IAND, Inc./IANTD announced the appointment of Reverend Patti Schaeffer Mount, M.S. as CEO effective October 1, 2006. A complete On-Line System for IANTD Training and Certification will be featured soon!

Patti was voted in as the President of the International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers effective November 21, 1996. As General Manager Patti had been mainly responsible for the explosive growth that IANTD has enjoyed over the last seven years, a trend that is likely to continue. More recently on February 10, 1998 Patti became a full member of the IANTD Board of Directors. In her new capacity she will be responsible for positioning IANTD to be the leader in all levels of Scuba Diver Education.

IANTD announces the immediate availability of their new Recreational Trimix, Advanced Recreational Trimix and Normoxic Trimix level of Diver program. It is offered by all qualified IANTD Trimix Instructors. This course features training at depth without some of the more commonly known risks associated with diving deep on air.

And on the Open Water Training front, IANTD has spent the last couple of years developing and producing its new Open Water Closed Circuit Rebreather Program. IANTD has launched yet another "first" in the industry!

In 2004 and 2005 IANTD announced the publication of their newest text books Tek Lite, Tek CCR and in 2006 the new full-color Nitrox Diver Manual plus many other updated manuals! The Technical Encyclopedia, was introduced in June 1998 along with the Technical Diver Workbook, Trimix Diver Workbook and Beneath A Crystal Ceiling - Complete Guide to Ice Diving. Already this year IANTD has edited the Nitrox Diver program and the associated course materials. It currently includes all of the latest in Dive Tables technology and international research has to offer while diving 21% to 40% Nitrox. Tables are currently available through IANTD in all Diver levels and gas mixtures which can be seen in the products catalogue on this website.

Tom Mount, Chairman BOD, IAND, Inc./IANTD

Tom Mount is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of IAND, Inc./IANTD. He brings over 40 years of active diving leadership to IANTD. Tom's career includes military diving, commercial diving, research diving, saturation diving, supervision of saturation diving projects and a wide variety of recreational diving leadership positions. Tom owned a dive shop and commercial diving service company where he specialized in installing underwater communication cables for the Cape Kennedy missile range and salvage work from 1963 to 1968. During this period he formed the Aqua Marine Cave Dweller s (later renamed the Florida Cave Dwellers) from which he and Dave Desautels, Larry Briel, and Dale Malloy formed the first cave (technical) diving certification program in the USA, The National Association of Cave Divers (NACD). From 1968 to 1976 Tom was the Diving Officer at the University of Miami's Rosensteil School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS). While in this capacity he developed programs that had scientists routinely performing air dives to 240 fsw (72 msw) and Heliox to 300 fsw (90 msw). In addition, RSMAS was the most active university program involved in saturation dives. Tom participated in Tek Tite II, Hydrolab (supervision and performance of numerous saturation dives) and supervised the diving on the NOAA sponsored FLARE saturation diving project. From 1969 to 1976 Tom supervised the chambers at RSMAS which treated the vast majority of diving accidents in South Florida and the Bahamas.

Tom left RSMAS to become the Training Director for the National YMCA Underwater Activities Program. While there he was the Director of the Army Corps of Engineers Diver Training Program and the lead author of its training manual. Tom then spent a short period of his career as the Vice President of Marketing for Teach Tour Dive Travel Company and Resorts. Following this Tom continued his career as a diving consultant, instructor, free lance photographer, journalist, author, and marketing consultant. Tom became the Vice President of IAND, Inc. in 1991 and developed Standards and Procedures for technical diving. In 1992 he accepted Dick Rutkowski's proposal to become the President of IANTD and then in 1996 to become the CEO of IAND, Inc./IANTD.  In 2006 Tom was voted to his current position of Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Since that time Tom has been active in IAND, Inc./IANTD and Tom Mount's Quality Diver Education. Tom has logged in excess of 11,000 dives including cave dives, wreck dives and dives deeper than 200 fsw (60 msw). Tom has been instrumental in developing rebreather training programs and in particular CCR programs. He is one of, if not the most experienced CCR divers in the world. Tom was the first to be a certified CCR Instructor. His deepest dive on CCR is to 537 fsw (160 msw). Tom is truly one of the most, if not the most, all around experienced technical divers in the world today.

