Biography and Experience:
- Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL Training – 08/68
- SEAL Indoctrination – 10/68
- Mark VI Semi Closed Diver – 12/68
- Emerson Closed Circuit Rebreather – 12/68
- Second Class Divers School – 07/69
- Free and Buoyant Ascent Training – 11/69
- Commercial Diver offshore of the Gulf of Mexico and North Sea
- Summit County Colorado Mountain Rescue Training Director and Mission Coordinator1976 – 1981
- Emergency Medical Technician 1976 to 1983
- Journeyman Electrician, Welder, Safety Inspector Climax Molybdenum Mine
- First Aid and CPR Instructor Trainer 1976 to present
- National Mine Rescue competition team 1976 – 80
- Wrote article on hypothermia for Climax Molybdenum Mine - 1976
- One of six people surveying Climax employees about their safety for the Mine Safety Health Administration 1976 & 1977
- Co-founder Summit County underwater Rescue Team/Technical Director 1977 – 1980
- Public Safety Scuba Instructor 1978-1983
- Co-directed state seminar for Mountain Rescue Avalanche personnel 1978
- National Avalanche School 1979
- PADI College - San Diego, California 1981
- Scuba Schools International Instructor 1981
- Equipment technician for Scubapro – 1981
- Aqualung – 1981
- Dacor – 1982
- Deep Instructor – 1982
- Equipment Instructor – 1982
- Search & Recovery Instructor – 1982
- Night Instructor – 1982
- Oceanic – 1983
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- PADI Course Director – 1984
- PADI District Director – 1986 (one of 26 in the world)
- NSS-CDS & NACD Full Cave Diver - 1986
- Cavern Instructor – 1987
- DOT approved hydrostatic technician 1988 to present
- Published article in PADI Instructor Development Newsletter distributed to 10,000 members regarding microteaching techniques – 1990
- Wreck Instructor – 1990
- PADI Regional Coordinator – 1993 to present
- FHA Excellence Award – 1993
- Technical Divers International Nitrox Instructor 1993
- Nitrox gas blending Instructor Trainer – 1997
- Scuba Instructor for the Tulsa Community College 1997 – present
- Oxygen First Aid Instructor – 1998
- Certified pool Technician – 2001
- PADI Technical Instructor Trainer – 2002
- Rebreather Instructor – 2002
- AED Instructor Trainer – 2002
- Trimix gas blender – 2002
- Trimix Diver - 2003
- PADI Hallmark & Excellence Award (every year for the last 15 years)
- Current Treasurer, past Vice President, past activities Chairman of the local Dive Club
- Discovery NOW Dreamer
- IANTD Technical Instructor
- IANTD Trimix Instructor
- TEC Trimix Instructor Trainer
- I have been producing and editing video tapes for customers for 8 years and shooting digital still and video of trips around the world. I narrate some of those videos and choreograph music to others. Everyone benefits from seeing how they move underwater and it makes them better divers, as long as they keep diving on a regular basis.
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