Only the best Trainers
NMEA has a small core group of trainers that are top level installers and technicians who train students in person around the USA and virtually to installers around the world. They have over 200 combined years of experience in marine electronics installation and troubleshooting that they want to share with the younger generation of marine electronics installers.
Mike Spyros- Service Manager
Electronics Unlimited, Ft Lauderdale FL
Mike served as the NMEA Board of Directors Chairman from 2017 through 2019, and has been an NMEA Trainer since 2009. He is the Technical Director with Electronics Unlimited based out of Fort Lauderdale Florida starting there in 1982 as a service/bench technician. He has over 40 years experience installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and designing marine electronics systems on vessels up to 2000 He holds an FCC GROL, Radar Endorsement, GMDSS Maintainer/Operators License and is a Lifetime NMEA Certified Marine Electronics Technician (CMET), along with an ABYC Certified Electrician.
Electronics Unlimited, Ft Lauderdale FL
Mike served as the NMEA Board of Directors Chairman from 2017 through 2019, and has been an NMEA Trainer since 2009. He is the Technical Director with Electronics Unlimited based out of Fort Lauderdale Florida starting there in 1982 as a service/bench technician. He has over 40 years experience installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and designing marine electronics systems on vessels up to 2000 He holds an FCC GROL, Radar Endorsement, GMDSS Maintainer/Operators License and is a Lifetime NMEA Certified Marine Electronics Technician (CMET), along with an ABYC Certified Electrician.
Kevin Boughton- Partner, Owner
Mid-Coast Marine Electronics, Rockland, ME
Kevin, Midcoast Marine Electronics in Rockland ME, has been an NMEA trainer since 2014. Kevin and his team of NMEA certified employees install and service most of the electronics installed on Maine's lobster boat fleet. After electronics trade school and working for a local R.I. company that built telephone communications exchange equipment, Kevin joined the USCG and trained as a Boatswain's Mate. He started in marine electronics in 1987 working for a company on Narragansett Bay in Barrington, R.I. In 1992 moved to Maine an established a marine electronics shop at a reputable marina in Camden, ME. After 6 years opened Midcoast Marine Electronics based in Thomaston, ME. In 2008, relocated MME to Rockland, ME. Joined the NMEA Education Committee in 2014 to present. Kevin holds an FCC GROL, Radar Endorsement, GMDSS Maintainer/Operators License and is an NMEA Certified Marine Electronics Technician (CMET), along with ABYC Certified Electrician.
Mid-Coast Marine Electronics, Rockland, ME
Kevin, Midcoast Marine Electronics in Rockland ME, has been an NMEA trainer since 2014. Kevin and his team of NMEA certified employees install and service most of the electronics installed on Maine's lobster boat fleet. After electronics trade school and working for a local R.I. company that built telephone communications exchange equipment, Kevin joined the USCG and trained as a Boatswain's Mate. He started in marine electronics in 1987 working for a company on Narragansett Bay in Barrington, R.I. In 1992 moved to Maine an established a marine electronics shop at a reputable marina in Camden, ME. After 6 years opened Midcoast Marine Electronics based in Thomaston, ME. In 2008, relocated MME to Rockland, ME. Joined the NMEA Education Committee in 2014 to present. Kevin holds an FCC GROL, Radar Endorsement, GMDSS Maintainer/Operators License and is an NMEA Certified Marine Electronics Technician (CMET), along with ABYC Certified Electrician.
John Barry- Owner
Technical Marine Support, Pleasant Prairie, WI
John has been an NMEA Trainer since 2013. He services the commercial shipping fleet in the Chicago / Milwaukee area in the great lakes. John Barry started Technical Marine Support Inc. to serve the marine electronics needs of boats operating in the Great Lakes and Inland waterways. He holds NMEA CMET, FCC GROL and GMDSS licenses. John has wide ranging experience on many types of boats, from yachts to commercial vessels, power to sail, large to small. As an instructor, John has the ability to put complex technical subjects into understandable real world terms. Today, TMS serves mostly commercial vessels on the Great Lakes and rivers, with integrated electronics installation, support and training.
Technical Marine Support, Pleasant Prairie, WI
John has been an NMEA Trainer since 2013. He services the commercial shipping fleet in the Chicago / Milwaukee area in the great lakes. John Barry started Technical Marine Support Inc. to serve the marine electronics needs of boats operating in the Great Lakes and Inland waterways. He holds NMEA CMET, FCC GROL and GMDSS licenses. John has wide ranging experience on many types of boats, from yachts to commercial vessels, power to sail, large to small. As an instructor, John has the ability to put complex technical subjects into understandable real world terms. Today, TMS serves mostly commercial vessels on the Great Lakes and rivers, with integrated electronics installation, support and training.
Brandon Christopher – Light Marine Field Service Lead
Furuno U.S.A., Inc. – Denton, MD
Brandon joined the NMEA Education Committee in 2021 and started serving as a trainer that same year. For over 15 years Brandon served in multiple roles in the marine electronics industry selling, installing, troubleshooting, and repairing electronics for dealers in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2015, Brandon joined the Marine Electronics Manufacturer Furuno USA and currently serves as the Lead Light Marine Field Service Technician. His current duties include managing Furuno USA’s Field Services Department, performing vessel installation inspections, and hosting training seminars, webinars, and instructional videos for Furuno USA’s dealers. Brandon holds an FCC GROL, Radar Endorsement and is an NMEA Certified Marine Electronics Technician (CMET).
Furuno U.S.A., Inc. – Denton, MD
Brandon joined the NMEA Education Committee in 2021 and started serving as a trainer that same year. For over 15 years Brandon served in multiple roles in the marine electronics industry selling, installing, troubleshooting, and repairing electronics for dealers in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2015, Brandon joined the Marine Electronics Manufacturer Furuno USA and currently serves as the Lead Light Marine Field Service Technician. His current duties include managing Furuno USA’s Field Services Department, performing vessel installation inspections, and hosting training seminars, webinars, and instructional videos for Furuno USA’s dealers. Brandon holds an FCC GROL, Radar Endorsement and is an NMEA Certified Marine Electronics Technician (CMET).
