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Julian Galvis

VP, Sales & Marketing

Julian Galvis joined Tideworks in 2025 as VP of Sales & Marketing. Julian has a strong operations background, covering a broad range of experience including Terminal Operations, public sector consulting and software project execution. He has a strong passion for automation and simplifying Marine Terminal’s operational workflows. In his career which spans more than 25 years in the maritime sector, Julian has personally visited over 160 marine terminals in over 62 countries in order to gain a better understanding of the challenges and discuss how technological solutions could solve them. Before joining Tideworks he was VP and Regional Manager Americas at IDENTEC SOLUTIONS. He has also worked at ABB as Sales Director for ABB Marine and Ports, with oversight of APAC and Americas regions OCR product line. He has also held positions of responsibility with APMT, Navis and Maersk Line in his career.  

Chad Van Derrick

VP, Software Product

Chad joined Tideworks with over 20 years of experience delivering innovative large-scale products and services to market across a range of industries. Heading Tidework’s Product Management organization, Chad is responsible for injecting innovation, continuous improvement, and increased stability across Tidework’s product suite. Chad was named Most Innovative Technology Consultant in the United States by Wealth and Finance International. As an executive, entrepreneur, author and speaker, Chad has had cross-industry impact to businesses through cutting-edge tech and critical foresight. Prior to joining Tideworks, Chad was a Vice President at SAP where he led their Universal ID offering as part of SAP’s Customer Data Cloud product and directed data management products and services supporting the migration to SAP S/4HANA ERP.

Chad Van Derrick

VP, Software Product Management

Chad joined Tideworks with over 20 years of experience delivering innovative large-scale products and services to market across a range of industries. Heading Tidework’s Product Management organization, Chad is responsible for injecting innovation, continuous improvement, and increased stability across Tidework’s product suite. Chad was named Most Innovative Technology Consultant in the United States by Wealth and Finance International. As an executive, entrepreneur, author and speaker, Chad has had cross-industry impact to businesses through cutting-edge tech and critical foresight. Prior to joining Tideworks, Chad was a Vice President at SAP where he led their Universal ID offering as part of SAP’s Customer Data Cloud product and directed data management products and services supporting the migration to SAP S/4HANA ERP.

Gert Kabbedijk

Operations Manager, Europe

Gert Kabbedijk is a long-time professional in the field of ICT and organizational requirements analysis and consulting with a full specialization in terminal operations, on both an execution and management level. Coming from a background in terminal operations, he currently oversees Tideworks European operations. In 1996 Gert started a software company specialized in terminal solutions. His business, Sonu Software Solutions was ultimately sold to Tideworks Technology in July 2004. With over 30 years of experience in logistics, project management implementation of new software developments, he has built up a wealth of experience and knowledge in the terminal sector.

Heath Johnson

VP, Information Technology

Heath Johnson joined Carrix in 1997 as a UNIX administrator. After upgrading the terminal operating systems at all of SSA’s marine terminals from a legacy platform to IBM AIX he became an Oracle DBA and provided leadership for the database group, ushering in Oracle clusters and Standby database. Heath was promoted to the Director IT infrastructure shortly after Tideworks was formed, he brought in new technologies that included Linux clusters, load balancers, Converged Infrastructure Architecture and 10 Gigabit core networks. Since then he has held roles as the Director of International IT for SSA International and more recently the Director IT Services focusing on US based Carrix affiliates.

Hugh Gallagher

VP, Client Services – Marine

Hugh Gallagher joined Tideworks in 2005 with more than 15 years’ experience in the transportation industry and has held positions in vessel operations, liner agency services, intermodal, vessel planning, and terminal operations. Hugh most recently served as assistant vice president of emerging technologies managing all aspects of research, development and quality control of Tideworks’ full suite of software applications. Involved in every aspect of the product life cycle from requirements gathering through implementation, Hugh enjoys leveraging his operational experience and an aptitude for systems to help organizations realize effective business solutions.

