Stories in Motion: Subbu Bhat

By August 5, 2025July 7th, 2026Employee Spotlight, Life at Tideworks
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At Tideworks, progress is multiplied by the power of you – the people who bring purpose, creativity, and momentum to everything we do. That’s what our new Stories in Motion series is all about: spotlighting the individuals behind the tech, driving real impact in terminal operations.

First up: Subbu Bhat, VP of Engineering.

Subbu brings a fresh, outside-in perspective to terminal operations, with a strong background of leading software engineering teams across industries. What excites him most about Tideworks? “Solving complex, real-world problems where great engineering directly improves day-to-day operations for our customers.”

Early on, his team delivered a feature aimed at improving physical safety for terminal operators, which was a standout moment for Subbu. “Knowing our software helps protect people on the ground made the work incredibly meaningful. That’s not something I had to think deeply about in past roles.”

As VP of Engineering, Subbu is focused on empowering teams to solve the right problems and the ones that matter most to terminal operations and customer outcomes. “By building reliable, intuitive software, we help our customers work more efficiently, more safely, and with fewer disruptions.”

Outside of work, Subbu practices hot yoga to maintain focus and mental clarity and brings a naturally curious mindset to everything he does.

Welcome to the team, Subbu!

Mark Traynor

Chief Product & Technology Officer

Mark Traynor joined Tideworks in 2026 as Chief Product & Technology Officer, bringing more than two decades of hands-on experience in building and deploying terminal technology and automation systems. In this role Mark will lead the company’s product management and engineering organizations and is responsible for the product roadmap and the modernization of the Tideworks platform.

Before Tideworks, Mark was Chief Technology Officer at Lynxis, whose Nascent gate automation systems deployed in nearly 100 marine and rail terminals across North and South America. For Lynxis, Mark led a globally distributed 70+ person engineering team that built a modern, configuration-driven platform on a single codebase while introducing a visual workflow configuration designed to streamline customer implementations. He also introduced cutting-edge computer vision and agentic AI solutions as well as the re-engineering of the hardware to run on readily available commercial components rather than bespoke systems sourced from specialist manufacturers.

For the 13 years before that, Mark was an independent technology partner to major North American automated marine terminal projects, including Virginia International Terminals and Long Beach Container Terminal. These operators relied on him to help lead their most complex terminal operating system implementations driving efficiency and reliability through their gate, rail, yard and vessel operations.

Mark began his career at Navis in 2004, delivering terminal operating system implementations across North America and Europe.