, Leyte
Olongapo Residence: #79 20th St. cor. Gordon Ave., East Bajac-bajac, Olongapo City
Civil Status : Married
Height : 172 cms.
Weight : 75 kgs.
Citizenship : Filipino
Languages/Dialects : English, Tagalog, Waray-waray, Cebuano, understands Ilonggo,
a little Spanish & a little Japanese

PERSONAL STATEMENT
Being a holder of a Master’s degree in Maritime Education and Training (MSc. MET-N) from
the World Maritime University (WMU) in Sweden and a Masters of Management (MMEM)
degree from the University of the Philippines supported by 21 years experience in the
conduct, management and operation of maritime courses involving the use of simulators, I
have much to offer to enhance the effectiveness of any maritime-related company
interested to avail of my services. My three-year worked experience in a European
multinational company (i.e. Wärtsilä
rtsilä) and having been a member of the International
Maritime Lecturers Association (IMLA),
(IMLA) coupled by extensive training & exposure in global
Maritime Education and Training (MET) from major maritime countries in the world, most
notably Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, UK, USA and Japan further bear this out.

KEY SKILLS
Technical Skills:
Skills: Personal Skills:
• MET Management and Administration • Training of Trainers
• Quality Management System (ISO • Research and technical writing
9001-2008, ISO 14001-2004 • Policy formulation
[Environmental] & ISO 18001-2007 • Simulator-based Training and
[OHSAS]) – DNV & DNV SeaSkills and Assessment
AJA-UKAS
• Course Design and Development • Good Communication Skill (IELTS
IELTS –
• Planning & Administration of training Band 8 in writing)
programs • Excellent presentation skill (former
• Design & administration of member, International Maritime
Assessment Instruments for Practical Lecturers Association
ssociation-
ation-IMLA)
IMLA
or Simulator-based assessment • Flexible and adaptable
• Electronic Navigation System: • Can work independently or in a team
Radar/ARPA & ECDIS/AIS • Able to think in and out of the box
• Use of MS PowerPoint, Word & Excel • Public Speaking and debate
• SABA System & COMPASS Intranet
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 EDUCATION
Graduate Studies:
1. World Maritime University (WMU), Malmoe,
Malmoe SWEDEN
Master of Science in Maritime Education and Training – Nautical (MSc. MET
MET--N)
Date Graduated: October 10, 1999
Awards/Distinctions:
• Got one of the highest grades in WMU for a dissertation preparation (95%)
• A-GRADE status of dissertation in Distance Learning utilizing satellite technology
• Winner – Debating Team, Maritime Policy Seminar (held in Sweden with an
audience of about 500 people from 50 different countries)
• Commendation from WMU MET Course Professor
2. University of the Philippines (UP)
(UP) -UPV
Masters of Management in Educational Management (MMEM)
Date Graduated:: April 21, 1997
Awards/Distinctions:
1. Certificate of Merit as College Scholar & Silver Medal
2. Certificate of Merit as College/University Scholar
College:
• Cebu Central Colleges,
Colleges (renamed University of Cebu),
Cebu Sanciangko & Juan Luna Sts., Cebu City
Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation (BSMT),
Graduated: Oct. 1978 (Academic Requirements only)
Degree : May 30, 1980 – BSMT (academics + shipboard training)
High School:
• Quirino School of Fisheries,
Fisheries Carmen, Cebu
Graduated: 1976
Awards/Distinctions:
1. 3rd Honorable Mention
2. Leadership Medal as Battalion Commander
3. 2nd Place (QSF) in National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) - 95%
4. 2nd Place in Tactical Inspection in Northern Cebu
Elementary:
• Bernardo V. Closa Central School, Abuyog, Leyte
Graduated: 1972
Awards/Distinctions:
1. Deserving Honor Pupil

