
One of the telecommunications industry’s largest conferences, Pacific Telecommunications Conference (PTC), is due to take place in Hawaii next week. As always, the event will be attended by a team of sector experts from Ocean Specialists Inc. (OSI) led by the longtime Director of Network Operations and now company President Perry Wright. He will be accompanied by Dave Willoughby, Managing Director of Operations and Tony Mosley, Director of Business Development.

Ocean Specialists, Inc. (OSI), a global provider of specialized subsea technical services and marine operations, today announced the appointment of Perry Wright to the role of president. Wright succeeds Jim Byous, who is retiring 19 years after taking the helm at OSI in 2003 and establishing the company as a marine project development specialist, but who will continue to serve as a board member in a non-executive advisory capacity.

In the digital age, submarine fiber optic cables have proven indispensable. An insatiable global demand for bandwidth, driven by an irrepressible appetite for online content, commerce, and other internet-dependent activities, continues to outperform the already bullish year-on-year market expectations.

This year’s International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) Plenary was a virtual affair, held over two days, 26 – 27 April 2022. The theme for ICPC 2022, Installing, Operating and Maintaining Resilient Submarine Cable Infrastructure in a Rapidly Evolving Global Environment, drew close to 300 ICPC members and an impressive array of speakers—over 20 in all—to discuss the many factors currently shaping the state of the global subsea cable industry.

Ocean Specialists, Inc (OSI) welcomes Christian John Michaelis back to the team as a summer hire to help support company expansion plans. Returning for a second year as an intern, Christian will hit the ground running and assist OSI leadership with the design and development of marine projects, in the areas of mechanical, electrical, and SW engineering.