After a few years as an engineer in shipyards, Jean-Philippe Houot was in charge, from 1995 to 2005, of the Engineering and Design Department of Sparcraft, the world leader in the manufacture of masts and spars.
In addition to the management of this Department, Jean-Phillippe was more particularly in charge of:
conception of new products, for production as well as one-off masts
developments related to these materials’ operating process
structures calculation
global project management for riggings on cruising and racing superyachts.
Specifically in this last “haute-couture†mast sector, he has worked in close contact with the shipyards dedicated to one-off yacht building, and has gained experience and expertise in project management and planning , technical interface, subcontracting management, construction follow-up, all the way to fitting installations and final handover of the yacht .