EMPLOYMENT
Job Title
• Accreditation and QMS Officer (Quality
Management Representative-
Representative-QMR)
• R&D Expert (Nautical) Wartsila, Subic
(WSB) – Nov. 16, 2007-2008
Wartsila Land and Sea Academy (WLSA)
– Subic Bay 2008-2011
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Key Achievements
• Passed DNV audit for Maritime &
Simulator Training Center without
without any
Minor/Major Non-conformance
incurred for 3 consecutive years
(2008-2010) – for WLSA Subic
• Developed Zero Injury Training Course,
a corporate-wide global training
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 Wartsila is a leading manufacturer and programme.
solutions provider of Power Generation • Obtained Wartsila’s first DNV SeaSkill
& Ship Propulsion systems Accreditation for e-learning for both
o WLSA & WSB
o • Developed QMS policy for handling
o confidential docs & customer
o properties (WLSA)
o • Successful conversion & re-accredita-
o tion of two DNV SeaSkills courses in SH
o & BTM
o • Successfully renewed MTC Accredita-
o tion for SSBT & ECDIS (new)
o • Pilot tested the ff. customized courses:
o o Cargo Care & Crane Team Mgt.
o o Shiphandling w/ BTM
o o Odfjell Leadership Dev’t.
o Programme
o • Developed Competency Assessment
o system (Nautical) –WLSA
o o
• Evaluator On-
Consultant – Programme Evaluator, • Prepared official report of findings &
board Maritime English, T/S Seiun recommendations for adoption of NIST
Maru,, Nat’l. Institute for Sea Training, – JAPAN training system
Yokohama,, JAPAN (short-term project) • Prepared technical paper & presented
NIST serves like a “campus at sea” for findings on T/S Seiun Maru project
shipboard training of Japanese cadets before an international audience – the
under the Ministry of Transport GlobalMET Conference in KL, Malaysia
• Maritime Training Officer & Head • As NMP Division Chief, spearheaded the
Maritime Training Division (rough revision of maritime courses/training
equivalent of College Dean/Training programs in accordance with STCW’95
Director) Period: 02-26-01 to 06-08-03) • Drafted entire NMP Assessment Policy
National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) • Received MEDIA FOR UNITY AND
Cabalawan, Tacloban City PROGRESS AWARD as OUTSTANDING
The only gov’t.-owned maritime School Training Director of the Year,
training center in the Philippines Best in Service for Quality Education
(biggest JICA-assisted project in Asia) of the Philippines, “2002”.
• Section Head, Nautical Department • Initiated the concept of mobile teaching
Approx. period: 1990-1997 (NMP) for the Training Programme for
• Professor I (08-09-91 to 11-15-07) (NMP): Instructors Conducting Simulator-
• Associate Professor (11-26-87 to 08-08-91) based Training which contributed to
• Assistant Professor (06-16-86 to 11-26-87) NMP’s winning the CSC PAG-ASA
o AWARD – highest award in gov’t.
• Educational Consultant – Horizon service.
Intertrade (1983-84), Makati, MM
(1983-84), • Initiated the dev’t. of Computer-
Promotion of Educational Development Based Assessment System (CBAS) in
Program, sales & distribution of related coordination with IT personnel in NMP
educational aids • Standardized & implemented NMP’s
• Seaman – Pacific Asia Overseas Shipping assessment system
Corporation (PASCOR) Shipping & • Spearheaded NMP’s training of
Manning Agency engaged in foreign instructors & trained about 1,000
trade instructors nationwide
• William Lines, Inc.
Inc o
Inter-island Shipping Company o
o o

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 SHIPS BOARDED
• T/S Seiun Maru – National Institute for Sea Training (NIST)-JAPAN
• T/S Taisei Maru – National Institute for Sea Training (NIST)-JAPAN
• T/S Kaige Maru – Marine Technical College, Ashiya, JAPAN
• T/S Taisei Maru – National Institute for Sea Training (NIST)-JAPAN
• Gulf Shark – Gulf Fleet Middle East (GFME)
• Gulf Fleet 41– Gulf Fleet Middle East (GFME)
• M/V Cebu City – William Lines, Inc.
• M/V Elena – William Lines, Inc.

FIELD STUDIES/VISITS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES

USA:
• Kingspoint, New York - CAORF Simulator – US Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA)
• State University of New York (SUNY), New York

EUROPE:
• Sweden - NAVI-Trainer (TRANSAS),
• Norway (Kongsberg Norcontrol & Seagull )
• Denmark
• Germany (3x)
o STN ATLAS – Bremen
o SUSAN Shiphandling Simulator – Hamburg
o Lufthansa Flight Simulator
• United Kingdom
o WARSASH Maritime Training Center, Southampton
o International Maritime Organization (IMO
IMO),
IMO London
o Nautical Institute, London
o Southampton University
• France - Ecole Nacionale de la Marine Merchande (ENMM), St. Malo

ASIA:
• Malaysia (MRM WSL - The Swedish Club)
• Japan (3x) – Field Studies to various shipyards, marine electronics factories, maritime
schools/universities, training ships, maritime museums, research facilities, VTS, etc.

