Kenneth L. Mayer

What I Want!

Experienced, enthusiastic, dashingly handsome, modest SCUBA Instructor / USCG Captain / Sailor seeks position in resort dive center or live-aboard charter crew.

Verifiable Proof that I'm Not an Idiot

History of my Current Career

• Island Divers Hawaii / April 2004 thru present / Instructor, Tour Leader, Retail / IT Guy
  Full time staff member for Honolulu diving operation. Led charters, taught classes, sold gear. Top grossing salesperson for the past six months. I am the first Sea Signs instructor on the island of Oahu.
• Hyperbaric Treatment Center / "Care Provider" (Tender). CP for the state's only civilian chamber. Mostly HBO patients with the rare DCS case.
• Sailing Instructor for Hickam AFB Outdoor Recreation group. Helped active duty military unwind by learning to sail small boats.
• Delivery crew. Sailed, double-handed, from Mazatlan to Hilo. I recently completed a 2,900nm, 25 day delivery, Kauai to Sausalito
• 20 years experience as a software engineer. I've been a system, network and security administrator, programmer, web developer, team leader, facility designer and Free Software advocate

Skills -- Chicks Dig Skills

• Sailor, navigator, captain, engineer, cook. I have maintenance and repair experience with almost every boat system and material: rigging, fiberglass repair and fabrication, electrical, plumbing, diesel, mechanical, carpentry. I cook bread underway. I like climbing the mast
• Working knowledge of Spanish. Some French (from college days)
• Web nerd [see resume]. I have my own web site (www.bitwrangler.com) that draws a loyal following. I've designed and built web sites for friends and clients as well my past employers