Here's a little about me.

I'm a world-traveled scientific scuba diving instructor dedicated to teaching. I have one degree in Physics and another in Leadership/Management. With about a decade of eLearning development experience, a penchant for quality, a passion for innovation, and a fine attention to detail, I am ready to create your next course. Want to know more about me?

Work Experience

Freelance Instructional Designer, '21-Present

With my business background, I opened an LLC to operate independently as an instructional designer. While I have diverse expertise, I catch on quickly and work well with others; this has led me to create eLearning for scuba, sales, healthcare, compliance, cybersecurity, investing, and real estate.

Scientific Diving Officer, Instructional Designer, '11-'21

After a year as a scuba instructor around the world, I ended up at one of the most high-profile scientific diving programs. I not only taught diving and emergency care to students, staff, and faculty, but I also created eLearning to allow for significant program growth and increased performance.

Robbie teaching a class of 
scientific diving students in a pool.

Education

Master of Science, Leadership & Management, University of Miami Herbert Business School

The curriculum included leadership, management, accounting, finance, marketing, statistics, negotiation, culture, and public speaking. This program helped me see the world through a business lens.

Bachelor of Science, Physics, Denison University

Physics taught me how to break down complex challenges, address them at the core, and piece them back together to create comprehensive learning solutions.

Equipment

Instructional designers and eLearning developers can only be as efficient as our slowest tools, so I designed a custom workstation for maximum efficiency.

► Monitor: Dell 43" 4k - U4320Q

► CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

► Hard Drive: Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe SSD

► RAM: G.SKILL 32GB DDR4 3600

► GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super

► Audio: Rode Procaster mic and Focusrite interface

► Video: Lumix S5ii full-frame mirrorless camera

Robbie's workstation: desk, monitor, chair, and audio equipment.Photo of the inside of Robbie's computer.
Robbie playing viola on stage.Robbie playing viola on stage.

Personal

I am a world-traveled scuba diving viola player and although I am dedicated to my work, I am even more devoted to my family and church community at home in Miami.  My incredible wife and I met at church, got engaged there, and then in 2017 were married there.  In 2019, we were blessed with a son who has brought us more joy than we ever imagined possible.

Personal

I am a world-traveled scuba diving viola player. Although I am dedicated to my work, I am even more devoted to my family and church community at home in Miami, Florida. My incredible wife and I met at church, got engaged there, and then, in 2017, were married there. We were blessed with a son in 2019 and a daughter in 2023. Both have brought us more joy than we ever imagined was possible.

Family photo of Robbie with wife and sonRobbie playing viola on stage.