Professional

• Scuba Instructor, director of training and technical and marketing consultant in the field of recreational diving.
• More than 6,000 dives using Scuba and Rebreathers in recreational, cave and technical dive environment.
• More than 3,600 students certified in all levels and 640 instructors and dive leaders certified in the career.
• Underwater photographer;
• Consultant and producer for Rede Globo network television for drama and documentary productions about diving.

Diving Qualifications

• Certified as a Scuba Diver since 1982
• Certified as a Scuba Diver Instructor since 1985
• Certified instructor certifier by Scuba Instructor Schools International (SSI)
• Certified Technical Diving Instructor Trainer by the Scuba Schools International (SSI).
• Certified Platinum pro 5000 diver and Platinum instructor by the Scuba Schools International (SSI).
• Certified Instructor trainer by Professional Diving Instructor Corporation – PDIC
• Certified Instructor in the Cave and Tech by Global Underwater Explorers - GUE;
• RB80 Diver GUE
• Certified Instructor for technical diving and cave dive by the International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD)
• Certified Instructor trainer for first aid and CPR by the American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI)
• Certified Instructor trainer in dive medical emergencies by Divers Alert Network (DAN)
• Dive Explorer leader of caves and underwater expeditions in dives with more than 150m deep and 8 hours duration, to technical and scientific institutions such as Brazilian National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,among others;

Community Involvement

• Director of Brazilian Association of Dive Business (ABEM)
• One of the two Brazilian representatives in the development of International Standard Organization (ISO), standards for the activity of SCUBA diving.
• One of the first GUE instructors in 1999.

Publications

• Author of dive manuals and technical articles and textbooks on the field of Recreational, Technical, Scientific dive.
• Author with the largest number of dive manuals and articles published on Portuguese language.

Languages

• Portuguese
• English
• Spanish(Portunhol)