• 2011-present
  PhD student, Nautical Archaeology Program, Texas A&M University, College Station TX
• 1986-1988
  MS, Engineering Acoustics, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA
  MS, Systems Technology (Antisubmarine Warfare), Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA
  thesis:  Experimental and Computer Modeling of Local Reflection Effects on Received Sonar Signnals
• 1978-1982
  BS, Chemistry, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis MD

• 2010-2011      Vice President/General Manager, Sayres and Associates
• 2007-2010      Principal Project Manager, AREVA NP, Inc.
• 1982-2007      Captain, US Navy.  25 year career in submarines, including command of USS LOUISIANA (SSBN 743)

• 2015               

Institute of Nautical Archaeology Claude Duthuit Archaeological Grant

• 2017

Team member, Albania Survey, R/V Hercules (RPM Nautical), Vlore, Albania

Team diver, Bay of Caska Liburnian Sewn Boat Excavation, Island of Pag, Croatia

• 2015

Co-director, Bay of Kastela Roman Shipwreck Excavation; documentation, photogrammetry and reconstruction of a ship scuttled to strengthen a Roman villa sea wall;

Team diver, CissAntiqua Project; bay of Caska, island of Pag

Team diver, Sv. Jeronim Project, bay of Suđurađ, island of Šipan

• 2012

Team diver, The Venetian Shipwreck at Gnalic - Mirror of Renaissance World

• 2018 Book review, “The Romans and Trade,” International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, vol 47, #1, 236-237.
• 2017 “An Ancient Laced Boat in the Shadow of a Senatorial Estate,” INA Quarterly vol 44, #1/2, Spring/Summer 2017, p. 18-23.
• 2016 Book review, "Slavish Shore," The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord, vol XXVI, #1, January 2016, p. 74-76. 
• 2015 "Excavation of an Early Imperial Roman Ship at Trstenik in the Gulf of Kaštela, Croatia," INA Quarterly vol 42, #4, Winter 2015, p. 10-17.
• 2015 Book review, "Submarine Torpedo Tactics," The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord, vol XXV, #2, April 2015, p. 188-190. 
• 2015  Book review, "Submarine Torpedo Tactics", The Northern Mariner
• 2012  "The Gnalic Shipwreck: New Excavation, New Insights"  INA Quarterly vol 39, #3/4, Fall/Winter 2012, p. 17