GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• Entrepreneur and businessman
• Officer, Canadian Armed Forces (light armored reconnaissance, flight training)
• Nationally accredited Skydiving Coach and Instructor
• Human Factors instructor for The Human Diver

Education

• B.A 1986 (Honors) Political Science, Univerity of Lethbridge
• M.A.1988 Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan
• Human Factors instructor for The Human Diver

Diving Qualifications

• GUE Instructor Evaluator
• JJ CCR 2 Instructor
• JJ CCR1 Instructor
• Tech 2 Instructor GUE
• Tech 1 Instructor GUE
• Fundamentals Instructor GUE
• Rec 3 Instructor GUE
• GUE DPV Instructor
• Open Water Instructor GUE
• Open Water Instructor ACUC, SDI/TDI, CMAS
• Specialty Instructor ACUC, SDI/TDI
• JJ CCR
• GUE Tech 2
• GUE Tech 1
• GUE Cave 1
• GUE Cave 2
• GUE Tech 2+
• GUE DPV 1
• ANDI Trimix
• Rebreather
• Multiple DAN courses
• NAS 1

Diving Experience

• Certified to dive in 1982.
• 8000+ Dives
• 600+ Wreck Dives
• 850+ Dives utilizing Staged Decompression
• 800+Trimix Dives
• 950+ Dives utilizing Diver Propulsion Vehicles
• 100 Cave Dives

Community Involvement

• Underwater Archeological Society of British Columbia
• REEF
• Local university project dive support
• Actively involved in mentoring divers in our area

Special interests

• I started diving in 1982 in high school. I spent many years playing competitive rugby and still play at the club level.
• UW videography
• Wrecks, technical diving, dpv diving
• Human Factors and Non Technical Skills in diving
• Skydiving
• World travel

Publications

• Former Editor: Mountain Hunter magazine
• Multiple articles for Quest magazine and InDepth
• The Human Diver

Additional languages

• English
• French

Additional Info

Actively involved in instructor training and mentoring the next generation of GUE divers
Actively involved with the Human Diver as one of 5 Human Factors instructors