CERTIFICATION: PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, first certified as an instructor in 1977, qualified to teach over a dozen specialties and certified 1000+ divers. Full Cave certified, Advanced Nitrox and Stage Decompression certifications. 

AT PAN AQUA DIVING: One of the original founders of Pan Aqua in 1983. I work at the store 5 days a week, usually in the back office. I love local wreck diving and teach the wreck diving course. 

FIRST BREATH ON SCUBA: Loved watching Sea Hunt as a young boy and got the chance to take a scuba course at summer camp in 1963. The Explorer Scouts had one of the original certification programs. 

BEST DIVE EVER: A calm summer day on the Atlantic diving the Texas Tower.

FAVORITE WRECK: USS Saratoga in the Bikini Atoll 

WHEN I AM NOT DIVING: Catch me at Buceo 95, Diver Bar or Dive 75 or on a bike ride.