Unified Team Diving

Unified Team Members

 

WOW...That is all I can say about 2014..... What an amazing year for UTD.... and that is because of YOU - Our Unified Team Members who share our "VISION."  UTD is not just a business, not just "Put Another Dollar In", not just about making money, but about an ethos, a philosophy, a passion, a dedication to the "art of scuba diving" and what it gives each and every one of us intrinsically ....ultimately what WE believe in.... a "Unified Team". 

 

8 years ago, Jeff Seckendorf and I got together, combined our talents and setup UTD International Inc.. We developed a Training Certification Agency (Unified Team Diving) with SOP's, a QC process, an instructor playbook, a full line up of course materials and a complete certification structure. We also setup an equipment manufacturing and distribution component (UTD Equipment), developing progressive and innovative equipment to support our "Vision." Over the last 8 years we have seen massive growth, achieving a wide range and complete selection of training programs (75), certifying 125 instructor worldwide who have now completed over 4000 students. We have also developed 3 complete and standardized equipment configurations (back-mount, side-mount, rebreather) that are all consistent, scalable, interchangeable and allow for "Mixed Team" diving. We also developed a full line of Signature Series Equipment that includes Z-Side-Mount systems, Delta Hybrid wings, Alpha back mount wings, DIR Sport diving wings, VIZ Primary Lights, Solar Heating Systems, MX Rebreathers, PZ1/BZ1 Regulators, Precision Fins, ZUBA and even a line of Public Safety Diving Equipment.

 

In 2014, we saw the absolute outstanding success of Extreme Scuba Makeover (ESM,) conducting over 500+ ESM certifications, to already certified divers, who never learned proper trim, buoyancy, weighting, balance, rock bottom, min deco and so many other basic topics in their previous training courses or agencies. They needed reprogramming to achieve their goals of building a foundation to be a better diver, better buddy and ultimately part of a "Unified Team."  ESM, such a simple concept, yet no one in this industry truly teaches the concepts contained in this class. On the equipment side, we saw the introduction of three new products, the VIZ Primary Lights ( corded or cordless 35w/50w primary lights), the precision neutrally buoyant fin, as well a the release of the new UTD RS350AG breathable trilaminate drysuit. This was a excellent collaboration with Rofos Drysuits from Italy to produce a top quality, well priced, drysuit. 

 

What will 2015 bring?

 

A completely new UTD !!!. 

 

We are redefining the way we do business with you. Instead of producing new educational programs and/or equipment, we are focusing on YOU, our UTD family. Over the last 18 months we have been putting together and in place a new corporate structure of Global Partners and Managers, with a software platform and website that fully integrates our training, events, certification, and equipment.  These new Global Partners/Managers together with the software and website will greatly improve our customer service to you. Wether it be your educational needs and/or product distribution, we can now boast that we are truly Global but "LOCAL".

 

We realized two years ago that we were growing so fast and our reach so vast that we, HQ in San Diego, CA, could no longer adequately serve you from a distance, we needed to be more local and needed help to achieve that goal. We needed Global Partners/Managers who could be your local point of contact, speak your language, be in your time zone, answer your questions, direct you to the right instructors, fulfill your certification needs, distribute the equipment from their local locations, provide the after sales service you need, support local warranties and repairs, develop local projects, provide access to local adventures, essentially serve you locally - after all you're "family."

 

So Jeff and I, together with an absolutely brilliant IT team, developed a NEW website/software that supports our vision of Global Partners/Managers and integrates the training and certification process, delivers our digital content securely, allows for paid bookings of events and classes, allows for distribution level and retail equipment sales and ordering process, supports our local UTD community with social networking, supports our global presence with multiple languages and currencies, and ultimately features our "Educational System" - as education is the cornerstone of UTD. 

 

What to Expect: 

You will see this very exciting move forward for UTD and all of our family. 

 

Regional Partners / Managers

January 7, 2015 Our new Regional Partners take over. They are Jonathan Edwardsen (North America - utd-na@utdscubadiving.com ), Michael Deckert (Europe utd-eu@utdscubadiving.com ), Max Wang (Asia utd-asia@utdscubadiving.com) and Darryl Owen (Middle East/Africa - utd-me@utdscubadiving.com ) with more partners to come in 2015. They will manage and support all your educational needs and distribute the equipment from their regions. So for all future needs within their regions please contact them directly. For Regional Managers in the EU region we have Andrea Cappa and Simone Nicolini handling Italy (utd-it@utdscubadiving.com), Ben Bos handling Scandinavia and the Netherlands (utd-scan@utdscubadiving.com), Sergi Perez Garcia Perez handling Spain (utd-es@utdscubadiving.com). For Asia we have Jason Park for Korea (utd-korea@utdscubadiving.com) and for Philippines we have Juan Naval (utd-ph@utdscubadiving.com) The regional managers and partners will support their local communities including languages and training issues, as well as provide Instructor Training and evaluation.  

