Experience and History

• Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL Training - 1968
• SEAL Indoctrination - 1968
• Mark VI Semi Closed Diver - 1968
• Emerson Closed Circuit Rebreather - 1968
• Second Class Divers School - 1969
• Free and Buoyant Ascent Training - 1969
• Commercial Diver offshore Gulf of Mexico - 1971
• Summit County Colorado Mountain Rescue Training Director and Mission Coordinator - 1976
• Journeyman Electrician, Welder, Safety Inspector Climax Molybdenum Mine - 1976
• First Aid and CPR Instructor Trainer - 1976
• National Mine Rescue competition team - 1976
• Wrote article on hypothermia for Climax Molybdenum Mine - 1976
• One of six people surveying Climax employees about their safety for the Mine Safety Health Administr - 1976
• Emergency Medical Technician - 1976
• Co-founder Summit County underwater Rescue Team/Technical Director - 1977
• Co-directed state seminar for Mountain Rescue Avalanche personnel - 1978
• Public Safety Scuba Instructor - 1978
• National Avalanche School - 1979
• Commercial Diver in the North Sea - 1980
• PADI College - San Diego, California - 1981
• Scuba Schools International Instructor - 1981
• Equipment technician for Scubapro - 1981
• Equipment technician for Aqualung - 1981
• Equipment technician for Dacor - 1982
• Equipment technician for Oceanic - 1983
• PADI Course Director - 1984
• Deep Diver Instructor Trainer - 1985
• Night Diver Instructor Trainer - 1985
• Equipment Specialist Instructor Trainer - 1985
• Search and Recovery Instructor Trainer - 1985
• PADI District Director (one of 26 in the world) - 1986
• NSS-CDS & NACD Full Cave Diver - 1986
• Cavern Instructor - 1987
• DOT approved hydrostatic technician - 1988
• Wrote PADI article regarding Instructional Theory - 1990
• Technical Divers International Nitrox Instructor - 1993
• PADI Regional Coordinator - 1993
• FHA Excellence Award - 1993
• Nitrox Instructor Trainer - 1996
• Nitrox gas blending Instructor Trainer - 1997
• Scuba Instructor for the Tulsa Community College - 1997
• DAN O2 First Aid for Aquatic Emergencies Instructor Trainer - 1998
• DAN O2 First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries Instructor Trainer - 1998
• Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor Trainer - 1998
• Wreck Diving Instructor Trainer - 2000
• Certified pool Technician - 2001
• DAN AEDs for Aquatic Emergencies Instructor Trainer - 2002
• DAN Hazardous Marine Life Instructor Trainer - 2002
• DAN AEDs for Scuba Diving Instructor Trainer - 2002
• DSAT Tec Deep Instructor Trainer - 2002
• Rebreather Instructor - 2002
• AED Instructor Trainer - 2002
• PADI Hallmark & Excellence Award (every year for the last 15 years) - 2003
• Discovery No Opportunity Wasted reality show participant - 2004
• DSAT Tec Trimix Instructor Trainer - 2004
• IANTD Technical Instructor - 2004
• IANTD Trimix Instructor - 2004
• Dry Suit Instructor - 2005
• Diving Propulsion Vehicle Instructor - 2006
• Current Treasurer, past Vice President, past activities Chairman of the local Dive Club - 2006
• Trimix Gas Blender Instructor Trainer - 2006
• DAN On-Site Neurological Assessment Instructor Trainer - 2006
• IANTD Intro to Cave Instructor - 2007
• Has currently trained thousands of divers and hundreds of PADI Instructors - 2007
• Trimix Gas Blender Instructor Trainer - 2007
• Advanced Recreational Trimix Instructor - 2007
• PADI Digital Photography Instructor - 2007
• PADI Fish ID Instructor - 2007