Our Leadership Team
John Blair, Founder
TTL Subsea, Inc., which specializes in the distribution of subsea electrical and fiber optic products and services, was founded by John Blair to fill the Oil & Gas (O&G) industry’s need for fast, reliable and safe subsea electrical and fiber optic solutions. John has a very strong background in the seismic and subsea distribution market for O&G customers and plans to use his skills and relationships to make TTL Subsea an industry leader in the subsea O&G market.
John grew up in College Station Texas and joined the U.S. Army right out of high school. There he worked on a variety of helicopters and was crew chief on a UH-1H “Huey” stationed at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. After leaving the Army, he went on to run an automotive repair business for a few years before joining Digicon (now CGG Veritas). John held many positions at CGG Veritas over the years to include seismic cable repair, umbilical repair, fiber optic lead in terminations and management of the equipment for the fleet of vessels from 1996-2006.
John joined ION Geophysical to promote sales of the seabed seismic product line and provide customer support for the products ION manufactures from 2006-2008. In 2008 John joined Bennex (now Siemens) to sell and promote the subsea distribution, sensing and other products and services Siemens provides. In 2013 John began work for Seacon (now TE Connectivity) to start a subsea distribution group for them at their SAPL location in Belleville, Texas, where he was Sales Director for the U.S. until leaving to found the new company TTL Subsea, Inc.
Jairo Moscoso, Engineering Manager
Jairo Moscoso, a resident of Houston, TX, is the Engineering Manager for TTL Subsea, Inc. Most recently Jairo served as Electrical project engineer for Aker Solutions based in Houston. Prior to Aker, Jairo served as Design Engineer for Siemens Subsea based in Houston. Jairo started his career in the Oil and Gas industry at Bennex Houston in 2006 as a field-service technician servicing subsea electrical terminations both onshore and GOM offshore. Jairo is a skilled professional with a BS in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from the San Buenaventura University in Colombia; and more than 12-year experience in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Electrical & Mechanical design. Eager learner-driven, resourceful, and analytical with a solid background on 2D & 3D modeling and design using multiple CAD software.
Jesse Carmichael, Technical Sales Manager
Jesse Carmichael is Technical Sales Manager for TTL Subsea, Inc., where he manages and develops the vast majority of outgoing proposals and quotations. Hands-on in the workshop and actively involved in the engineering development phase of new projects, his primary focus is on product quality and on-time delivery.
Jesse started in the oil and gas industry in 2006 at Bennex Group AS, later acquired by Siemens Energy, Inc. With a variety of internal responsibilities, his title role was Field Service Representative; testing, installing and repairing subsea and topside control umbilical cable terminations. He also specialized in downhole feedthrough systems, including those for tubing hangers, spanner joints and tree wellhead outlets. He has extensive offshore experience, with frequent travel to both domestic and overseas locations, whilst serving a wide variety of customers in the production and exploration sectors.
In 2015, amid a market downturn, Jesse was fortunate enough to have kept in touch with former colleague and esteemed friend, John Blair, founder of TTL. While he was still working at Siemens, John reached out and asked if he was willing to pursue a new venture in a familiar industry – it was a welcomed opportunity.
Jesse holds a BA from St. Mary’s University of San Antonio (StMU) and has most recently pursued a BS in Electrical Power Engineering Technology from University of Houston (UH). A Louisianan by birth and native to Southeast and Deep East Texas, he has a wife, two beautiful daughters and enjoys classic car restoration, materials science, carpentry and the outdoors.
Nicola Hartman, Chief Financial Officer
Originally from the UK, and now living in Houston TX, Nicola is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for TTL Subsea, Inc. She has over 20 years of Oil & Gas experience. Nicola joined TTL after working at Proserv over 7 years. At Proserv, Nicola held a variety of roles from Commercial Manager, ERP Implementation Manager, VP of HR and most recently VP of Finance over the Global Subsea Business Unit. Prior to Proserv, Nicola worked at GE Oil & Gas and Schlumberger. Nicola is a member of the Certified Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and has a BA (Hons) in Accounting & Finance from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Sarmad Adnan, PhD, PE., Director of Engineering
Sarmad Adnan received his bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ohio University and then moved to Houston to join the Rice University PhD program. After completing his PhD he joined Dowell Schlumberger in 1992 and started working in the research and development center. At Schlumberger Sarmad worked on a diverse range of new projects ranging from downhole tools to surface electrical and electronic systems for fracturing cementing coiled tubing and wireline. In 2012 Sarmad left Schlumberger to start his own company.