JOHNSON-SEA-LINK SUBMERSIBLE CREW
Don Liberatore • Manager, Undersea Vehicles/Chief Submersible Pilot
Don Liberatore has been with Harbor Branch since October 1977 as a diver/medic, hyperbaric chamber operator, JOHNSON-SEA-LINK I & II Chief Submersible Pilot, and presently as Manager, Undersea Vehicles and Chief Submersible Pilot for all HBOI manned vehicles. He has over 1500 dives as a submersible pilot and over 200 as J-S-L diver/tender including mixed gas lock-outs to 300'. He has been responsible for retrofitting, maintaining and crew training for HBOI submersibles since 1988. He has participated in many research and/or recovery operations as Submersible Ops Coordinator and Submersible Pilot. These include the search and recovery of the Space Shuttle CHALLENGER; the excavation and documentation of the U.S.S. MONITOR; the documentation of the wreck of the S.S. EDMUND FITZGERALD; and several trips to the Galapagos Islands and Cuba for documentation of the deep water environment surrounding those islands for scientists, the Discovery Channel, and IMAX Corporation.

Don holds an A.S. Degree in Laboratory Technology from Staten Island Community College and an A.S. Degree from Florida Institute of Technology in Underwater Technology.

Craig L. Caddigan • Senior Submersible Pilot/Diving Safety Officer
Craig Caddigan has been with Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc. since July 1982. He has worked as a Mechanical Submersible Technician, Lockout Diver/Tender and Diving Supervisor. Craig qualified as a JOHNSON-SEA-LINK Pilot in June 1986. He is presently working as Senior Submersible Pilot/Diving Safety Officer and at sea Submersible Ops Coordinator. He has logged over 1,000 dives as Pilot of JOHNSON-SEA-LINK I and II.

Craig is a graduate of Florida Institute of Technology and is a P.A.D.I. Open Water Scuba Instructor #4969. He is certified in C.P.R. first aid and is a qualified Recompression Chamber Operator. He is also a DAN oxygen instructor (#395).
Phil Santos • Senior Submersible Pilot
Phil Santos, Senior Submersible Pilot, has been with Harbor Branch since January 1985. His duties have included mechanical technician, lock-out diver, communications and tracking. Present duties include submersible retrofit/maintenance, Submersible Operations Director and Submersible Pilot.

Phil has gone through numerous courses including First Aid, CPR, Diver Alert Network O2 course, and decompression chamber operations.

Phil worked as a safety diver at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution before joining Harbor Branch and is a graduate from Wentworth College in Boston, Ma.
Ken O'Brien • Senior Submersible Pilot
Ken O'Brien has been employed by Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc. since December 1985. Duties and positions held at Harbor Branch include Systems Operator for the Remotely Operated Vehicle CORD, Captain of the R/V SEA GUARDIAN, and presently, Submersible Pilot and Assistant Operations Director of the JOHNSON-SEA-LINK submersibles.

Ken received a B.S. degree in Biology from the University of West Florida and is certified as a Emergency Medical Technician and Medical Laboratory Technician by the State of Florida. Ken has also attended the recompression chamber and oxygen courses offered by Harbor Branch.
Alan Fuller • ROV Pilot/Technician, Submersible Technician
Alan was born in Houston, Texas and has been living in Florida since 1964. He grew up in Riviera Beach where Perry was building their first submersibles and became very interested in this technology. Alan has an AS Degree in Machine Tool Design and Technology and an AA/AS Degree in General Education and Criminal Justice. Alan came to HARBOR BRANCH in 1993 from a defense contractor where he did engineering and developmental work on various mechanical systems.

Alan's job involves maintaining, piloting, and adapting the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) system for specific missions. The ROV is used for scientific observation, sample gathering, deployment and recovery of scientific packages. It's primary mission is a rescue system for the manned submersibles. He is also qualified as an Aft Observation Chamber operator for the JOHNSON-SEA-LINK submersibles.
Frank Lombardo • Submersible Technician
Frank has been a member of the HARBOR BRANCH Submersible Crew since 1998. His duties include design and maintenance of electronic and electrical systems on the JOHNSON-SEA-LINK manned submersibles. He is also a life support technician for the J-S-L aft observation chambers.

Frank came to HARBOR BRANCH with prior experience in the marine electronics field where he worked with such diverse systems as satellite communications, HF radio communications, radar, sonar, and shipboard control systems such as auto pilots and satellite navigation assisted positioning systems.
Dan Boggess • Submersible Pilot/Senior Electronics Technician
Dan Boggess joined the HARBOR BRANCH Submersible Crew in 1989 as an Electronics Technician. He is qualified as an aft observation chamber tender and in 1999, became a pilot of HARBOR BRANCH's manned submersibles, JOHNSON-SEA-LINK I and II. In addition to his duties as a Pilot, Dan serves as Lead Electronics Tech on many missions, helping scientists integrate their tools with the submersible. He also helps manage the ship's satellite e-mail system when at sea.

Current projects include upgrading the shipboard and submersible video suites to fully digital systems, redesigning the Pilot's information displays, and implementing new control systems for various devices used on the submersibles.

Dan took a years break from the sub crew in 1992 to help design and run the presentation systems in the HARBOR BRANCH Education Center. He edited video content for an interactive kiosk, and produced animations, graphics, and text content for live shows. Along with his electronics interests, Dan has produced animations and static graphics used in "Galapagos: Beyond Darwin", "Mysteries of the Twilight Zone" and the "Cuba: Forbidden Waters" broadcast productions. He produced content for the Discovery on-line web site during both the Galapagos and Cuba expeditions, including photographs, processed video frame grabs and captions. A number of his animations, photographs, graphic and text content have been used in HARBOR BRANCH Oceanographic Institute's annual reports, brochures, promotional videos, professional conferences, press releases and web site.
Jim Sullivan • Supervisor, Submersible Electronics
Jim is a native of Florida who grew up in and on the ocean. He spent 6 years in the U.S. Air Force specializing in airborne navigation and avionics repair. He was also an electronics instructor for the Serviceman's Opportunity College.

Jim joined HARBOR BRANCH in 1979 as an electronics technician in the Research and Development Laboratory, helping with the design and construction of CORD, HBOI's pioneer Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). In 1984, he joined the Submersible Crew, where he became a lock-out diver, lock-out tender, and aft observation chamber operator for the JOHNSON-SEA-LINK manned submersibles.

Jim is now involved in the design, maintenance, and repair of the submersibles' electrical and electronic systems, which include the power, navigation, communications, video, lighting, sampling, and environmental monitoring systems. He supports offshore operations and coordinates the interfacing of scientific gear to the submersibles.