Ben Bos, CEO
I am proud to be the CEO of UTD Scuba Diving LLC, a training and certification organization dedicated to safe, standardized, and skill-driven scuba and technical diving education. With decades of experience across recreational, technical, and cave diving, my focus has always been on developing divers who think, plan, and perform as thinking team divers.
Under my leadership, UTD emphasizes consistency, clarity, and real-world applicability at every training level. Our philosophy is simple: train hard to dive easy. By prioritizing strong fundamentals, disciplined procedures, and informed decision-making, we prepare divers to operate confidently in demanding environments—not just meet minimum certification requirements.
My goal is to uphold high training standards, support instructors worldwide, and ensure UTD divers are educated, capable, and prepared to dive responsibly wherever their exploration takes them.
“Stay sharp — and see you out there.”
Jay Gardner, President
I am the President of UTD Scuba Diving LLC, where my focus is on the long-term growth, development, and sustainability of the organization. With a background in business leadership and as the author of several books on startups and organizational development, I bring a strategic, systems-based approach to building strong, scalable training programs.
At UTD, my work centers on refining structure, supporting global expansion, and ensuring that our training philosophy is delivered consistently as the organization grows. We believe in developing thinking team divers, and in applying the same discipline and clarity to our business operations as we do underwater. Our guiding principle remains: train hard to dive easy—in training, in leadership, and in execution.
My role is to help UTD evolve without losing its core values, enabling instructors and divers worldwide to operate within a system that is clear, robust, and built for long-term success.
“We gain more satisfaction from the doing, rather than the having done.”
