CEO, ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, VIRGINIA BEACH
CEO, ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and former Navy SEAL, Angold leads a company that was named the 24th largest federal contractor in 2019.
Angold left the military in 2005 and joined Blackbird Technologies, a solutions provider for the intelligence community that’s now part of RTX. After a stint at VP Expeditionary Programs in 2010, Angold joined ADS as Navy vertical manager. He held a variety of sales positions before being promoted to CEO in June 2022.
ADS started as a small dive shop, Lynnhaven Dive Center, in Virginia Beach. The son of the company’s founder created an offshoot in 1997 to manage federal contracts and supply military divers. The company handles more than 50,000 products and lays claim to being the second largest supplier to the Defense Logistics Agency, the 28th largest federal government contractor, and the 32nd largest supplier to the Government Services Administration.
In 2021, ADS recorded $3.1 billion in revenue. In 2023, it won a place on a potential 10-year, $3.2 billion DLA contract.
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