Our Team
Steve Zimmerman
President
Steve Zimmerman is the founder and President of Zimmerman Marine, Inc. Steve has logged several thousand miles on the water, including the entire East Coast from Canada to the Caribbean, the Pacific Northwest from Anacortes WA to Glacier Bay Alaska, and over forty trips between the Chesapeake and Long Island Sound. He has raced, cruised, and worked as a paid hand and captain.
Steve graduated from the University of Virginia and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. While in college Steve developed and directed a non-profit consumer protection agency which mediated complaints between consumers and merchants.
stevez@zimmermanmarine.com
Kathryn Wallace
Executive Vice President
Kathryn grew up on Gwynn’s Island in Mathews County VA and first learned the ropes from her dad in the family marine business. She has worked in the marine industry for over 20 years and has been involved in all aspects of boatyard and boat dealership business operations.
Kathryn is a graduate of Virginia Tech, with a management degree and is fascinated with human resources, psychology and what makes businesses successful.
kathryn@zimmermanmarine.com
Max Parker
Vice President of Yard Operations
IMax Parker is a confirmed boat nut and loves just about everything involved with being on the water. He has been in the boating industry for over 25 years involved in all aspects of vessel repair. He has been with ZMI for over two decades working as a rigger, electrician, systems tech, scheduler, and yard manager. From cruising his Island Packet 31 with his family to delivering boats up and down the east coast, he rarely passes up a chance to test a boat.
Max graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in Communications.
max@zimmermanmarine.com
Steve Wallace
Business Development
Steve Wallace, a Maine native earned a degree in marine management from Maine Maritime Academy . Steve started his career in the New York area, building and managing marinas.
He gradually became more involved in the service side, and has managed boatyards in New England, Texas, and Virginia, where he managed ZMI’s Mathews yard for five years. Steve has sailed extensively along the East coast from Maine to Florida and in the Caribbean. Despite his Maine roots, Steve feels at home in warmer climates, and enjoys living in Virginia.
stevew@zimmermanmarine.com
Ian Zimmerman
Yard Manager, Herrington Harbour
Ian has been around boats and boat yards literally since he was born. The Zimmerman family lived adjacent to the original Mathews yard, and Ian grew up playing around the boatyard. Swinging in a bosun's chair from the yard crane was one of many ways he experienced the boat yard setting. The yard provided many opportunities to experience sailing on a wide variety of boats.
Ian attended Stevenson University in Towson MD where he played basketball and earned a business degree. After college Ian started his own boat detailing business and worked for several other companies before joining ZMI.
ian@zimmermanmarine.com
Kaitlyn Bize
Service Coordinator, Herrington Harbour
Kaitlyn grew up boating with her family on the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. Her passion for being on the water led her to pursue a career in yachting. After years of crewing boats in the Caribbean and along the East Coast of the U.S, she attained her USCG Captain’s License in 2019. She then enjoyed instructing hands-on, small vessel training for recreational boaters in the Chesapeake Bay area. She resides in Annapolis, MD with her 2-year-old son and is looking forward to her future with Zimmerman Marine.
Sam Bivins
Yard Manager, Solomons
Sam is an Alabama native (War Eagle, not Roll Tide….) and spent a lot of his childhood in the outdoors and around the water. Sam has lived most of his adult life in the National Capitol region, and currently resides in Annapolis, MD with his wife Chelsea and 18-month-old daughter, Harper Grace. Sam is a licensed 100 Ton Captain and has 15+ years’ experience in the passenger vessel industry, navigating from Norfolk, VA to Boston, MA and everywhere in between. He is broadening his horizons now with ZMI until he can make it big on the PGA Senior Tour.
Mark Breth
Service Coordinator, Solomons
Mark spent every summer as a kid in Cape May, NJ where he fell in love with boating. He enlisted in the Coast Guard for 4 years, and after his tour, he went to college at General Motors to become a technician. After 10 years at Chevrolet, he reenlisted in the USCG RESERVE, where he started as an engineer and advanced up to Chief Petty officer. For the next 30 years, he operated patrol boats at Station Cape May and Atlantic City. In 2021, he retired from Chevrolet and from the USCG in 2022. Immediately following that, he started working at the Spring Cove Marina boat yard in Solomons. Mark and his wife sold their farmhouse in Pennsylvania to live on their 41 FT Chris Craft in Maryland.
mark@zimmermanmarine.com
Adam Sadeg
Yard Manager, Deltaville
Adam, a California native, grew up sailing on San Francisco Bay. He taught sailing at San Diego State University and has owned and campaigned many boats. Adam has over 30,000 ocean miles racing and cruising on the west coast from Oregon to Zihuatanejo, Mexico. He comes to us from Svendsen’s Boat Works in the San Francisco Bay Area where he was the Boatyard Foreman.
Adam graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in Economics.
adam@zimmermanmarine.com
Thomas King
Service Coordinator, Deltaville
Thomas King is the Service Coordinator in Deltaville, VA. He has been working in the marine industry for 10 years and is an ABYC Certified Technician. He started working on boats with his father in the Chesapeake Bay area as a kid and landed his first maritime job working on yacht interiors & refits in South Florida, eventually becoming a Marine Technician and now a Service Coordinator at Zimmerman Marine. He lives aboard a sailboat in the Chesapeake area and is happy to be back in Virginia with his dog enjoying the area and lifestyle change from South Florida.
tom@zimmermanmarine.com
Brad Lane
Yard Manager, Mathews
A Virginia native, Brad grew up in Hampton Roads. He joins ZMI with over two decades of mechanical repair and maintenance experience in a comprehensive array of settings, including the boating service industry. Brad is an ASE-certified Automobile and Medium/Heavy Truck Technician, a Certified Fluid Power Mobile Hydraulic Mechanic, and a Certified Flux-Cored Arc Welder. Throughout his career, he has been heavily involved in the development and training of technicians, as well as customer account management. Brad looks forward to building long-lasting relationships at Zimmerman Marine.
