Expert Qualifications
This expert has been involved in the ski/snow sport safety industry for more than 40 years. He has extensive experience in evaluating winter sports sites such as ski areas, tubing, and sledding venues. He is certified as a professional ski instructor, and as an outdoor emergency care technician, and a snowmobile instructor. He is a member of numerous societies relating to winter sports safety, and has taught skiing and ski patrolled at numerous ski resorts.
Bio Snapshot
- Location: Colorado
- National Ski Patrol Level 1+2 Mountaineering Training
- National Ski Patrol Level 1+2 Avalanche Training
- National Ski Patrol System Instructor Development Certificate of Achievement
- Forensic Investigator Technician, National Association of Safety Professionals
- Certified, Professional Ski Instructors of America
- Certified, Outdoor Emergency Care Technician Certification, National Ski Patrol System
- Co-Founder, California Ski and Snowboard Safety Organization
- Member, National Ski Patrol, Rocky Mountain Division
- Member, International Society for Skiing Safety
- Member, American Snowsports Education Association
- Member, Professional Ski Instructors of America
- Author, Ski Safety and the Savvy Instructor, The Journal of the Rocky Mountain Professional Ski and Snowboard Instructor
- Former, Ski Patrol, Hidden Valley Ski Area
- Former, Ski Patrol/Patrol Training Instructor/Director/Mountain Sweep Leader, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
- Former, Ski Patrol Team Leader, Copper Mountain Ski Area
- Former, Ski Patrol and Educator, Loveland Basin Ski Area
- Former, National Ski Patrol Avalanche Instructor
- Former, Ski Instructor, Vail Resorts
- Current, Ski and Snowsport Safety Consultant, private consulting firm
