Meet the Team
Alex grew up on Lake Angelus in Michigan sailing Sunfish, Lasers, Snipes, Lightnings, Hobie Cats, you name it. After spending time working with snow skiers in the mountains, he came back to the water over a decade ago. He has worked at boatyards in Maine, Florida, and Maryland before bringing his experience to us.
Alex lives in Gloucester County.
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. and now lives in Cobbs Creek, Virginia with his wife Heather and their two year old daughter.
Tom Hale grew up on Martha's Vineyard, where his family owned a boatyard. He worked at the family yard and he later ran a boatyard of his own. He served as Technical Director of the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) in Annapolis, and he also worked for Zodiac as Director of Customer Care and RIB Engineering before coming to ZMI.
Tom graduated from Brown University with a degree in Geology and a minor in boat design. Over the years Tom has designed and built a number of boats, both sail and power. One of his designs is the lovely Vineyard Vixen sailboat.
Tom and his wife live aboard a 37-foot trawler at Herrington Harbour North. They are avid cruisers who were at anchor 80 nights last summer. If you are cruising the Bay, Tom will be glad to share with you some of the hidden gems from his travels.
Max 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 15 years involved in all aspects of vessel repair. He has been with ZMI for over a decade working as a rigger, electrician, and systems tech. From cruising his Island Packet 26 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 and lives in Deltaville with his wife and son along with lots of little boats.
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.
Steve lives in Hartfield, Virginia, with his wife Gwen.