Outside of work, Brad enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters and being involved in church. He still enjoys turning wrenches when he has the opportunity and is always looking for something to drag home and work on.
brad@zimmermanmarine.com
Brian Murphy
Service Coordinator, Mathews
Brian grew up in Mathews County, Va, and has been on the water all his life. He comes from a mechanical background of over 30 years including boats, industrial and farm equipment. When he is not working on restoring old trucks and tractors, he enjoys boating, fishing, and spending time with his wife and two children.
Eric Pittman
Yard Manager, Oriental
Eric has been involved with boating since a young age, as his father was a marine technician locally in Oriental while growing up. After high school, working in aviation in the Navy helped to hone his skills as a technician. After his tour was complete, he became a marine service technician and eventually General Manager at Deaton Yacht Service in Oriental, North Carolina. Seventeen years later, he stayed on through the transition from Deaton’s to Zimmerman Marine as a marine service technician and is now the yard manager. Outside of work Eric plays bass in local bands and enjoys as much time as possible being a father to his daughter.
David Schultz
Service Coordinator, Oriental
David recently joined ZMI Oriental as the Service Coordinator. He brings over 20 years of experience from the South Florida and Georgia boating industries with him to coastal North Carolina. David has worked with sail and power boats from 20-100’ and looks forward to assisting new and existing Zimmerman Marine customers with their unique service needs.
“I am very excited to be a part of the premier yacht service organization in the Mid-Atlantic region and am 100% committed to helping boat owners with preventative maintenance and any service needed to keep you happy and safe out on the water. The Oriental facility has a highly skilled on-site workforce as well as access to an industry-leading network of ZMI service professionals ready to handle projects large and small.”
David and his wife Andrea enjoy the outdoor lifestyle, home improvements, and activities with family, friends, and numerous pets.
Shane Humble
Yard Manager, Holden Beach
Shane currently lives aboard a Gs36. You can expect to find him reading a good book, under the shade of a full canvas, on a close reach. He grew up on a sailboat and has traveled extensively, living in three countries. He has a passion for human rights and enjoys reading, photography, and writing. Shane attended Coastal Carolina University and has 29 years of experience working in the mechanic fields. He is an ASE-certified master tech, ABYC-certified marine technician, HVAC-certified technician, and welder.
J. Jess Service Coordinator, Holden Beach
A passion for boats and the water, J. has owned a boat since he was 14 years old but found his calling when he went to work for Rampage Sportfishing Yachts in 2004. He worked for Hatteras, CABO, Cruisers Inc.,, Maxum, and Bayliner, holding positions in electrical, lamination, and Quality Assurance. He has found working for Zimmerman Marine very satisfying because of the ability to work on all brands of boats. When not at work he can be found on the water in his boat, at a campground somewhere with family or just doing his “honey-do” list at his house.
Cory McDonald Yard Manager, Charleston
Cory McDonald is a seasoned professional with eight years of experience working on boats, specializing in marine electronics and electrical systems. Holding ABYC and NMEA certifications, Cory demonstrates a high level of expertise and dedication to ensuring the safety and efficiency of marine technology. Outside of work, Cory finds joy in spending quality time with his wife and dog, cherishing moments of relaxation and companionship. With a passion for tinkering with his car, Cory enjoys exploring new projects in his spare time.
Yacht Purchase Support Team
Bob Arrington
Yacht Purchase Support
Bob Arrington has 45 years boating experience on the Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay and off-shore waters of the U.S. Atlantic Seaboard and Caribbean. He holds a U.S. Coast Guard 100 Ton Master’s Certificate. Bob shares his love of the water as a writer, marine industry consultant, boat training captain, and scuba instructor. He provides boat owners with lessons in seamanship, safety systems, handling and vessel operation, at the TrawlerFest boat show seminar series and boat brand owner’s clubs. Based in St. Petersburg, Florida, he and his photographer wife Dori cruise extensively aboard their trawler Liberdade, looking for the next story to tell.
bob@zimmermanmarine.com
Scott Miller
Yacht Purchase Support
Scott and his wife Teri have been boating for the last 30 years and have traveled from New England to Florida and the Bahamas as well as logging hundreds of hours doing offshore cruises between destinations. They spent four years living and working full time aboard their Kadey Krogen 58 Miller Time before establishing a home base in Cape Charles, Virginia where they spend time with their three granddaughters in the Chesapeake Bay/Eastern Shore area. Scott has extensive experience maintaining his boats and specializes in electronics and network/data systems and getting the best connectivity for working aboard. Scott brings his 20+ years’ experience in Data, cloud and connectivity working for Microsoft to the industry and to cruisers looking for solutions.
Haywood May
Yacht Purchase Support
Haywood grew up in New Bern, NC, spending most of his free time from an early age on the water. He was fortunate to have grandparents and parents who loved the water and cannot remember a time when there was not some kind of boat in the family. Haywood attended NC State and St. Andrews College, graduating in 1972 with majors in Business and Economics.
Haywood managed a yacht yard in Maine for 16 years, and has made 20+ round trips on the inland waterway, many trips to the Southeast Coast of Nova Scotia, and one transatlantic sailing trip.
Haywood lives in Southwest Harbor, Maine.
haywood@zimmermanmarine.com