Anthony Patterson

OA Director

Virtual Marine Technology

Anthony Patterson
OA Director
Virtual Marine Technology
President and CEO
P.O. Box 8282, St. John’s, NL
A1B 3N4

Anthony.patterson@vmtechnology.ca

Anthony Patterson is currently the President and CEO of Virtual Marine Technology Inc. (VMT), a Canadian based company which specializes in the simulation of small marine craft. Prior to joining VMT, Anthony served 19 years in the Canadian Coast Guard and 7 years as the head of Canada’s largest maritime simulation facility, the Centre for Marine Simulation.
Capt. Patterson graduated from the Canadian Coast Guard College and Memorial University’s Maritime Studies program. He holds a Coast Guard Command Certificate, a Bachelor of Maritime Studies and is a Master Mariner.
Anthony’s particular areas of expertise are in maritime emergency operations, maritime simulation and organizational development. He has been the project manager for a number of key initiatives including the introduction of computerized search planning in Canada; the development of drifting probes to improve search planning; the improvement of target detection methods; the measurement of human performance of bridge watchkeepers; and, the development of small craft simulation technology.
Anthony has also represented Canada at a number of international fora. He participated in the rewrite of the Search and Rescue Convention, and conducted a review of the Arab Republic of Egypt’s SAR system for the International Maritime Organization. Capt. Patterson was the Search and Rescue workshop leader during the Middle East Peace Process, as well as follow-on workshops in the middle-east and the Caspian Sea.
Capt. Patterson re-established the Newfoundland and Labrador Division of the Company of Master Mariners of Canada and is currently the Divisional Master. He is a former Director of the Alliance for Marine Remote Sensing.

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