GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• Full Time GUE Instructor for 15 Years
• General Manager, L A SCUBA DIVING, LLC
• Professional Diver
• Professional Musician
• DW Drum Workshop Artist

Diving Qualifications

• GUE JJ-CCR 1 Instructor
• TDI JJ-CCR Instructor
• GUE Tech 1 Instructor
• GUE Fundamentals Instructor
• GUE Primers: Drysuit, Doubles, Triox, Rescue, Navigation
• GUE Rec 1, 2, 3 Instructor
• GUE DPV 1 Instructor
• GUE Gas Blender Instructor
• GUE JJ-CCR 2 Diver
• GUE Tech 2+ Diver
• GUE Cave 1 Diver
• TDI Dive Rite CM O2ptima CCR Instructor
• TDI JJ-CCR Instructor
• TDI Tech Instructor
• PADI Master Instructor
• CPR / First Aid / O2 Instructor
• Halcyon Symbios Qualified

Diving Experience

• 24 Years Teaching Experience
• 15+ Years Full Time GUE Instructor in Los Angeles
• Exploration Diver
• + 7000 Dives
• Experienced GUE JJ-CCR 2 & Dive Rite CM O2ptima CCR Diver & Instructor
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• CCR Experience includes:
• - JJ-CCR
• - Dive Rite CM O2ptima CCR
• - KISS Sidewinder Rebreather
• - Megalodon CCR
• - SF2 Backmount & Sidemount
• - Horizon Rebreather
• - Fathom Gemini Sidemount CCR
• - Halcyon Symbios CCR
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• Experienced GUE Tech 2+ Open Circuit Diver
• Wreck & Cave penetration dives
• Marine debris removal
• Experienced Recreational & Technical Ocean DPV (diver propulsion vehicles)
• 24 Years Digital Media, photo / video, editing experience

Community Involvement

• Founder: GUE L.A. SCUBA - L.A.'s GUE Community Group (guelascuba.com)
• Project Baseline Diver
• Project Dive Coordinator - Ocean Defenders Alliance
• Heal The Bay Volunteer
• Actively involved in building our local GUE community & mentoring divers in the LA and Southern California communities

Special interests

• Dive Coordinator Ocean Defenders Alliance
• Documentation projects with Project Baseline.
• Underwater Photography
• Technical, DPV & Cave Diving
• Travel
• Playing Drums!

Publications

• Author of three specialties:
• - Diving In Metric Workshop
• - Recreational Stage Diver
• - IATSE Local 728 Aquatic Lighting Technician Workshop -Building The Foundation

Languages I teach classes in

• English

Additional languages

• poquito Español

Additional Info

Steve is passionate about diving and has been instrumental in building the Los Angeles and Southern California GUE communities. Over the past two decades, Steve has certified hundreds of divers at various levels and has traveled extensively throughout the Caribbean and anywhere there’s something to explore.

Steve is also a professional musician and Drum Workshop Artist. When not on his CCR, you can also find Steve behind his drum kit playing with various bands around Los Angeles.