Our Team

Michael Stacey is President of CM Technologies, Inc. He has Canadian and international consulting, training and writing experience in maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) administration, coordination and operations and pollution response. He has many years' experience as a Maritime Coordinator at the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria in British Columbia, Canada and has also instructed at the Canadian Coast Guard College. Mr. Stacey has provided writing, consulting and training services in the public and private sectors. He is the co-inventor and developer of the CAPSAVE™ Hull Penetration System, designed for use in maritime salvage and rescue operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
• Master Near Coastal Certificate of Competency (500 GT).
• Maritime Search and Rescue Coordinator, Canadian Coast Guard.
• Canadian and UK passports

Associates working with CMT provide additional subject matter expertise to augment CMT's capacity. E.g. a former Royal Canadian Air Force pilot has twenty-five years' civilian and military experience: Search and Rescue (SAR) fixed-wing pilot; Captain and Training Co-ordinator for aerial firefighting birddog aircraft; Aeronautical SAR Mission Coordinator at JRCC Victoria; Duty Operations Officer at the RCAF SAR Squadron, Comox, BC; trainer and technical writer for Canadian and international aeronautical and maritime SAR operations; expertise in the SAR satellite distress beacon alerting system, and in the interpretation of satellite data for Search and Rescue responses.