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Bilingual (French/English) PADI IDC Staff Instructor with a passion for the environment, management, teaching, underwater photography, and digital media.

I’m a former digital media executive. As founder & CEO of Raincity Studios, I spent the last decade working with emerging media and web technologies. As a photographer and citizen journalist I covered events including Olympic games in Turin, Beijing and Vancouver, Dalai Lama’s visit to Vancouver and rock bands and tech luminaries at SXSW.

Winner of a 2006 Canadian New Media Award, I created and taught several courses for Vancouver Film School and I was an advisor on various Boards. I participated in the Canada World Youth cultural exchange program as well as various social change workshops and training courses.

Now, I’m following my dream; mixing digital media and scuba diving as I explore planet Ocean.

PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer with Trainer specialties in Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation, Care for Children w/AED, CPR, Deep, Digital Underwater Photography, Diver Propulsion Vehicle, Emergency First Aid, Enriched Air Nitrox, Equipment (Aqualung), Fish Identification, Marine Reef Preservation, Night, Oxygen Provider, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Project AWARE, Search & Recovery, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Navigator, Underwater Photographer, Underwater Videographer, & Wreck diving.

Business development, budgeting & operation management.

Coaching & mentoring.

Community development.

Sales & Marketing: Online/offline, social media.

Strategic planning for digital media projects, marketing initiatives and business operation.

Up-to-date on trends with the hospitality, scuba diving, and traveling industries.

Web Development – Project management, creative concepts and technology advisory.