7500+ logged dives with :
- more than 1500 Instructors trained
- 950+ Wreck dives (deepest wreck: 196m - HIJMS Yamashiro)
- 850+ Trimix dives (deepest dive: 226m/ 740ft)
- 720 Cave dives (Mexico, Florida, France, Thailand, Greece, Philippines Islands)
- 1100+ hours of bottom time with various Rebreathers
- Dives all over the world (Europe, Mexico, Thailand, U.S.A., Red Sea, Tunisia, Philippines, Caribbean islands, Vanuatu, Malta, French Polynesia, Malaysia, Indian Ocean, Greece, Cyprus, Hong-Kong, etc.)
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Working Experience
Since 2005 |
- Free-Lance Instructor Trainer and Instructor Trainer Examiner in Europe and South-East Asia.
- NACD Cave Diving Safety Officer for South-East Asia.
- Chairman of DIRrebreather
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July '04 - April '05 |
- Free-Lance Cave Diving Instructor - Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
- CCR Exploration of Cave systems and Cenotes in the Riviera Maya (Tulum-Playa del Carmen area).
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April '02 - July '03 |
- Training Manager for Emperor Divers - Red Sea, one of the most active CDC in the Red Sea. In charge of Human Resources for a company with 150 employees.
- Dive Center Manager for Emperor Divers Sharm-El-Sheikh (55 employees, up to 10 boats and 230 divers per day).
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2002 |
- Rebreather and deep diving Technical Consultant for different TV Programs and Magazines:
- "Ushuaia" (TV Show on TF1 Channel): Sharks and deep marine life in French Polynesia.
- "Thalassa" (TV Show on France 3 Channel) and "E=M6" (TV Show on M6 Channel): deep exploration of the wrecks off Saint-Pierre, Martinique, FWI.
- "H2O" (TV Show on TMC Channel): deep wrecks in the South of France.
- National Geographic Magazine (French edition): Mission in Martinique, FWI.
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February ’98 - December '01 |
- Executive Manager for SAGA, training facility specialized in Instructor level training programs, all over Europe.
- SAGA Scubazur was one of the few PADI Career Development Centers in Europe.
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November ’98 - January '02 |
- France Regional Manager for DAN Europe.
- Project leader and co-founder of OPERATION TRIADE (discovery and exploration of more than 20 major wrecks located in France and Italy, between -80 and -130 meters). During this project, a movie and a book were produced.
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January ’97 - January ‘98 |
- Regional Manager and Sales Representative for PADI Europe, for France, Belgium and the French Speaking part of Switzerland.
- Part time Instructor Examiner.
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December '95 - January 2001 |
- Free-lance Consultant for PADI Europe as Translator (more than 12 manuals and 200 articles translated).
- Translator for DAN Europe (Alert Diver) and TDI (Technical Diving manuals).
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November '94 - December '95 |
- Training Manager of the Instructor Training College – Cannes.
- Vice-President of the S.N.M.P. (French Union of Professional Diving Instructors) and member of the Board of Directory of several Diving Industry Associations.
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June '92 - October '94 |
- Manager and Training Director of the International Dive Center (C.I.P.) Port-Frejus, France.
- Free-lance Consultant and IDC Staff Instructor for the PADI European College in Cannes, France.
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June '92 - September '93 |
- Training Manager for Plongespace Paris, France.
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February '91 - June '92 |
- Diving Instructor Trainer for two Dive Resorts in the French West Indies and the French Polynesian Islands.
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September '89 - May '92 |
- Diving Instructor for several Dive Schools in France.
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