February 10, 2025
MGBW E-News: Celebrating Anniversary Milestones
Kicking Off Employee Anniversaries!
We’re fortunate for all our employees who have chosen to share your expertise, skills and craftsmanship by working here at Marine Group Boat Works. So when we launched the MGBW Employee Anniversary program last year, we thought we’d try a few different things to honor you for your long-term commitments to the maritime industry. This year, we streamlined the program, added a few new things, changed others—while keeping the same intention of celebrating employees all year long.
To kick off the new 2025 program, join us when we start by celebrating the work anniversaries of 15-year Pipefitter Richie Lamphear and 10-year IT Director Steve Hoffman at our upcoming Valentine’s Day yard lunch on Friday, February 14th!
Read on to learn more about your fellow colleagues:
Ritchie Lamphear, Pipefitting Leadman
Ritchie has done the weld and pipework on a variety of multi-million dollar projects like the Golden Gate San Francisco rebuild, multiple repowers of passenger vessels and new construction of the Navy RSC Hull #4, Workboat Medium and Large and the fleet of Navy dive boats. “Ritchie is not only a responsible employee with great work ethic, but he is constantly helping others by teaching them on the job,” said Supervisor David Fillmore.
Steve Hoffman, Director of IT
Over the past 10 years, Steve has been instrumental in building a top-quality IT Department from almost the ground up. He has revamped the server and networking infrastructure, streamlined the way we organize our data and files, implemented evolving security protocols, is the lead on adhering to the government’s cyber-security requirements, and installed state-of-the-art surveillance systems throughout the yard that help all Departments, especially Facilities, Loss Prevention and Project Management. When anything is wrong with your computer or devices, you can always call on Steve and his team to find you a solution with a smile.
Valentine’s Day Yard Lunch
Friday, Feb 14
11:30-12pm
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