Tom is the author of The Cave Diving Manual, Safe Cave Diving, The Greatest Adventure Photography, Practical Diving, The New Practical Diving, Mixed Gas Diving, The Army Corps of Engineering Course Syllabus, The Advanced Deep Air Diver Student Workbook, The Technical EANx Student Workbook, The Trimix Student Workbook and The Cave Diving Student Manual and Workbook, The Technical Diver Encyclopedia, A contibutor to various CCR manuals and workbooks, a contributor to the NOAA Dive Manual, author of hundreds of articles in various magazines worldwide. His photographs have received publication and acclaim internationally.

Tom has worked with the Cousteaus, Bruno Valetti and John Stoneman and several other production companies on various TV specials and has been involved in commercial and advertising photography. Tom is also a Master in Martial Arts, a licensed Coast Guard Captain and an airplane pilot. Tom is an IANTD Instructor Trainer at all levels, NACD Instructor, NAUI Instructor Trainer, PADI Instructor number 498, and is listed in the books Who's Who In Diving, and Pioneers In Diving. Tom has received dozens of awards for his contributions to diving. He is the recipient of diving's most prestigious award, the NOGI, for his contributions to Sports Education.

In addition Tom has studied martial arts for over 50 years . He first started boxing at age 9 in 1948 then was introduced to Judo in 1952. While in the US Navy in 1958 he first discovered Karate. In 1971 Tom began to switch over to Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido studying under then Master (now Grand Master) Park. Tom has taught at Park's Black Belt Academy, The Armed Service YMCA in Key West, various community centers and at his own "by invitation only school" Mount's World of Martial Arts. He still teaches an average of three times a week. Tom teaches a complete Martial Arts program encompassing mind, body and spirit. He emphasizes Ki, and also practices Qi Gong, meditation, visualization and intuitive sciences and introduces his martial arts students to these disciplines with many becoming very proficient in practicing these for health and insight into life and enlightenment. Tom is a Grand Master in Tae Kwon Do (8th Dan), and Kick Boxing (8th Dan), He is a Master (6th Dan) in Hapikdo and a 4th Dan in Judo. He also has Dan ratings in Karate. Tom developed an effective self defense course titled "Street Self Defense International" for those who need an effective means to protect themselves but who do not have the desire or time to pursue an overall martial arts program, Tom became an international referee for the AAU in 1987 and today is a member of the prestigious United States Martial Arts Association (USMA) as well as other single discipline Martial Arts Associations.

Dick Rutkowski, Founder, IAND, Inc./IANTD

 

Dick retired from NOAA in 1985 with 33 years of federal service. He has served as Deputy Diving Coordinator. He was Founder and Director of the NOAA Diving/Hyperbaric Training and Diver Treatment Facility from 1973 to 1985 where hundreds of divers have been treated. He also served as Co-Director for the NOAA/UHMS three week Physician's Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Training Program for the past 19 years. During his tenure, hundreds of physicians have completed this program and are presently serving as directors and/or physicians for major hyperbaric facilities in the US and abroad.

Mr. Rutkowski also served as director of ESSA/NOAA Diver Training from 1965 until he retired. He has acquired vast knowledge of diving life support systems including the NOAA saturation systems such as:

• Flare
• Hydrolab
• Aquarius
• Helgoland
• La Chalupa

Mr. Rutkowski has saturated many times and is a NOAA aquanaut. In addition, Mr. Rutkowski is a graduate of Divers Training Academy and past owner and president of "Dive Incorporated " a commercial diving company whose primary purpose was to service oil rigs.
Upon retiring from federal service in 1985, Mr. Rutkowski formed Hyperbarics International, Inc. for the purpose of educating and consulting in the field of hyperbarics medicine, diving gases and life support systems.

Joseph Dituri, Training Director, IAND, Inc./IANTD

 

Joseph Dituri brings 28+ years of diving experience to the Board of Directors. He has extensive experience in rebreather, mixed gas and saturation diving.  He is a formally trained Mixed Gas and Saturation Diving Officer for the U.S. Navy and holds a Saturation Diving Supervisor rating from the Association of Diving Contractors.  In a civilian capacity Joseph has trained hundreds of technical divers to dive and physicians in the use of hyperbaric medicine.  He is the author of numerous diver-training manuals, a contributing author to the Navy Diving Manual and has been published in several journals including those produced by the American Society of Naval Engineers and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.   Joe is a veteran of numerous deep diving expeditions.

