GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• GUE Instructor Trainer
• GUE Instructor
• DAN Instructor
• Award Winning Recording Engineer
• Professional Musician

Education

• Studied Electric Bass at Berklee College Of Music

Diving Qualifications

• GUE Recreational and Fundamentals Instructor trainer
• GUE Instructor recreational, technical and CCR
• GUE CCR Diver
• GUE CCR Diver 2
• GUE Technical Diver 2+
• GUE Technical Diver 1
• GUE Cave Sidemount
• GUE Cave CCR
• GUE Cave Diver 2
• GUE Cave Diver 1
• GUE Cave DPV
• GUE DPV
• GUE Gas Blender
• GUE Photogrammetry
• Iantd Fathom Gemini CCR
• Padi Divemaster (innactive)
• Naui Instructor (innactive)

Diving Experience

• 2500+ Dives
• Cave, Wreck, Reef Technical and Recreational
• I've been teaching for GUE since 2019

Community Involvement

• Active member of GUE Community in the USA and Italy
• Founder of GUE Monaco
• Coral Care Project 2025
• Video presenter of GUE tips and tricks
• Map The Gulf cave project 2022
• Map The Gulf cave project 2023
• Reef Alert Network Volunteer 2022
• Reef Alert Network Volunteer 2023
• Leading Edge Workshop 2022
• Leading Edge Workshop 2023
• Ghost Fishing
• Beta test team for GUE online learner
• Translations for GUE
• Published in “In Depth”
• Creator of a GUE Premium dive Center.

Special interests

• Sharks
• Underwater Photography
• Gas Blending
• DPV Diving
• Cave Diving
• Technical Diving
• Photogrammetry
• Making Records
• Boating

Publications

• In Depth
• GUE TV
• GUE Youtube

Languages I teach classes in

• English
• French
• Italian
• Spanish

Additional Info

Francesco is an Italian national, born in Nice and raised between London and his hometown of Genoa. He is fluent in four languages and currently divides his time between Europe and the United States.
He spent his childhood summers freediving in Portofino, where he developed a deep connection with the sea. The work of Jacques Cousteau and Luc Besson’s film The Big Blue inspired his initial ambition to become a marine biologist. Instead, his professional path led him into the music industry, where he has established a successful career as a recording engineer and owner of two world‑class recording studios.

After his first scuba dive, Francesco was immediately captivated. He is now an avid technical and cave diver, as well as an emerging underwater photographer. As a GUE Instructor Trainer, he is known for his enthusiasm for diving and ocean conservation. He currently trains recreational and Fundamentals instructor candidates and teaches Technical Diver 1, JJ CCR and Symbios CCR courses, along with the full range of recreational and Fundamentals curricula and multiple primers in various countries, including the United States, Italy, Canada, and Mexico.

In 2020, he conceived, designed, and built a GUE premium dive center. He has participated in numerous projects, including Reef Alert Network (Portofino, Italy), Leading Edge Workshop (Canada), Project Baseline (Orange County, USA), Ghost Fishing (Los Angeles, USA), and Map the Gulf (Sardinia, Italy). He has also contributed to the television series Expedition Unknown as an exploration technical diver, camera operator, and 3D photogrammetry specialist.

Francesco is the founder of GUE Monaco.