MEMBERSHIPS & PARTICIPATION IN PROF’L. ORG. (Past & Present)

1. International Maritime Lecturers Association (IMLA-
(IMLA-Sweden) - Member
2. Sasakawa Fellows Friends of WMU, JAPAN - Member
3. Conference Speaker,
Speaker 11th Global Maritime Education and Training (GlobalMET) Conference,
Kuala Lumpur,
Lumpur MALAYSIA (October 31-November 1, 2007)
4. Association of Maritime Education and Training Institutions in the Asia-Pacific (AMETIAP) –
Conference Paper contributor (Nov. 24-25, 2005)
5. Panelist & Reactor – Roundtable Discussion, a side event of the STCW Diplomatic Conference,
Conference
6. Licensed Marine Officer with sea experience (OICNW)
7. UP Alumni Association- Member
8. President, Spokesman Club, Tacloban Chapter (WCG, Pasadena, California, USA-based)

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9. Technical Working Group for the development of Management Level Course, (MTC)
10. T WG, MARINA for Assessors of Simulator-based Practical Assessment of Harbor Pilots
11. Philippine Association of Maritime Training Centers, Inc. (PAMTCI)

ACCREDITATIONS (Past & Present)

1. Certified MRM(BRM) Workshop Leader – The Swedish Club
2. MTC Accredited Instructor/Assessor – Electronic Chart Display & Information System (ECDIS)
3. MTC Accredited Lecturer for Training Course for Instructors (IMO Model Course 6.09) –
Maritime Training Council Accredited Lecturer in the Training Programme for Instructors
Simulator--based
Conducting Simulator
4. TESDA Accredited Assessor for Deck Ratings – Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority

INTERNATIONAL TRAINING/SEMINARS/CONFERENCES
• 2010 STCW Diplomatic Conference otherwise known as "The Manila amendments to the STCW
Convention and Code",
Code" PICC, CCP Complex, Pasay City (June 21-25, 2010)
• Maritime Resource Management (MRM) Workshop Leader Course – by Star Cruises Ship
Simulator Center, The Swedish Club, Kuala Lumpur,
umpur, Malaysia (April 27-30, 2009)
• Lloyd’s Manning and Shipping Conference (2010)
• Instructional Skills for Marine Simulation Instructors – Sweden, Norway, Germany, France & UK
• The 1st LSM Philippines Manning & Shipping Conference- Lloyds of London Press (LLP),
• Marine Techniques (Navigator) - Marine Technical College, Ashiya, JAPAN (July 25-Dec. 06, 1994)
• Intensive Japanese Language Course- Osaka International Centre, Osaka, Japan (July 04-22, ‘94)
• Group Training Course in Marine Techniques (Navigator) – by JICA, JAPAN (June 29-Dec. 06, 1994)
• Navigation and Seamanship – by JICA Japan (Onboard T/S Taisei Maru) - 1987 & 1994
• Training on the ff. Equipment: Echo Sounder, Radio Telephone, Loran C. Radar, ARPA, Direction
Finder, Facsimile Receiver, Satellite Navigator, Color Video Plotter, Course Plotter, Doppler
Sonar Docking System – by Furuno Electric Co., Ltd., Nishinomiya, JAPAN (July 15-26, 1987)
• Navigation and Seamanship – by Marine Technical College, Ashiya,, JAPAN (July 8-31, 1987)
• Cargo Handling Simulator Training – by Mitsui Zosen Systems Research, Inc., Tamano, JAPAN
• Individual Training in the Field of Seamen’s Education: JAPAN (6-09 to 9-02, 1987) by Ministry of
Transport, Furuno Electric Co., Mitsui Ship Building, Marine Technical College
• Course for Instructors in Conducting a Training in a Shiphandling Simulator – conducted by Ship
Institute of Ship Operation, Maritime Transport and Simulation (SUSAN) – Hamburg, GERMANY
• Field Studies and Training in the ff:
o Fire Fighting, Lifeboat drill, Personal survival techniques
o Organization and Management of a Merchant Navy School (Ratings Training)
Schleswig--Holsteineishe Seemannsschule, Lübeck-Travemünde, GERMANY
conducted by Schleswig
• Search and Rescue – by DGzRS, MRCC, Bremen, Federal Republic of GERMANY (Mar.1-5, 1999)
• Tanker Familiarization Course – by Hochschule Bremen University of Applied Sciences/Dept.
6/Nautical Studies, Bremen, GERMANY (Feb.15-28, 1999)
• Singapore-
Singapore-International Maritime Organization Third Country Training Programme – IMO Model
Course 6.09 – by Gov’t. of Singapore and IMO (14-25 Aug. 2000)