 

Joseph enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1985 and made his way up through the ranks.  He earned his B.S. in Computer Science from the University of South Carolina and his Master's degree in Astronautical Engineering from Naval Post Graduate School.  In 1995 he earned a commission, worked as a Special Operations Officer and, after several tours, was accepted into the Engineering Duty Officer (Diver) community.  Joe’s commitment to IANTD is completely separate from his military duties.

 

Joseph is married to the former Amy M. Entress.  Together they have three children.  He enjoys skydiving and has a long-term goal of being an astronaut upon retirement from military service.

IAND, Inc./IANTD International Active Board of Advisors

IAND, Inc. / IANTDInternational Board of Advisors is composed of 

Fabio Amaral, Jean-Claude Chappuis, Nancy Romanica Easterbrook, Lamar Hires, Kevin Gurr, Brian Kakuk, Eric Keibler, Morten Lindberg, Shelly Orlowski, Dave Thompson, Jill Heinerth, Martin Robson, Jeff Waugh, Tero Sinkkonen, Matti Anttila, James Mims, David Skoumal, David Sawatzky, M.D., Jeff Bozanic, Frans Vandermolen, Ph.D., Mike Fowler, Gregg Stanton, John P. Jones & Tom Huff

IAND, Inc. / IANTD International Emeritus Board of Advisors

Gilberto De Oliveira, Carl Douglas, Erika-Leigh Haley, Richard Pyle, Wings Stocks, Garry Howland, Vebjørn Karlsen, Barbara Lander, Mark Leonard, Dick Long, Noel Sloan, MD., Morgan Wells, Ph.D., Victor Williams, Gary Taylor, Don Townsend, Billy Deans, Richard Bull & Lee Somers, Ph.D.

IAND, Inc. / IANTD Rebreather Advisor Board

Richard Pyle, Leon Scamahorn, Peter Ready, Lamar Hires, Kim Smith, Martin Parker, Kevin Gurr, Mauricio DeFendi, Chauncy Chapman and Tomar Gross.

THE LICENSEES

IAND, Inc./IANTD International Licensees

Internationally IANTD is represented by Barrie and Andrea Heard in Australasia (Australia & New Zealand), Paul Lijnen in Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg; Luis Pedro & Hilmar Becker in Brazil; Scott Carnahan & Andreas Matthias in Central America (Mexico, Cuba and Central America); Paul and Lorraine Neilsen in China; Alexander Mikula in the Czech & Slovak Republics, Hungary & Poland; Zbynek Hrdina in Egypt;  Egil Osterholm in Finland; J.P. Imbert in France (France, New Caledonia, Mayotte, Tahiti, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, French Polynesia, Martinique, & Guadeloupe); Frank Gottschalch in Germany;  Tim Doyle and Kevin Seagrave in Ireland; Sani Sanievich in Israel;  Yuichi Osawa and Shizutaka Yamamoto Minato-ku in Japan;  Kwang Hwi Kim and Hong Jang Hwa in Korea;   Walid Noshie in Lebanon;  Vangelis Sotiriou in Middle Eastern (Greece, Albania, Cyprus, FYROM, Jordan, Malta, Syria & Turkey);  Michael Hansson in Nordic (Norway, Denmark & Sweden);  Alex Santos in the Philippines;  Sergei Volnuhin and Vladimir Timofeev in Russian Federation;  Don Shirley in South Africa (South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Botswana, Namibia, & Zimbabwe); Khoo Soo Seng in South East Asia (Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan & Republic of Maldives); Armin Sidali in Spain; Simon Pridmore in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands).

It is easy to determine the overwhelming experience that IANTD has to draw from internationally. This in-depth storehouse of knowledge, diving education background and extensive practical abilities enables IANTD to have the most complete resources possible for developing and updating its training programs to stay abreast of evolving technologies.

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