Meet the LiquidAssets.tv Crew

Randy Harris > Executive Producer
Randy is a dedicated professional who has worked in several facets of the dive industry for more than 20 years. His experience spans the entire spectrum of the industry, from dive shops to scuba parks, resorts to being the video pro on live-aboards and cruise ships. Before his break into television, the last position Randy held in the diving industry was in marketing for a major live-aboard operator that rounded off his knowledge and experience in the diving business. Randy has also been an active scuba instructor for more than 15 years and he was the owner and captain of the charter vessel “Sunchaser.” Randy is an entrepreneur in the largest sense of the word, and with his range of experience has allowed him to recognize the need for the new media and marketing solutions now offered by LiquidAssets.tv. His career has taken him around the globe from Moscow to Australia to Ecuador and many points in between. Randy is now focusing all his talents and energy on his passion, television production as a partner at LiquidAssets.tv. His peers at LiquidAssets.tv consider him one of the leading marketing and sales forces in his field. Randy is the executive producer and founder of LiquidAssets.tv.

Nick Lucey > Host of "Into the Drink", Season 2/Writer/Producer
Nick began his career in journalism in the 1980's as a combat correspondent in the U.S. Marine Corps, attached to infantry and artillery units deployed throughout the western Pacific and Asia. He finished his tour as a sergeant at Parris Island, S.C., then moved to nearby Savannah, Georgia, where he became a copy editor for the Savannah Morning News. He then worked his way up the ranks to become Editor at Large of Scuba Diving Magazine, where he also served as a territory sales manager and online sales and site manager for the magazine's web properties, including ScubaDiving.com, for more than 15 years. Nick is among the world's foremost dive journalists and industry experts, and his assignments have taken him to all corners of the globe in search of articles and underwater and topside photos, including Australia, Baja, Borneo, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Hawaii, Japan, the Maldives, Micronesia, Tahiti, and nearly every island in the Caribbean. He's logged thousands of dives in hundreds of dive destinations, and his articles and photographs have been published in magazines the world over.

Mark Santa-Maria >Director/Director of Photography/Lead Editor
Mark is an award winning documentary filmmaker and sound recording engineer. He is passionate about filming majestic images in harmony with the sounds of the experience. His recent film on manatees and their vocalizations has garnered him a showing at the prestigious international Wildlife Film Festival as a finalist and an award winner. His work has also appeared on several broadcast and cable channels. He is an experienced traveler and instructor/diver who has led expeditions from Africa to Chuuk Lagoon and from the cold waters of Puget Sound to the tropical magnificence of Palau. If you don't find him the open blue waters, he is probably squeezing through a cave restriction in the Yucatan. It is difficult to keep Mark out of the water. He joins the crew of LiquidAssets.tv as the sound engineer and cameraman.

Debbie Edwards > Sales/Sponsorships
Debbie is a media and marketing pro who has created engaging consumer content and event platforms while developing and selling integrated marketing solutions for top brands like MasterCard, AT&T, Frito Lay, Nissan, Samsung, Anheuser-Busch, The North Face, Sony, Charles Schwab, Rolex, Kraft, Gillette, Toyota, Diageo, Canon, Travelocity, American Express, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Westin, Continental Airlines, Fruit of the Loom, Visa, Jeep and hundreds more in roles such as Sales Manager, Business Development Director, Marketing Director, and Publisher for businesses including More Magazine, Teen Vogue, Traditional Home, Modern Bride, Hawkeye Worldwide, Scuba Diving, Outside, and The Rodale Active Network: Men's Health, Runner's World, Bicycling, Mountain Bike and Backpacker. Debbie is currently the President of Edwards Media Solutions and is managing all advertising and sponsorships for LiquidAssets.tv and Into the Drink.

Johnny Reidt > Cameraman
Johnny Reidt grew up with a dream, to be Jacques Cousteau. He was seduced by the ocean by the age of eight while spending hours at the beach free diving and turning over rocks to discover what lived below. He began diving the Pacific Northwest's Puget Sound in 1979. Johnny started filmmaking while documenting his adventures as the singer of the band New American Shame. While signed to Atlantic Records, he toured with many bands ranging from The Cult to Kid Rock. Johnny is a lover of all things: family, fish and film; He is a conservationist, a fly fisherman, an artist, and a dive instructor.

Travis Matteson > Cameraman
Travis is a critically acknowledged photographer, videographer, musician, magician, mathematician, logician, electrician, statistician, and computer technician. At the age of 16, he was rocking his guitar in front of sold out crowds, and later went on to become a well-known radio personality in his home town of Kansas City. He grew tired of the cold, and moved to St. Thomas where he became a PADI instructor. The rest is history.

Chad Wilson > Editor/Cameraman
Chad Wilson is a professional photographer, videographer, graphic designer and editor. Chad holds a Master's Degree in Communication Systems management with a Minor in Photography. He is a one-man advertising agency with experience in radio, print and television commercial campaigns. He produced, edited and hosted several television shows through the years, and was the Creative Services Director for a CBS affiliate, and a NBC affiliate. In television since 1997, Chad's work has been nationally recognized with MIM Nominations, Addy Awards, and his mom said, "That looks nice." Travel is his love and scuba is his passion.

Kim Randall > Photographer/On-location Coordinator
Kim Randall was born with a passport in one hand and plane tickets in another, along with a love for the ocean, She has been an avid traveler and diver since an early age. First certified to dive in the BVI's in 1992, Kim has traveled to over 35 countries around the world, diving in most of them. In recent years, intrigued by capturing the uniqueness of the underwater world on camera, she picked up a DSL-R camera and underwater housing and has been hooked on underwater photography ever since. When Kim isn't traveling the globe with the Into the Drink crew, she works with Discovery Education in their Professional Development division training educators across the country how to use Discovery Education's products and best practices with technology in the classroom. Kim joins the Into the Drink crew as a still photographer and on-location coordinator.

Declan Phelan > Multilingual Narrator/Co-Host
Declan was born in Dublin, Ireland, March 1954, and went on to study and live in England, Sweden, Holland and France. From 1977 to 1981 he traveled extensively through Africa, Asia Minor, India and China. He sailed from Malaysia to the South Pacific, spending many months on various Islands, including Tonga, New Caledonia,Tahiti, Bora Bora, and Huahine. He then moved to the U.S. and spent a decade in Northern California and Maui, Hawaii. He's worked a variety of jobs including logger, fisherman, bouncer, waiter, bartender, painter, carpenter ... you get the idea. He's made Texas his home since 1992 but still manages to travel to Europe, Nepal, Peru, and his personal favorites, Chile, and Easter Island.

Emily Cook > Web Design/Email Marketing
Emily has been working in the field of web and graphic design for over 10 years. After graduating with a degree in graphic design, she worked for a variety of clients and joined Scuba Diving Magazine in 2006 where she served as their web designer. In addition to web design, Emily has a passion for herpetology. She runs a reptile keeping and breeding business in which ball pythons and crested geckos are her specialty. Emily joins the crew of LiquidAssets.tv as the web and email marketing designer. She wishes she could take credit for inventing Google and all of its associated web properties, but unfortunately someone else did it first.