GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• Assistant Diving Safety Officer at California Science Center Foundation
• Diving Operations Lead at Bleuworld
• PADI IDC Staff Instructor #384789
• NAUI Instructor #60501
• EFR Instructor
• Equipment Repair Technician
• PSI / PCI VIP, VRT, O2 Clean

Diving Qualifications

• GUE Fundamentals Instructor
• PADI IDC Staff Instructor
• NAUI Instructor
• GUE Tech 2 Diver
• GUE Gas Blender
• TDI Full Cave Diver

Diving Experience

• 10+ years of dive instruction & dive retail in Southern California
• 3000+ dives primarily in cold water. Experience in fresh and salt water environments from polar regions to tropical waters.
• Experience in dynamic environments from caves to altitude to ice to wrecks.
• Experience using DPVs, cameras, and underwater instrumentation.

Community Involvement

• Founder & Training Director at zen dive co., a GUE Premium Dive Center and PADI 5-Star IDC Center
• Ghost Diving USA, Diver & Photographer
• Bleuworld Citizen Science Program
• Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber Crew Volunteer
• Sargassum Removal Project Organizer
• CSCF Volunteer Diver Program
• USC Scientific Diving Discovery Program
• PADI Project AWARE & Dive Against Debris
• Avalon Harbor Underwater Cleanup
• Chamber Day & Chamber Eve
• GUE Community Day

Special interests

• Photography & Cinematography
• Tidepooling
• Caving
• Rock Climbing
• Backpacking

Publications

• Diver Training Magazine
• Scuba Diving Magazine
• Indepth Magazine
• ADPA Bottom Times

Languages I teach classes in

• Farsi