GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• 2022-present : GUE Instructor Examiner (IE)
• 2015-present : GUE Instructor Trainer (IT)
• 2013-present : GUE JJ-CCR Diver
• 2010-present : GUE Instructor
• 2010-present : GUE RB80 Diver
• 2003-present : GUE Diver
• 2015-2016 : Product Manager, Invenco, New Zealand
• 2005-2015 : Board Member, Petrotec Payment Systems, Portugal
• 2000-2015 : R&D Manager, Petrotec, Portugal
• 1996-2000 : Account Manager, EDS, Portugal
• 1993-1996 : Development Engineer, Thomson-CSF, France

Education

• BSc Electronics Engineering, South Africa, 1991
• MBA International Management, Paris, 1995

Diving Qualifications

• GUE CCR Diver (2013)
• GUE RB80 Rebreather Diver (2010)
• GUE Tech 2+ Diver
• GUE Cave 2 Diver
• GUE DPV Cave Diver
• GUE Documentation Diver
• GUE Cave Survey
• GUE Instructor : Fundamentals, Rec1, Rec2, Rec3, DPV1, Documentation, Cave1, Cave 2, Tech1
• GUE Instructor Trainer/Examiner

Diving Experience

• Cave diving experience in Portugal, Spain, France (Lot and Ardèche), Mexico (Quintana Roo and Yucatan), Florida, Brazil, Sardinia, Dominican Republic, Greece, Mallorca and Russia.
• Cave diving experience with RB80, JJ-CCR, Sidemount and scooters.
• Speleology experience with sumps and extensive dry passage dive operations.
• Experience in Project management with international teams of divers, scientists and support.

Community Involvement

• Founding Member – ENTRADA (www.ENTRADA.tv), a GUE affiliated dive team.
• Member and officer of SPE, the Portuguese Speleological Society (www.SPE.pt).
• Project Manager and Exploration Diver for Alviela project (www.Alviela.com).
• Exploration Diver for Deepreefs Project (www.Deepreefs.com).

Special interests

• Team and community building
• Production of Cave Maps
• Exploration
• Contributing to Scientific Research and Conservation projects

Publications

• Speaker at Barcelona Deco Congress, 2016
• Speaker at Global Diving Conference 2013, Portimão.
• Speaker at Barcelona-Tek (Barcelona) 2013.
• Speaker at Lusotek (Portugal) 2011, 2013.
• Speaker at Exposub (Portugal) 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012.
• GUE Quest Magazine 16.1, “Sardinia 2014: A GUE Project Focused on Scientific Goals”
• GUE Quest Magazine 16.1 "Sardinia 2014: A GUE Project Focused on Scientific Goals"
• GUE Quest Magazine 12.4, "DeepReefs: GUE Divers Serving Marine Science"
• GUE Quest Magazine 11.2, “GUE Divers Going Dry”
• GUE Quest Magazine 10.2, “Alviela: A Team-Building Project”
• GUE Quest Magazine 9.3, “Building a DIR Community”
• GUE Quest Magazine 9.1, “Caves of Portugal and Spain”
• Planeta d’Água Magazine, “Grutas de Florida”
• Planeta d’Agua Magazine, “GUE Tech-1”

Languages I teach classes in

• Dutch
• English
• French
• Galician
• Portuguese
• Spanish

Additional languages

• Portuguese
• English
• Spanish
• French
• Afrikaans

Additional Info

Halcyon Regulator Service Technician
Skippers License
Can travel for Projects and classes

By believing passionately in something that does not yet exist, we create it.
- Nikos Kazantzakis