Ed Hayes
Ed Hayes is a Scuba Shack owner, training director, PADI Staff Instructor, and an instructor with Global Underwater Explorers (GUE). Ed is fully involved with the day-to-day operations of Scuba Shack, and frequently dives at Brownstone Quarry, and the caverns and caves of Florida. He continues his own education on a regular basis and is passionate about training techniques and diving principles.
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Sean Hayes
As an owner and business managing partner, Sean wasn’t afraid to jump head first into scuba diving. His first step was to buy Scuba Shack in 2006 with his "brothers" Ed and John. Sean soon got certified with his son Ryan and is a PADI Advanced Open Water diver. Sean’s diving aspirations match one of Scuba Shack's main business goals; to promote diving as a family activity. Sean dives on vacation, and has been seen at Brownstone Park searching for the allusive seven-foot catfish.

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Steve McGough
Steve is a PADI Master Instructor who started diving in 1989. By 1991, Steve was store manager for Scuba Shack, working full-time in sales and training. After more than eight years at Scuba Shack, Steve moved to the Bahamas and worked at Nassau Scuba Centre. Steve is a dive industry and Internet marketing consultant for Scuba Shack.
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Tom Misenti
Tom is one of the previous owners of Scuba Shack and continues to work with Scuba Shack as an industry consultant. He's a PADI Master Instructor with more than 30 years of industry experience, and was recognized as a SSI Platinum Pro5000 diver in 2003.

John Gramegna
John is a pretty adventurous guy who enjoys life to the fullest. A diver for 10 years, he really likes visiting Curacao, so much so that he has built his retirement home on the island. John's hobbies include traveling, cars, learning about new and exciting things and of course scuba diving. Along with Sean and Ed, John is one of the Scuba Shack owners.

Monty Fitzpatrick
Monty is Scuba Shack's resident PADI Course Director and director of The Academy at Scuba Shack. Monty started his diving career working for his father as a commercial diver. His love for working underwater led him to become a PADI professional. During his 15 years as an instructor he has certified more than 1,000 divers from basic open water to IDC Staff Instructor. Monty is an instructor trainer in 19 different PADI specialties.

Joel Toohey
Joel is a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer who started diving in 1982. He enjoys the vertical walls, great swim throughs and diverse marine life in the Cayman Islands (who doesn't!). Jacques Cousteau made quite an impression on Joel and got him interested in the underwater world.
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Phil Stepczyk
Phil is a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer who became certified in 1975 while a cadet at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Phil enjoys wreck diving here in New England, exploring the warm waters of the Caribbean, and has the opportunity to dive various exotic locations around the world. What make teaching special for Phil are the wide eye smiles on his students faces after completing their last open water certification dive.

Gary Woods
Gary has been a certified diver since 1987 and became a professional in 2002. Diving is his passion and he enjoys teaching others what he has learned himself. An accomplished underwater photographer, Gary publishes a yearly calendar. Gary is a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer and certified to teach 16 specialty programs.

Nick Civitillo
As a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, Nick teaches all entry dive certifications along with PADI Rescue, Emergency First Response, oxygen administration and five other specialties. He can often be found in the store talking equipment, training or travel with customers. Nick is a 15 year scoutmaster for a Boy Scout Troop in Simsbury and has merged his passions to get more than 30 of his scouts certified and frequently takes them to Roatan for underwater adventure.

Peter Katz DMD
Peter is a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer who started diving in 1987. Like many divers who have been diving for years, Sea Hunt and Jacque Cousteau got him involved with the sport. He enjoys diving the wrecks off Block Island and in the Bahamas.

Dennis Bosse
Dennis is a person who just loves diving - who happens to be one of Scuba Shack's instructors. From local New England shores to clear blue warm water destinations, Dennis finds enjoyment on every dive. Continuing to expand his horizons, Dennis recently returned from exploring the beautiful caverns of Mexico. He has a passion to share the fun and social aspect of diving through teaching and posting on the staff blog, where Dennis posts about his diving adventures.

Ginamarie Hayes
After her first lesson in 1998, Ginamarie knew she would forever be a scuba enthusiast, and her passion has accelerated her diving career. Ginamarie is a PADI Instructor and enjoys introducing students to a new world. She is dedicated to continuing her own education and has completed GUE Tech 1 and Cave 1 certifications, and aspires to achieve Tech 2 and Cave 2 ratings. If you ask, she'll tell you she is the luckiest woman in the world, and diving has enhanced her life in more than just one way… it's how she and Ed met.

Jeff Cinciripino
Jeff has been diving with his wife Donna and son Matthew since 2004. His passion for diving led him to the PADI professional ranks in 2006 with the goal of helping new divers discover the thrill of underwater adventure. He has numerous dives off the islands of Maui and Lanai and continues to explore new sites across the Caribbean and the Northeast. Jeff completed the PADI Instructor Examination and became an instructor in the fall of 2009..

Mike Alos
If you're diving an underwater wreck - especially in New England - chances are Mike has been diving on it or is familiar with it. Mike's a PADI Assistant Instructor who stumbled upon Scuba Shack and scuba diving on the way to the Greater Hartford Open golf tournament one Saturday morning. He frequently reconsiders not filling out that job application a dive operations manager in Aruba handed him ;)

Donna Cinciripino
Donna got certified in 2004 - a few months after Jeff and her son Matt started diving - and became a PADI Divemaster in 2006. She likes sharing what she has learned as a diver, and has a lot of fun meeting so many great people! Donna likes to dive just about anywhere, but favors Maui, Hawaii and the neighboring islands of Lanai and Molokai. She hopes to keep traveling the world to see new places, both above and below the water!

Dennis Finnegan
Denis became a certified diver in 2005 and is a PADI Divemaster. Twenty-four years of United States Navy experience - and watching Sea Hunt - got Denis interested in scuba diving. His favorite spot to dive is Bloody Bay Wall just off the north side of Little Cayman.

Gary English
Gary was first certified in Africa and has been diving in the Caribbean, Mexico and throughout New England. He particularly enjoys wreck diving in New England and exploring the great granite topography in Gloucester. His favorite site is at the Pallancar Reef in Mexico, with a wall that drops off at 90 feet and surrounded by enormous coral pinnacles, swim throughs and amazing light and wildlife. Gary is interested in scientific diving and reef preservation.

Fran Falanga
Fran has been a certified diver since 2007 and has submerged himself in the sport. Currently working towards his PADI Divemaster certification, Fran has embraced the Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) philosophy and wishes to become a GUE Tech and Cave diver. Fran enjoys helping around the shop and at the pool. He is a proud father of four and hopes to one day share his love of diving with his children.

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