captain dietmar
BIO
Captain Dietmar Petutschnig
founder of the Ocean Posse
Born and raised in Austria, moved to the Americas and spent seven years in Chile prior to immigrating to New York City in 1987. Dual citizen of the USA & Austria. Fluent in English, German and Spanish, with a working knowledge of Portuguese & Italian – learned a bit of French while in the South Pacific. Married to Suzanne ( Army-brat ) from Texas and our dog Maximilian. Since 2008 have sailed across the Pacific and to several island nations logging over 53,000 nm with multiple media articles in the yachting press.
Maritime Qualifications
USCG MASTER 100 TONS (MARITM-281)
OCEAN YACHTMASTERย RYA NZย (QN 0778)
AUXILIARY SAIL (MARITM-45)
MZ MROC (RRTOC) Royal New Zealand Coast Guard
ASSISTANCE TOWING (MARITM-42)
P.A.D.I. (Open Water)
RED CROSS (Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED)
Education
Royal New Zealand Coast Guard โ Auckland, NZ
Maritime Institute – San Diego, USA
Universidad Technica Federico Santa Maria โ Valparaiso, Chile
NYU SCE – Unix Systems โ NYC, USA
Prior
CEO of AG Nunet in NYC, USA 1996-2006, led large interactive programming teams that conceived, developed and launched over 250 websites, mobile platforms and interactive systems for mid-size and international fortune 500 companies including Vodaphone, FujiFilm, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and Verizon. Successful exit via private equity deal to IMG.
Director of Internet Technologies Image Info Inc 1994 โ 1996
Spearheaded the first online digital and networked digital b2b databases and libraries for soft good clients
