GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• 2016- present: Owner, Kieren Technical
• 2013-2021: TDI Training Advisory Panel member
• 2015-2016: Training Director, TDI/SDI
• 2013-2015: Training and Membership Services, TDI/SDI
• 2008-2013: Captain and Technical Diving Instructor, St. Croix Ultimate Bluewater Adventures
• 2005-2008: Finance Director, Boucher Automotive Group

Education

• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Diving Qualifications

• GUE Cave 1/Rec/Fundamentals Instructor
• GUE Cave 2/Tech 2 Diver
• TDI Instructor Trainer Evaluator (inactive)
• IANTD/NSS-CDS Full Cave, CCR Cave, DPV Cave, Advanced Trimix Instructor Trainer
• IANTD Advanced Trimix CCR Instructor: Fathom, Gemini

Diving Experience

• Open Water certified in 2001
• 5000+ dives
• 1000+ cave dives
• 1000+ hours on CCR
• 200+ open circuit technical dives
• 50+ dive professionals trained
• 150+ cave/technical divers trained
• 400+ recreational divers trained

Community Involvement

• Phantom Cave Exploration Project
• “Beyond the Sump” 2024
• Rio Uluapan Exploration Project
• Founding member of Tulum Underwater Explorers
• Marine Genome Project
• “Beyond the Sump” 2022 Huautla Resurgence exploration/documentation project
• Karst Underwater Research Team Diver
• Host and trainer to numerous Rolex Our World Underwater Scholarship Society scholars 2013 - present

Special interests

• Back country camping
• Skydiving
• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Publications

• Various articles in InDepth
• Contributing author: "Under Pressure, Diving Deeper with Human Factors" By Gareth Lock 2019
• Contributing author: "Close Calls" by Stratis Kas 2020

Languages I teach classes in

• English

Additional languages

• English

Additional Info

Jon Kieren is a cave, technical, and CCR instructor/instructor trainer who has dedicated his career over the past 17 years to improving dive training. As an active IANTD/NSS-CDS and GUE Instructor, TDI Training Advisory Panel member, and former training director for TDI, he has vast experience working with divers and instructors at all levels, but his main professional focus resides in caves.

In his own personal diving, Jon’s true passions are deep extended range cave dives (the more deco the better), as well as working with photographers to bring back images of his favorite places to share with the world.