Mark Bromley

VP, Client Management

Mark Bromley joined Tideworks in 2008 and is currently Vice President of Intermodal. During his time at Tideworks, Mark has led many key marine and intermodal project initiatives with great success helping customers maximize the software capabilities to achieve operational efficiencies, while keeping focus on schedule and budget. With over 15 years of experience in terminal operations and implementing terminal technologies, Mark has developed a deep understanding of what is required to successfully meet the business needs of customers. Mark is located in Tideworks Jacksonville, Florida office.

Todd Tatterson

VP, Business Development

Todd Tatterson oversees Tideworks’ business development group and manages the company’s key business relationships, strategic growth initiatives, and expansion into new markets. Todd’s nearly thirty years of experience in terminal operations supporting new business activities and adoption of Tideworks software portfolio across the globe give him a deep understanding of both operations and technology. Todd serves on the board of Tideworks joint venture partners, Advent eModal and Brenock Technology. He also played a key role in the startup of Manzanillo International Terminal in Panama.

Frederik Stork

VP, Professional Services

Frederik Stork joined Tideworks in 2024 as the new VP of Professional Services, Frederik brings over 11 years of deep expertise in container terminal operations from his tenure at Navis. At Navis, he played a pivotal role in building and leading a global team focused on terminal optimization and automation consultancy. His contributions included the successful deployment of Navis BI modules and consulting around data-driven operational insight generation. In his final year at Navis, Frederik transitioned into a sales role, driving the growth of Optimization and Analytics solutions and services. 

Before joining Navis, Frederik was the Professional Services Leader for IBM’s middleware offerings in the US West region, managing $25-$30 million in annual revenue. He led a team of 25-30 consultants, delivery managers, and services sales professionals. Frederik’s journey with IBM began through the acquisition of ILOG, an optimization software company where he held various leadership roles in professional services, sales, and technical sales across the US and Germany. 

Thomas J. Rucker (T.J.)

President

Thomas J. Rucker joined Carrix in 1999 as a project manager within the Y2K project team. Shortly after Tideworks was formed, he relocated to Panama where he oversaw IT Operations throughout Central and South America. Thomas then relocated back to Seattle and held the position of Vice President of Product and Professional Services. He was responsible for the innovation and execution of a variety of terminal operating system solutions at marine and rail facilities around the globe. Most recently, Thomas served as the Vice President of Operations for Manzanillo International Terminal (MIT) providing strategic and tactical leadership for the company’s operational functions.

Brenock

A trusted Technology partner, Brenock works closely with its Marine industry customers to deliver cutting edge software solutions, with a proven history of innovation, integrity and flexibility.

Founded in Miami in 1995, Brenock has become an innovative developer of cloud-based and mobile friendly applications focused on driving efficiencies in Marine management systems. Recently, Tideworks and Brenock announced a Joint Venture to leverage complementary strengths to deliver enhanced management tools and solutions for their customers.

Brenock gains its competitive advantage by partnering with its customers to develop cost-effective applications, backed by years of data and powered by the latest technology, that deliver immediate results to customer’s bottom line. Brenock also offers industry leading support, training and communication to ensure its products deliver the benefits they promise.

At the heart of Brenock’s Marine Management portfolio is its Port Management System, driven by the Core Financial modules, and with solutions in Berth Reservations, Offload Management, Call Analytics, Crew & AdHoc Expense Tracking and Ocean Guardian, an environmental compliance program. Brenock is also expanding into new technology such as Idea Pipeline, through its dedicated Brenock Innovation group.

Advent eModal

Advent eModal provides the market leading technology platform that connects multi-modal stakeholders via applications that remove friction at every point of intermodal equipment interchange. The eModal platform hosts unlimited applications, developed by Advent eModal, customers or third parties, that speed laden container movement, optimize equipment utilization and aid in maximizing financial returns. Core Advent eModal developed applications provide executional tools and APIs offering cargo visibility, terminal pre-advice and appointment setting, payment processing and data enabled business intelligence.