Steven Saint Amour

Mr. Saint Amour has been involved in the subsea industry for over twenty-eight years and is recognized as an authority in the field of aviation and marine casualty investigations. He is an active member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI) and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) and routinely writes articles and conducts seminars on behalf of these and other professional organizations. Mr. Saint Amour has recently accepted an appointment to serve on the Board of Directors of the Endurance Exploration Group Inc.

In 2009 Mr. Saint Amour and his wife, Joan Saint Amour, co-founded Eclipse Group Inc. (EGI). EGI is a marine operations service provider based in Annapolis, Maryland and provides turnkey subsea technical solutions to both commercial and government customers worldwide. EGI holds several multi-year contracts and subcontracts with the U.S. Navy, National Oceanographic Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) and several international commercial companies based both in the U.S. and abroad.

In 1999 Mr. Saint Amour accepted the position of Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) Operations and Sales Manager at Phoenix International, Inc., an underwater services company based in Crystal City, VA.

Mr. Saint Amour was tasked with the founding of Phoenix International’s deep-water ROV division whose accomplishments were instrumental in Phoenix’s award of the U.S. Navy’s Worldwide Search and Recovery contract in 2001.

While at Phoenix, Mr. Saint Amour initiated, and managed the design, engineering, build and operation of nine ROV systems including Phoenix’s Remora, Medusa and XBot ROV systems. Routine operations included search and recovery, telecommunications, oil and gas, science and film projects.

Each vehicle was built to operate in 6,000 meters water depth and have attained an impressive track record of high-profile operations.