As the President of Ocean Machinery, Danny Steyn handles the sales and marketing for Ocean’s extensive dealer network worldwide. Danny is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from the University of Natal in Durban South Africa, with over 30 years of manufacturing and engineering experience in a wide range of industries

Damon Chandler, a fellow Mechanical Engineering graduate, also from the University of KwaZulu Natal in Durban South Africa, holds the position of Chief Operating Officer. Damon worked as a race engineer for 20 years at the highest levels of motorsport, in both Formula 1 and Indy Cars. And for the past 20 years, Damon has driven innovation and change at the diesel giant, Cummins.

Our Sales Manager, Darryl Thornhill has a Marketing Degree from Virginia Tech with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Radford University. Darryl is responsible for the North American Ocean Dealer Network selling the Ocean product line.

Karen Castorina is our Director of First Impressions and is the wonderful helpful voice you hear when you call our offices. Karen handles all our Office management and assists in Internal Sales. Karen’s knowledge of all things related to structural steel fabricating machinery and beam drill lines is amazing. Karen is the glue that holds the company together.

Hailing from Alabama, Jeremy Novitski, is an Auburn University Business Management graduate. His experience in both the CNC machine tool and customer service industries provides a unique perspective. Jeremy works closely with Darryl and our North American dealer network selling the Ocean product line of Steel Fabricating Machinery.

Lis Garcia, our Sales Administrator possesses a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting From Nova Southeastern University. She has over ten years of experience in the administrative field with a specialization in the financial sector. Lis is currently responsible for the Administration of our Ocean Product sales.

John Watrin brings 12 years of hands-on machinery experience to our Inside Sales team, as well as 10 years of service in the US Navy. John is responsible for inside sales of machinery, parts, and consumables to our worldwide customer base.

Folker Krebs handles our South Florida machinery sales, he is fluent in English Spanish, and German. His experience in the steel fabricating industry as well as the machinery industry, from manufacturing, sales, service, and support, makes him very knowledgeable in the variety of machines he sells.

Greg Henry, brings 30 years of marketing experience to the Ocean Team. His previous experience includes marketing & brand development for the specialty retail channel where he helped successfully launch numerous nationally recognized brands.

Carlos Perez, Service Field Technician in charge of maintenance and repairs. Graduated as an electrical engineer from the Simon Bolivar University in Venezuela. With a curious and open mind, always ready to help customers with their machines and fix problems that may arise.

Kevin Castro, is Ocean’s inside sales and export specialist, he is fluent in English and Spanish. Prior to Ocean, Kevin served 5 years in the United States Marine Corps as a ground electronics technician.

Carlos Israel Torres, is our Latin America Regional Manager. Through his local dealer network, he sells the Ocean product range in Mexico, Central and South America, plus the Caribbean. A valued member of our team, Carlos brings over 20 years of sales and consulting experience in the structural steel fabrication industry from Latin America, the US and European markets.