• Ken is a NRA Patriot Life Endowment member, and former American Gunsmithing Association member;

• He is an International Shooting Sport Federation C Licensed Rifle Coach.

• He is an International Shooting Sport Federation D Licensed Rifle Coach.

• He is certified through the NRA as a Range Safety Officer, Chief Range Safety Officer,  Basic Pistol Course, Basic Rifle Course, and Basic CCW course instructor;

• He is a Certified Level 2 Rifle Coach through the NRA/CMP/and USA shooting

• a Certified California DOJ FSC instructor;

•  Certified Firearms Specialist under the instruction of the "International Firearms Specialist Academy", an organization created by former ATF agent, IFSA Director Daniel O'Kelly. 

• He is currently a member of the NRA Business Alliance,

• He is a CMP Level 1 Range Officer,

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• In February- May of 2019, assisted as a technical consultant in a student film from the SRJC's film school program, pertaining to the proper handling of prop firearms, and also assisted with making certain "pistol fire" damaged props for the film to ensure realism.

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• He is a member of the Sebastopol Rifle and Pistol Club; Prior to becoming a member I hosted a free repair night for club members during the summer of 2018 with Mr. Paul Bobrow, and had done work for club members for several years before. In February of 2020, he was elected to the SRPC board of directors as a member at large and have served on the board for 5 years, and in 2023 was elected as president of the club. Ken stepped away from the board in 2025 to focus his efforts on the junior marksmanship program.

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• from 2020-2023 he chaired the SRPC new member orientation and member re-qualification committee in order to help the club to stay current on safety procedures and training for use in the club.

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• He participaded in the SRPC 22 sporter rifle matches, where he was the first person to hit a perfect 300 score and hold the record for 3 "money maker" targets in a row; in 2024 he become the first person to ever become a 2x 300/300 shooter, and trained the second person to ever achieve 300/300 who was also the first person to achieve it on her first attempt.

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• In October 2023 he was certified as a Level 1 Smallbore/Air rifle coach through the NRA which is recognized by the NRA, USA shooting and the CMP for coaching beginner and intermediate shooters.

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• in November 2023 he became certified as a level 1 CMP Range Officer

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• in December 2023 he became certified as an NRA Basic CCW instructor, in order to assist with courses prior to SB2's rule changes

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• from OCT 2023 to current, he served as a coach for the SRPC Junior Marksmanship program where he is responsible for working with both intermediate and advanced shooters. he serve as travel coach for more advanced Junior shooters, and conducts wednesday night training sessions to help with individual skills development

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• In Jan 1, 2024 He was honored to be the first authorized RDS installer for Sonoma County CCW firearms, per the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department.

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• In May of 2024 he was honored by his Coach and Mentor, Mr. Jerry Steeves, by being asked to take over the juniors program due to successes achieved while working with one of the more advanced shooters who is now traveling the country and holding their own in competition. over the course of the 2024-2025 season, he'll be shown the administrative end of things and look forward to implementing improvements to bring some of what we've encountered in competition to Sonoma county and continuing the legacy and history of our club's program. Previous program directors were Mr. Dick Moore, and Mr. Vilo Ahola.

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•  in May 2024, he successfully completed his coaching courses with Human Kinetics/AESP in Coaching principles as well as sports first aid in order to be added to the national registry of coaches, and further, was granted his Certified Rifle Coach Level 2 credential from the NRA/USA shooting/CMP, which recognizes that he has met the criteria required to coach at the national level, and was added to the human kinetics national registry of coaches.

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• In June 2024 he applied to the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) Training Academy to begin his D-Level coach training for Olympic rifle (smallbore) and air rifle, and was accepted to the program in august 2024 for the 12 week course to commence in September 2024. This course had applicants from 82 different countries. As part of the criteria, he had completed courses for coaches from the World Anti Doping Agency regarding responsibilities for athletes and their support staff. This course is instructed top rated coaches/shooters on the international stage: Rifle Lead instructor Anton Belak, along with Instructors Raymond Kane, Andrea Palafox, Rolf van der Velde, Anna Belakova, Mohamed Amer, Anjali Bhagwat, Elham Hashemi Masoumi, Rashmi Trivedi. 

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• in September of 2024 he began is D level course work with the ISSF coaching Academy and was one of three participants who passed with the maximum amount of required points, and in December 2024 became a licensed rifle coach through the ISSF.

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• in November 2024, He successfully passed his NRA Chief Range Safety Officer training course through NRA Regional Training Counselor Joe Owen

• in december of 2024, he completed the NRA's Refuse to be a Victim instructor course

• in february 2025, Ken began his training for his ISSF C level coaching credential focusing on performance and sports psychology in smallbore and air rifle under the purview of Dr. Vesa Nissinen, ISSF Academy director and President of the Finnish Shooting Sports Federation

• in March 2025 one of Ken's athletes secured and invite for Air Rifle and Smallbore for the 2025 junior olympics hosted by usa shooting

• in march 2025 Ken was recognized by the SRPC board of directors for his efforts in coaching smallbore and air rifle.

• In April 2025, Ken successfully completed his ISSF C level Rifle Coach Licensing course and is recognized as a C level rifle coach by the International Shooting Sport Federation.

• in September 2025 Ken Successfully completed training to become a member of the NRA National Coach development Staff, and elite group of trainers responsible for training coaches as recognized by the NRA and it's training partners.

• in Fall of 2025, Ken completed his ISSF Parasport general coaching course, and began further training in sport psychology in order to better understand the mental side of training, while he waits for the supplementary ISSF PARA Coach Rifle course.