Virginia Hoffman

Environmental & Permitting Manager

vhoffman@wfnstrategies.com

Biography

With over 25 years of engineering and procurement experience, Virginia Hoffman received a BS degree in Physical Chemistry from Stockton State College in 1976 and a BS degree in Ocean Engineering from Florida Atlantic University in 1978.  She joined the Naval Underwater Systems Center, Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Division supporting ASW and the various Navy ranges and then moved to Tracor Marine in Fort Lauderdale where she worked on different ship, salvage, and ocean construction projects.  Since leaving Tracor, she has worked with several companies involved in marine engineering and most recently with Global Marine as the Offshore Liaison and Government Sales Representative.  She joined WFN Strategies in 2005 as Permitting Manager, and has supported telecom projects in the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa.

Areas of Expertise

Permitting; Shore end installation and protection specialist; directional drilling planning and implementation

Education, Special Certification, Licensure and Awards

• B.S., Physical Chemistry, R. Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey, August 1976

• B.S., Ocean Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, December 1979

• Post Graduate Courses: Master’s Program in Accounting, Management, Business Law, Hydraulics Power, Vibration Analysis and Control, Fluid Analysis, Digital Signal Processing, US Navy funded Post Graduate Programs in Engineering and Program Management; Acoustics and Digital Signal Processing, Pennsylvania State University.

• Continuing Education Certificates: Government Contracts, Technical Writing, Hydraulic Fluid Power, and Diesel Mechanics, Route Engineering, Optical Transmission

Curriculum Vitae