Profile

Healthy Teams - Ethical Leadership - Operational Excellence - Mission Success

Helping your team succeed in boating safety and maritime SAR. Robert brings valuable and rare interdisciplinary & international experiences to achieve mission success, using an ethically-grounded results-based approach where mutual self-growth and continuous improvement are non-negotiables.

Aspire to Inspire. Contact to collaborate. www.TheSpiritOfSAR.com

Disciplined maritime safety professional, with relevant training from multiple water safety orgs., globally. Creative, strategic thinker, knowledgeable in boating safety, ethical leadership, teamwork, research, and project development. 

• Sample Boating Services (Slides).
• Directly Hire or Purchase Products Webpage.
• Project List & Sponsor page

Demonstrable devotion and sacrifice to this essential societal service. Life-long student actively open to self-growth, job-placement, and upskilling. Non-maritime resumes on request: academic research, data modeling, ethics, writing, and Photography. (see Sea Rescue Photography)

My Goal: Before I pass from this beautiful Earth, I seek a modest paid role in a maritime SAR org., (J)RCC, etc. Others have said it best... 

"to really get to that level where you're getting someone that really wants to push themselves and in to the most challenging conditions-- that has to come from within. [...] I think that drive itself is what makes the surfman what it is today. (Chief Eric Ceallaigh, nmlbs instructor in How Coast Guard Surfmen Train For Massive Waves)"

... I have that drive. I just need help, the opportunity, to realize my potential (and help others do the same).

Notable Accomplishments Include:

• Helped develop the US National Water Safety Plan (Roster page).
• Editorial board of Journal of SAR since 2016.
• Certified U.S. Merchant Marine (Deck Officer, Master) since 2009.
• Certified state boat safety instructor (NJ).
• Knowledgeable with Rescue21 system used by USCG.
• Commercial coxswain and/or recreational boat certs. in multiple nations.
• Completed requirements for radio communications watchstanding of more than one maritime SAR org. from distinct nations. 
• Worldwide maritime SAR training experiences, resulting in familiarity with vessels, PPE, management, and training methods of various maritime SAR orgs.
• Experienced Writer, Researcher, & Content-creator in more than one discipline: Maritime, Aerospace, Data modeling, Philosophy.
  • Articles, (Inter)national standards, Manuals, Visual study-guides for boats/maritime, etc.

Projects Needing Your Support:

• List: https://www.patreon.com/posts/welcome-to-of-of-138936533
• The Maritime SAR Bibliography (Description)(Contribute)(Donate)(Donate-PayPal)
• The Maritime SAR Database (Description)(Donate)(Contribute Best-practices here)
• History of Maritime SAR - Diagram (Purchase)
• The Spirit of SAR. - Contribute your experiences & more (contact)!
• Unhealthy Teamwork & Leadership in SAR.
• Space Rescue. 

  Skills I gained on the water as a coxswain are paramount in space. (Commander A.Douglas)

• Open to Co-authors on these articles (contact with interest):
  
  • The Case for Psychological Safety in SAR
  • Increasing Inclusion in Maritime SAR
  • Improving Maritime Safety Terminology
  • Global Maritime SAR Database
  • Paid vs. Unpaid in SAR
  • Equal rights for volunteers - The volunteer  & employee legal status

Actively Open to Opportunities & Career Mentors for:

• Temporary, full-time, short-term, visiting, contractor roles.
• Small-boat operations jobs, 36 ft or less, RHIBs, & PWC (operator, captain, etc.)
• Consulting, Giving Talks, or one-on-one tutoring on selected topics (e.g., small-boat seamanship, teamwork & ethical leadership, boat & jetski safety, comparison of global maritime SAR orgs., etc.)
• Flexible: Open to contribute in many ways within operations, office, training, education, content-creation, grant writing, website work, data modeling, etc. 

I've told SAR friends & colleagues: Like a keeper of a lighthouse, an ideal life is where I can live at a rescue boat station... I'd consistently train, study, upskill; maintain the station, the vessels, and gear; help my team; and respond to emergencies. Before I pass from this beautiful Earth, my goal is a modest paid role in maritime SAR, globally. Do you have the spirit of SAR?

Help me reach the dream. 

Contact to work together - Safe waters.

"Into the gates of hell we ride. Not for the fame or the glory. But for the one who called out for help." - Unknown