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- Owner of Deep South Divers, a commercial dive operation specializing in underwater maintenance, search and recovery and salvage diving.
- Featured on the Discovery Science Channel.
- Featured in the July 2007 issue of BOATING magazine.
- Selected diver for artifact discovery and recovery by the Dataw Historic Foundation.
- Licensed by the State of South Carolina for artifact discovery and recovery.
- First full boat underwater recovery and salvage at the age of 13.
- Scuba diving since 1986.
- Holds 14 major dive certifications:
- PADI Open Water
- PADI Advanced Open Water
- PADI Wreck Diver
- PADI Night Diver
- PADI Deep Diver
- PADI Search and Recovery
- PADI Navigation
- PADI Rescue Diver
- PADI Divemaster
- CPR Certified
- First Aid Certified
- DAN O2 Provider Certified
- SSI Nitrox
- GUE DIR Fundamentals Certified
- Bachelor's degree and Associate's degree in Business Administration with a minor in Management from the University of South Carolina.
- Studied at Duke University's Hyperbaric Facility for the U.S. Navy.
- Studied Computer Sciences at the University of Arizona.
- Undergraduate Liberal Arts and Marketing at Rutgers University.
- Graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy (0860758, Staff Sergeant, Provost, Class of 1988).
- Historical expert on major historically significant local shipwrecks.
- Performed dives and conservation on the H.L. Hunley, a federally classified Historically Significant Submerged Resource.
- Prior experience with recovery of entire boats, barges, heavy equipment and artifacts.
- Lead Diver for project ASSURE, a search and recovery organization working to locate the Tybee Bomb.
- Former Aquarium diver, SC Aquarium, Charleston.
- Former Rescue Diver, Beaufort Water Search and Rescue (Division of the Marine Rescue Squadrons of America).
- Underwater archaeologist and megalodon tooth hunter.
- Author of several published scuba-related articles including The Incredible Find, The Concept of Rock Bottom, The Truth Comes Out, Buoyancy Compensators, Breaking In Your New Mask, and What About Mask Straps?
- Cancer survivor.
- Over 3,000 dives.
 
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DEEP SOUTH DIVERS
