GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• 2006 to present: Co-owner of Zero Gravity Dive Center
• 2017 to present: Co-Owner Cafe Caribe
• 1999 to 2006: Owner of AQUA EXPLORATION
• 1999 to present: Director of FRIENDS OF PUERTO AVENTURAS
• 1995 to 1996: Full time scuba instructor, facility manager (Honduras)
• 1993 to 2005: ESL teacher (Taiwan and Mexico)

Diving Qualifications

• Cave Instructor / Instructor trainder GUE
• Cave Recovery Diver: NSS-CDS
• RB80 Rebreather diver

Diving Experience

• +6,000 logged dives
• 5,000+ cave dives
• 1000+ cave dives using stage diving techniques
• 500+ cave dives using DPVs
• 400+ hrs RB80 Rebreather
• 400+ sidemount dives
• Longest Cave Penetration 7,000 m / 24,000 ft
• 24,000+ m / 80,000+ft Cave Passage Explored and Surveyed
• Co-Director and Exploration Diver for Mexico Cave Exploration Project (MCEP)
• Exploration Diver for Grupo de Exploración Ox Bel Ha (GEO)
• Underwater Cave Exploration in Quintano Roo / Yucatan / Tamualipas Mexico, China, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Community Involvement

• Founding Member of Mexico Cave Exploration Project
• Founding Member of Grupo de Exploracion Ox Bel Ha
• Administrator CINDAQ A.C.
• Produced 20+ cave maps
• Initiated and assisted with numerous scientific cave studies
• Guest Presenter - GUE Conference - 2006
• Guest Speaker - QRSS Cave Diving Conference - 2003, 2004
• Regular contributor of articles to Quest and other cave and diving journals

Special interests

• Underwater Cave Exploration, Survey, Cartography
• Dry Caving
• Community volunteer
• Video Editing
• Writing
• Barista

Publications

• Quest Journal
• Association for Mexican Cave Studies Newsletter
• +30 Underwater Cave maps
• Co-author of varios scientific publications

Additional languages

• Spanish
• English

Additional Info

Fred is a passionate educator and a diving addict who works hard to provide others with all the tools necessary to enjoy diving and life as much as he does!