Professional

• Training director for the Oceanic tech the leading technical diving centre in Scandinavia specializing in technical and professional diving.
• Video and multimedia production.
• Founder of the BSTD and the brand new Ocean Discovery diving group.
• Side Scan Sonar operator.

Education

• Specialized training in robot and computer programming
• Military service as a sniper in ranger reckon platoon; graduated with the highest grades, awarded the medal of excellence in service

Diving Qualifications

• Instructor GUE, Instructor Mentor
• Cave GUE, NACD, NSS-CDS
• Technical GUE, IANTD
• Service Technician All major brands
• CPR Instructor
• Commercial Diver Swedish Navy Certification "A"

Diving Experience

• Richard started his commercial diving career in 1986. Richard is also one of the first Instructors awarded GUE Instructor status and have been a supporting member of the WKPP since 1997
• 4000+ dives including cold water dives, wreck dives, technical dives, dives using stage deco techniques, dives using specially mixed gases, cave dives and dives using diver propulsion vehicles ( Gavin DPV's) and more

Community Involvement

• Britannic 1997 and 1999 project leader, camera diver and exploration diver
• 1995. Started Scandinavian technical diving group "Baltic Sea Divers" that is involved in many projects exploring mines and caves in Sweden, Norway and Finland
• Did the longest cave dive ever done in Scandinavia during 1997 in arctic conditions
• Worked for the BBC videoing the famous submarine M1 in 1999
• Worked with side scan sonar on the Spanish gold galleons outside Key West in 2000
• Leader of the project - the search for the admirals fleet. Have so far located more than 40 wrecks in the search area. Project still active

Special interests

• Cave diving
• Underwater video
• Side Scan Sonar wreck hunting

Languages

• Swedish, English and some German