ANGELA NADLER
CO-FOUNDER & COO
Angela was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey but moved to Tampa, FL at the age of 10 with her mother and sisters. Angela earned a bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida in 2010. After working as an Engineer for several years, and traveling abroad in 2014/15, Enoch and Angela moved back to Florida to be closer to family. Shortly after moving to Gainesville, the couple founded Team FTC in the fall of 2016. During the first-year, Angela worked as an engineer at Philips while helping run Team FTC on the side. As Team FTC and Angela's responsibilities grew, she left engineering to come on board full-time in late 2017. As a Lean Green Belt Certified Engineer, specializing in process optimization and improvement, Angela enjoys applying her problem-solving background to the everyday challenges of running your own business. As the Head of Operations, Angela runs the day-to-day business at Team FTC. This includes membership management, website development/maintenance, clothing design/branding, online store maintenance, communications, marketing, social media, event planning and more.
In addition to being passionate about Team FTC, Angela works as a Guardian ad Litem volunteer where she advocates for foster children. Angela, a former foster child herself, enjoys helping children in need the same way so many amazing people helped her along the way.
Running background:
When Team FTC launched Angela's running background was very limited. She had completed a few local 5k's in 2012/13 but had no formal running or sports experience as a youth or adult. As the team took off, so did Angela's training and love for running. She completed her first Half Marathon at the Tom Walker in 2016 in a little over 2 hours. A year later she lowered her time to 1:44 at the local FPOL Half Marathon. Then a year after that she ran her first Marathon in 2019 in 3:24 to qualify for the 2020 Boston Marathon. As a Member of Team FTC Elite, Angela has become a leader at practices and races. Her passion continues to grow for running and coaching as she gains knowledge and miles under her feet.