 

UTD Scuba Diving

January 5, 2015 the current UTD websites (unifiedteamdiving, utdequipment and the portal) will be shutdown. The new website opens on January 7, 2015 (http://www.utdscubadiving.com.) You can check it out now. We are in BETA testing. It is truly amazing. It not only supports all the functions I mentioned above, as well as supports our Regional Partners and Managers, but most importantly it is easy to use, easy to find things, easy to register for a class, easy to buy online materials, easy to purchase equipment, easy to do everything and completely integrated.  We will be sending out a followup email explaining in detail the transition and what our members need to do. Until then go explore our new website.

 

UTD Watersports Retail Stores 

UTD International Inc. has authorized independently owned and operated UTD Watersports Retail Stores. These retail stores will provide an exclusive  "hands on" experience of UTD Education, Products and Adventures to our worldwide customers in a wide variety of water sports activities including Scuba Diving, Snorkeling, Free-diving, Marine Science Kids Camps, ZUBA, Stand Up Paddle Boarding, Sailing, Kayaking, Kite Boarding and many more. Each UTD Watersports Retail Store although independently owned and operated, will provide our customers with the highest standard of service in the industry as the the owners and operators are heavily vetted, trained and coached to ensure they meet UTD brand quality as expect by our customers. .

 

Currently we have 3 new UTD Watersports Stores - UTD Watersports - San Diego (sandiego@utdwatersports.com), UTD Water Sports - Monterey Bay (montereybay@utdwatersports.com) and UTD Watersports - Ft Lauderdale (ftlauderdale@utdwatersports.com). The new UTD Watersports website (www.utdwatersports.com) will be released in early 2015. We will also be adding more retail outlets that offer exclusively UTD education, products and adventures. To join our UTD Watersports Retail family inquire at info@utdwatersports.com

 

New UTD Certification Card

We have released the all new 2015 category printed C-Cards. We now have images on the front of the C-Card for the training categories of Recreational Diver, Technical Diver, Side-Mount Diver, Overhead Diver and a general c-card.The backside is printed with all your details of current UTD certification levels including your profile image  (You must be uploaded to your profile page.). We also include a Free Keychain c-card showing your highest certification level. 

Click Here to check out the C-Cards

 

New UTD Memberships 

We have three memberships available. Standard, Premium and Platinum. The membership fees directly support our series of UTD Projects. In 2015 we will be conducting research dives in the U.S., Mexico, Europe, and Asia in conjunction with research institutions, universities, and aquariums. UTD members will be exploring, mapping, and publishing data from these dives throughout the year. UTD Projects/Adventures are open to all UTD members. Every UTD member also receives a UTD keychain membership card showing their highest level of UTD certification. Below outlines a list of our BEST valued membership level benefits - Premium 

  • New 2015 UTD C-Card include your personal profile picture on the back and a Keychain C-Card listing your highest level training
  • UTD Ocean Friendly Patch
  • UTD Mask Strap
  • UTD Sticker
  • UTD Weekly Newsletter and/or Video Blogs
  • Buying Discount: 10% Discount on all UTD Equipment Purchases
  • Invites to all UTD Adventures.
  • Invites to participate in UTD Projects.

Click Here to purchase or see other memberships 

 

We want your Opinion is 2015

We want your opinion in 2015. On the new www.utdscubadiving.com website, we encourage you to leave your reviews, your voice, of our classes, course materials, adventures, projects, demos, products and so on. These Customer Reviews are an important peer to peer message of our successes and failures. We are commitment to serving you and it is important for others to read about your experience with UTD. Please give us your honest opinion and provide a Customer Review Today!

 

Phew after all that, we at UTD International Inc, wanted to wish you a Happy New Year and look forward to seeing you in 2015.

 

Andrew Georgitsis

CEO UTD International Inc.

DBA: Unified Team Diving

 

Phone:

+1 855 348-3883 (DIVE UTD)

+1 760 585- 9676

 

Fax:

+1 760 585-9681

 

Email: ag@unifiedteamdiving.com

Skype: andrewgeorgitsis

Viber: andrewgeorgitsis

 

Address: 

11211 Sorrento Valley Rd

Suite I

San Diego, CA, 92121, USA

 

Web Address: www.utdscubadiving.com