With more than 30 years of experience in scuba diving, he focuses on dive safety, accident analysis, and evaluation of diving equipment, with over 15 years of expert witness experience including consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony. His work includes analysis of scuba-related fatalities, examination and testing of dive gear, and preparation of reports addressing accident causation and contributing factors in diving incidents.

Drawing from extensive operational and instructional experience, he has owned and managed a diving company where he trained and certified divers at all levels and supervised large-scale dive activities. He has also served as a forensic consultant for a medical examiner’s office in cases involving scuba fatalities, in addition to authoring publications and speaking on diving safety topics. His expertise includes accident investigation, equipment evaluation, and training practices within recreational diving environments.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Speech and completed the NAUI Instructor Training Course, where he was recognized as the Top Candidate. His education and advanced instructor training support his expertise in scuba instruction, dive safety, accident investigation, equipment evaluation, and recreational diving operations.