About Us and Contact
OPG was founded by longtime industry professional Mike Ange. Mike owned and operated retail dive stores/charter operations in North Carolina and Florida from 1991 through the early 2000s and worked for a number of major manufacturing companies including Whites, OMS and Poseidon before managing the North and South American Division of Dräger Dive, The US Division of Waterproof Diving International and most recently running the Global Bare Watersports Division of Huish Outdoors. Mike also served as the Department Head for the Department of Aquanautics and as the University Dive Safety Officer at Texas A&M University from 2014-2016. Mike remains a semi active instructor trainer teaching courses from the entry level to advanced technical and scientific instructor courses. See more about Mike at www.mikeange.net.
Our website address is: http://opglobal.co.
Our contact information
Technical and admin support may be reached through inquiry@opglobal.co.
OPGlobal is an advertising logo of Mike Ange LLC, the CEO and primary N.American contact is Mike Ange. You can see his profile at https://divingalmanac.com/ange-michael-r-mike/ contact Mike at mike@opglobal.co
Ocean Pros Global’s primary contact in Europe is also Mike Ange
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