Oceaneering CEO and leadership

Q: Who is the CEO of Oceaneering?

The CEO of Oceaneering is Roderick A. Larson.

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Oceaneering CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Roderick A. Larson is the Oceaneering's CEO. Oceaneering has 8,200 employees, of which 42 are in a leadership position.

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:

The Oceaneering executive team is 29% female and 71% male.
68% of the management team is White.
11% of Oceaneering management is Hispanic or Latino.
10% of the management team is Black or African American.

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Name & TitleBio

Roderick A. Larson

CEO / President

Mr. Larson has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Oceaneering since May 2017. He joined Oceaneering in May 2012 as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and became President in February 2015. Mr. Larson previously held positions with Baker Hughes Incorporated from 1990 until he joined Oceaneering, serving most recently as President, Latin America Region from 2011 and as Vice President of Operations, Gulf of Mexico Region, from 2009 to 2011. Mr. Larson has been a director of Newpark Resources Inc. since 2014.

Alan R. Curtis

Vice President and CFO

Mr. Curtis became Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in August 2015. Prior to that time, Mr. Curtis served as Senior Vice President, Operations Support from December 2014. Mr. Curtis joined Oceaneering as Financial Controller in 1995.

Earl F. Childress

Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer

Mr. Childress has been an employee of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated since 2002, serving in roles of increasing responsibility. His most recent positions were Group Vice President/General Manager of Teledyne Seismic and Teledyne RD Instruments, a role held since July 2016, and Group Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Marine Instrumentation, a role held since May 2015. Prior to his employment with Teledyne, Mr. Childress' work experience included sales and management positions with several oceanographic instrumentation manufacturers.

David K. Lawrence

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Holly D. Kriendler

SVP

Holly Kriendler is a Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer at OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INC and is based in Boca Raton, Florida. She has worked as Chief Human Resources Officer (Interim) at ADT; VP of HR, ADT Residential and Small Business at CIT GROUP INC; and Vice President of Human Resources at ADT. Holly studied at University of Houston between 1984 and 1990, University of Houston between 1993 and 1995, and Cornell University between 2014 and 2015.

Martin James McDonald

Senior Vice President-Remotely Operated Vehicles

Philip G. Beierl

Senior Vice President

Steven A. Webster

Board Member

Eric A. Silva

Sr. VP, Chief Trans Ofc

Jon Erik Reinhardsen

Board Member

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Oceaneering board members

Name & TitleBio

Roderick A. Larson

CEO / President

Steven A. Webster

Board Member

Jon Erik Reinhardsen

Board Member

Karen H. Beachy

Board Member

Kavitha Velusamy

Board Member

M. Kevin McEvoy

Board Member

Thomas Jay Collins

Chairman

Deanna L. Goodwin

Board Member

John R. Huff

Board Member

Paul B. Murphy

Board Member

Oceaneering leadership demographics

Oceaneering gender distribution in management team

The Oceaneering executive team is 29% female and 71% male.
Oceaneering is 22% female and 78% male company-wide.

Male

71%

Company-wide: 78%

Female

29%

Company-wide: 22%

Oceaneering executives by race

Management Team:

The most common ethnicity among Oceaneering executive officers is White.
68% of the management team is White.
11% of Oceaneering's management is Hispanic or Latino.
10% of the management team is Black or African American.

Company-wide:

White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
54% of employees are White.
18% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
17% of employees are Black or African American.

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What employees say about the executives at Oceaneering

Employee reviews

1.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2024

Pros of working at Oceaneering

Very few pros, it really hurts my head to think of anything positive to say

Cons of working at Oceaneering

Poor management, a culture of blame & bullying. No consideration for local law or regulatory requirements

What do you like best about Oceaneering's CEO and the leadership team?

Nothing

How would you improve Oceaneering's culture?

Removed the managers that support the bullying and lack of accountability

How does your compensation at Oceaneering compare to the industry average?

In my experience the salary offered at Oceaneering is well below the average in my country

What's the diversity at Oceaneering like?

Most of the managers were older white males, not much diversity at all

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3.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2023

Pros of working at Oceaneering

Great direct colleagues

Cons of working at Oceaneering

Poor planning. Non existent

Oceaneering benefits

Pay is great. The team that I work with in the office is great. Always willing to help out when needed. Easy to work with and polite.

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2021

Pros of working at Oceaneering

Even though I worked the same core hours when I was there, I liked the flexible hours allowed if you worked an office job (not if you are an operator) and I enjoyed the great team effort to complete projects with excellent quality and safety

Cons of working at Oceaneering

Projects are dependent upon how the oil and gas industry is doing

Oceaneering benefits

Many enjoyed free coffee, tea, and water. My favorite perk was reporting to a wonderful manager.

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Updated November 18, 2022

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