Fairwinds Landing partner promotes COO and SVP

Portsmouth-based advanced engineering and manufacturing company Fairlead, a Fairwinds Landing project developer, has promoted Jeremy Jeffreys to senior vice president and chief operating officer.

Jeffrey’s promotion from vice president of Fairlead Structures, a position he’d held since 2020, was effective Sept. 17, according to a news release. As COO, he will oversee operations across all business units.

“Jeremy’s proven leadership and extensive industry expertise make him perfectly qualified to guide Fairlead’s operations through its next phase of growth,” Fairlead President and CEO Fred Pasquine said in a statement. “His ability to scale operations while maintaining a strong commitment to quality, innovation and customer success has positioned Fairlead as a trusted partner to the U.S. Navy and the defense industry.”

As vice president of Fairlead Structures, Jeffreys oversaw the company’s expansion into modular shipbuilding operations supporting the CVN-78 Ford-class aircraft carrier and Columbia-class submarine programs. Under his leadership, Fairlead delivered more than 4,000 tons of aircraft carrier units and submarine modules, contributing to the company’s fourfold increase in revenue over the past six years.

Jeffreys joined Fairlead in 2018 as waterfront operations director, according to his LinkedIn profile. Before that, he worked for ship repair yard General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk for more than six years.

Adam R. Zydron has succeeded Jeffreys as vice president/general manager of structures. He most recently was manufacturing program manager at Newport News Shipbuilding.

Fairlead added CEO to Pasquine’s president title in July.

Fairlead provides mechanical, electrical and shipboard solutions to the Navy and defense partners. It has more than 400 employees and has facilities across six locations.

Fairlead, along with real estate development company The Miller Group and Balicore Construction, formed Fairwinds Landing LLC to work on the 111-acre Fairwinds Landing project at Lambert’s Point Docks. Earlier this month, the Trump administration withdrew $39.27 million in previously awarded federal funding for the Norfolk Offshore Wind Logistics Port, part of Fairwinds Landing.

Fairwinds Landing is designed to be a maritime operations and logistics hub supporting the offshore wind, defense and transportation industries in Hampton Roads.