Oil Patch Bits: Farhad Rajabi joins Crowley’s solutions group team

Crowley Maritime Corp.’s solutions group said Feb. 25 that it recently named Farhad Rajabi vice president of its project management team. He will work out of the group’s Houston office and report to Craig Tornga, Crowley’s vice president of solutions.

Rajabi’s new role will leverage his 30 years of experience in project management and other marine solutions fields to establish objectives, plans, policies and procedures for the project management department. With Rajabi onboard, the solutions team plans to provide more efficiently integrated solutions, and unmatched quality and safety standards that will in turn translate into overall cost and time savings to customers with unique and complex projects worldwide.

“We’re thrilled to have someone of Farhad’s caliber join our team,” said Tornga. “The skills and knowhow he brings to the solutions group not only complement our turnkey service offerings, it further provides customers with the thought leadership and innovative spirit our clients have come to know over the years.”

Rajabi earned bachelors’ degrees in naval architecture from the Italian Naval Academy, in mechanical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and in Italian language and literature from the Institute of Dante Alighieri. He also holds a Ph.D. in naval engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.