Fugro has announced Joseph P. Linck, Jr. has joined Fugro as a Senior Consultant to represent our business development efforts in South Texas and in particular the Rio Grande Valley and the Corpus Christi areas.
Linck brings to the position more than 30 years of professional experience, having served as past port director of the Port of Brownsville. After serving as port director, he designed, built and operated a dry bulk maritime terminal in Brownsville and later sold the terminal to a Fortune 300 corporation. Other experience includes working as a crude oil trader for a petroleum refinery in Houston and as a consultant to the energy industry specializing in energy economics, shale gas exploration and production including frac sand and proppants, logistics and industrial acquisitions in Mexico.
A fluent speaker of Spanish, Linck has published many professional articles about international commerce and maritime logistics, in both Spanish and English. A graduate of the University of the Americas in Mexico, he also completed postgraduate studies at the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, Joe is a veteran of the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division.