Mike is an avid scuba instructor and enjoys sharing his passion for scuba diving. His scuba experience spans many years and includes recreational, technical, scientific, and public safety diving. Mike is a Paramedic, Dive Medical Technician, and military veteran. As a Paramedic/DMT he works offshore providing dive medical support for commercial dive teams.

Mike is Trilogy Dive Center's Diving Safety Officer directly responsible for oversight of all dive training and dive medicine training at Trilogy Dive Center including the Trilogy Dive Center Scuba Camp Program which certifies more than 100 young divers (ages 10-17) every summer. Mike is also Trilogy's Hyperbaric Facility Safety Director responsbile for the safe operation of our 28' multi-place, dual lock hyperbaric chamber. 

Professional Scuba and Medical Experience includes:

• EPA Certified Scientific Diver
• Clearwater Marine Aquarium - Diving Safety Officer
• Florida International University - Asst Diving Safety Officer / Boating Safety Officer
• Florida International University - Aquarius Subsea Habitat, NASA NEEMO, US Navy
• Baker's Bay Golf and Ocean Club - Great Guana Cay, Abaco, Bahamas - Safety Manager/Paramedic
• Trilogy EMS - Independent Duty Paramedic/Hyperbaric Technician - providing medical support on oil platforms and vessels for commercial diving operations.

Military Experience

• United States Air Force - Aircraft Crew Chief, Aeromedical Evacuation Technician
• United States Army - Military Police, Medic
• United States Navy - Hospital Corpsman

Professional Certifications:

• Scuba Instructor - SDI/TDI/ERDI and IANTD
• Scuba Instructor Trainer - SDI and IANTD
• Florida Paramedic
• Divers Alert Network (DAN) - Examiner (Instructor Trainer Trainer)
• DMT Instructor - National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology

Mike is certified to teach the following Scuba courses:

• Open Water Scuba
• Advanced Open Water Scuba
• Nitrox Diver
• Rescue Diver
• Wreck Diver
• Intro to Technical Diving
• Scientific Diver
• Divemaster
• Scuba Instructor
• Dry Suit
• Full Face Mask
• Public Safety Diver
• Hyperbaric Chamber 
• Hyperbaric Chamber Instructor
• Decompression Specialist
• Dive Medical Technician
• Dive Medical Technician Instructor

Mike is certified to teach the following Emergency Medicine Courses:

• CPR/AED/First Aid 
• Emergency Medical Responder
• Wilderness Medicine
• Tactical Combat Casualty Care
• Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
• Diving Medical Responder
• Expedition Dive Medicine