Randy is a retired USCG Chief Petty Officer with nearly four decades of emergency response experience. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Homeland Security and is pursuing his master’s degree in emergency management. For over a decade, Randy has been a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) and a Certified Instructional Trainer (CIT). Additionally, POST University frequently asks him to write courses for their Emergency Management Undergrad program, and he is often invited to speak at different conferences. Randy is included on rosters for different Incident Management Teams as a Safety Officer and Planning Section Chief. He even filled the role of Medical Advisor during the St. Simons Sound Response (aka Golden Ray) managing a robust medical team to minimize COVID-19 impacts to the response.
Randy has been an EMT for over 35 years working in different parts of the world, both teaching and responding. He is fluent in Spanish and is an avid photographer as well as being a published author. Randy is still active with the USCG as an Auxilarist and teaches the USCG Oil Spill Response Technician (OSRT) Course at OHMSETT.