SELECTED LOCAL & NATIONAL TRAININGS ATTENDED

• 10 National Symposia and Conferences on various subjects as follows:
o New Amendments to STCW’95, & Manila 2010 Amendments
o DNV Seafarers Forum & Workshops

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 o 1st National Congress on Maritime Education and Training
o Education Tech 2001 Conference and Exhibits (About Distance Education)
o Marine Environmental Protection; Maritime Safety, etc.
• Technical Training on various topics, equipment, etc.
o Electronic Navigation System: AIS & ECDIS; Radar/ARPA, etc.
o Basic Safety (FF/PST, FAS, etc.)
o Shiphandling & Maneuvering; SAR
o Cargo Handling; seamanship
• Quality Management
o ISO 9001-
9001-2008 Internal QMS Auditor
o OHSAS 18001-
18001-2007 & Documents & Records Control Course
o Quality Management System based on ISO 9001-2000 Standard (Mar. 19, 2003)
o IRCA – International Register of Certified Auditors – Internal Audit/National Assessors
• Teacher Training (about 6 or more local/national training + training abroad)
o Simulator Instructor Course – by Sydväst University of Applied Sciences/
o Training Programme for Instructors Simulator Conducting Simulator-based Training
o Training Course for Instructors (IMO Model Course 6.09)
o Maritime Trainors’ Training Program
• Assessment (2 or more + training abroad)
o Special Training Course for National Assessors (IMO Model Course 3.12, Examination &
Certification of Seafarers)
o Orientation-Workshop on Maritime Assessment & Certification Program (TESDA),
• Via E-learning:
o Finance/ Accounting Training
o IDM (Integrated Document Management) system
o Wärtsilä Processes/Service Introduction (SABA)
o SAP Nonconformity Notifications (SABA)

TRAININGS, ETC. CONDUCTED AS RESOURCE PERSON

1. World Maritime Day Symposium – Tacloban City (Sept. 28, 2005)
2. Training Programme for Instructors Conducting Simulator-
Simulator-based Training – about 10 batches
(2000- 2001, 2003, 2005-2006) - Tacloban City, Iloilo, Manila, Cebu, Davao, SBFZ
3. Training Course for Instructors (IMO Model Course 6.09) – about 18 batches
(1996-1998, 2000-2001, 2005-2006) Tacloban, Cebu, Cagayan, Manila, Bohol, Iloilo & Davao
4. Maritime Trainors Training Program (MTTP) - 2 batches
(1992 & 1993) National Maritime Polytechnic, Tacloban City

SUBJECTS/SPECIAL COURSES TAUGHT (Past and Present):

1. Maritime Resource Management (MRM/BRM)
2. Radar Observation and Plotting (ROC)
3. Practice of Navigation
4. Trim and Stability
5. Electronic Navigation System (ENS)
6. Radar Simulator Course
7. Operational Use of Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA)
8. Ship Handling and Maneuvering (Basic)
9. Training Course for Instructors (IMO Model Course 6.09)
10. Training Programme for Instructors Conducting Simulator-based Training at the Operational
Level

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 BOOKS, ARTICLES, ETC. WRITTEN (Published/Unpublished)
1. The Virtual Classroom Afloat – Maritime Education and Training in the 21st Century: An
Investigation into the Feasibility and Practicability of Distance Learning via the Satellite
Communications System – MSc. Dissertation with an international copyright – World Maritime
University, Malmoe, SWEDEN
2. “The Virtual Classroom Afloat …” article version with same title as my dissertation published in
the Philippine Journal on Maritime Education and Training, Vol. 1, Number 1 pp. 95-117,
January – June 2003 issue.
3. Factors Contributory to the Performance of Trainees in ROC Maneuvering Board Plotting
and RSC Reflection Plotting, Master’s Thesis – University of the Philippines
4. Management Level Course (MLC) – Necessity or Redundancy?, Philippine Journal on Maritime
Education and Training, Vol. 3, Number 2, pp. 21-29, July- December 2005 issue
(Also as Technical Paper delivered & presented during the World Maritime Day Symposium)
5. NMP’s Training Capabilities – Response to STCW Requirements: Philippine Magazine,
September 1997, Vol. VIII Number 6, pp. 37-39, & 42 (Internationally Published Article in
selected countries)
6. Training and Assessment Using Simulators
7. Role and Importance of Simulators in Maritime Education and Training

HOBBIES, PERSONAL INTERESTS

Reading historical, archaeological, scientific & religious books
Playing Chess & Game of the Generals
Hunting & Fishing
Martial Arts
Watching TV & Movies

REFERENCES
References are available upon request.

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