Larry has extensive experience in public and private companies in executive and ownership positions. He is a resource for many institutional parties in the offshore and other maritime assets and operations. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Board of Tidewater, Inc. (TDW) (elected 2019). Tidewater is a leading provider of offshore marine support services globally. Prior to taking the role as Chairman, he was a Director and Interim CEO of Tidewater, following its exit from bankruptcy in 2018, a turnaround that Larry led. He has extensive prior experience as an executive at Tidewater. Larry had previously joined the company in 1992 after the merger with Zapata Gulf Marine Corp. After successive roles of increasing responsibility, he left the company as executive vice president in 2002.

Larry then founded Rigdon Marine in late 2002 and served as its Chairman and CEO. He arranged $205mm in financing to design and build 20 platform supply vessels and 8 fast supply vessels and crew boats. Rigdon Marine achieved revenues of $94.3 million and EBITDA of $49.0 million. At that date, the Company had a shore based staff of 30 personnel and 280 mariners. The equity interests in the company were sold on July 1, 2008 for $275 million and GulfMark assumed $269 million in debt of Rigdon Marine Corporation. Larry became a Director of GulfMark at that time, resigning in 2010. At that time Larry became the Lead Director of Jackson Offshore, which is engaged in offshore marine support services to the offshore oil and gas business. Larry resigned from Jackson Offshore upon assuming his positions with Tidewater.

Larry is also a Director of Professional Rental Tools, Inc. and Defiant Engineering LLC, and in the Investment Committee at SLC Capital Partners.  Larry is a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program and earned his BS in Accounting and Business Administration from Truman State College.