REEF ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING PROGRAM (RAMP): Served as a Chief Scientist, Rapid Ecological Assessment benthic habitat Team Lead, benthic/fish towed-diver Team Lead, NOAA Divemaster, Data Manager, and/or deep-water robotic camera operator on 22 NOAA PIFSC RAMP research missions. Served as Scientific Liaison representing PIFSC to partner agencies in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Worked as a project coordinator, contributing principal author, and editor for… Show more REEF ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING PROGRAM (RAMP): Served as a Chief Scientist, Rapid Ecological Assessment benthic habitat Team Lead, benthic/fish towed-diver Team Lead, NOAA Divemaster, Data Manager, and/or deep-water robotic camera operator on 22 NOAA PIFSC RAMP research missions. Served as Scientific Liaison representing PIFSC to partner agencies in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Worked as a project coordinator, contributing principal author, and editor for several professional publications including Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Reports for American Samoa, the CNMI, and the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. Coordinated scientific contributions to several NOAA State of the Reefs Reports with >20 agency partners. Generated and evaluated NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) grant and permit proposals, and collaborated extensively with CRCP managers. Coordinated human resource elements (e.g. position descriptions, candidate interviews and evaluations). Directed dive training operations for CRED. BAITED REMOTE UNDERWATER STEREO-VIDEO SYSTEMS (BRUVS): Adopted a novel remote sampling method for examining shallow and mesophotic coral reef fish and roving predator communities for PIFSC. Directed field and analysis teams, gathering data in American Samoa, Guam, Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). Chief Scientist for the multi-disciplinary 2014 M/V Searcher mission to French Frigate Shoals, NWHI. Generated peer-reviewed manuscripts as principal author. Show less

Led, coordinated and managed administrative, scientific, and operational logistics for the multiagency marine debris survey and removal operations in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Marine National Monument and Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) as a Team Leader (2004–2007) and Operations Manager (2004–2005). Led preliminary discovery, assessment, and site mapping of the shipwrecked whalers Pearl and Hermes. Coordinated and participated in the interview and selection committee of marine… Show more Led, coordinated and managed administrative, scientific, and operational logistics for the multiagency marine debris survey and removal operations in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Marine National Monument and Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) as a Team Leader (2004–2007) and Operations Manager (2004–2005). Led preliminary discovery, assessment, and site mapping of the shipwrecked whalers Pearl and Hermes. Coordinated and participated in the interview and selection committee of marine debris and marine ecosystem specialists. Supervised up to 16 specialists and NOAA scientific divers. Drafted program budgets, ecological impact assessments, permit and funding proposals, and cruise, dive and flight operational safety plans. Drafted, coordinated, and reviewed charter vessel and helicopter contracts. Published and presented scientific findings of marine debris research projects. Participated in news conferences, television and radio public awareness programs. Maintained and repaired scuba equipment, small boats/engines, video/still cameras, and computer equipment. 2002–2008. Show less