and individual strengths. All five have run businesses
in and out of the Scuba industry. Most have retail and
wholesale experience. Most are accomplished educators. And all of them have a place in their heart for
UTD, a passion to drive the UTD mission – team diving, environmentally friendly diving, consistent equipment, and the development of a like-minded community of safe, well-trained, well-equipped divers.
The goal – to bring UTD one step closer to you: the
customer, the diver, the team member.
Please join me in welcoming Jon, Max, Michael, Darryl, and Marine to the UTD family. Introduce yourself.
Drop them a note to say hi. Then stay tuned as we see
more classes, more projects, more adventures, more
travel, and more fantastically trained divers plying the
oceans, lakes and rivers across the globe.
Jeff Seckendorf
UTD Co-Founder
UTD Brings on Regional Partners
The growth and support of Unified Team Diving,
UTD Equipment and UTD Scuba Diving has been
nothing short of phenomenal. This is due to the massive support and efforts from our instructors, students
and the diving community, all of whom are excited to
embrace the UTD diving philosophy, ethos, covenants
and commitment to being Ocean Friendly. Over the
last seven years we’ve developed a complete brand
of scuba diving educa tion and equipment that truly
speaks to the word, “PROGRESSIVE." We have
built a fully integrated, standardized, scalable education system that supports our ideology of diving. We
have innovated education as the first and only training
agency requiring we teach all our classes 100% neutrally buoyant – from Try Scuba to Rebreather.
In equipment we have also done massive innovation, including development of DIR/Hogarthian/UTD
compatible side mount systems and a fully closed
rebreather system, as well as lights, heaters, regulators
and more. All the gear is scalable through your diving
career, compatible with all environments, standardized
in protocols and philosophy, and supports a mixed
team ideology. We have also spent the last two years
building and developing a business software platform
that will run UTD and support our instructors, facilities and dealers become more successful.
Jon Edwardsen, [email protected]
Michael Deckert, [email protected]
Max Wang, [email protected]
Darryl Owen, [email protected]
Marine Canac, [email protected]
Now, our latest innovation is the development of
Regional Partners and Local Managers. This new
structure is unique in the scuba diving industry and
will allow UTD to provide our instructors, dealers,
facilities, customers and students with the ultimate
in local support and customer service. No longer will
education and equipment come solely from the USA,
but from the four regional partners - North America,
Asia, Europe and Middle East/Africa. This team will
manage instructors, students, facilities and dealers.
They will continue to expand local languages and
c-cards, build, stock, and ship products locally, and
manage warranties and repairs. These four regional
partners, soon to be expanding to Oceania, Russia, and
South America, are directly invested in growing the
UTD brand in your region. Let’s welcome them to our
Family.
Andrew Georgitsis, [email protected]
Jeff Seckendorf, [email protected]
Andrew Georgitsis
UTD Co-Founder
UTD Co-Founders Andrew Georgitsis and Jeff Seckendorf
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