Mr. Mark L. Filanowski has been the Chief Operating Officer of Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. since January 1, 2017. Mr. Filanowski serves as a Founding Partner of Intrepid Shipping, LLC. Mr. Filanowski served as the Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Crowley Petroleum Services, Inc. (Alternate Name: Marine Transport Corporation) from June 1998 to 2001. He served as Senior Vice President of Marine Transport Lines Inc.(MTL), a subsidiary of Marine Transport Corporation since November 1989 and its Head of operations and ship management from 1994 to 1998 and as the Chief Financial Officer from 1989 to 1994. From 1984 to 1988, he served as Vice President and Controller of Armtek Corporation and from 1976 to 1984 he served as an Audit and Tax Manager for Ernst & Young. For ten years, he served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shoreline Mutual (Bermuda), Ltd. and Arvak Inc. He serves as a Director of Shoreline Mutual (Bermuda), Ltd. He has been a Director at Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. since October 1, 2014. He served as a Director of Crowley Petroleum Services, Inc. from June 15, 1998 to 2001. Mr. Filanowski graduated from the University of Connecticut and received an M.B.A. from New York University. He was a Certified Public Accountant.