Vangel was founded by the Androutsopoulos family and their leadership continues today. Vangelās customers and staff benefit from the responsiveness and attention to detail that only on-site owner-managers can ensure.
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Valerie S. Androutsopoulos, Principal An International affairs graduate from George Washington University (BA 1983), Valerie studied Greece’s accession to the European Community in Brussels, which lead to graduate work in Athens, Greece. There she met and subsequently married her husband Angelos, partner in a family scrap paper business. She spent 5 years in Athens during which time she was a purchasing agent for an airplane parts importer and served as the USO representative for the Sixth Fleet. In 1988, the couple returned to Baltimore, where Valerie developed office programs for Baltimore based businesses based on education and convenience that she modeled after programs developed by Dr. Rosalie Green (then Senior Recycling Specialist, EPA and Fairfax Co., VA). |
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Angelos Androutsopoulos, President Angelos, a native of Athens, Greece and computer programmer by training (NCR School of Computer Education 1981, Athens, Greece), agreed to move to America in 1988 with his wife and now business partner on the condition that they create a scrap paper business similar to the one his family owned in Greece. Working at and growing up around Golfinos Androutsopoulos and Sons, his father’s business, Angelos gained first-hand knowledge of all aspects of running a family owned company. Angelos has developed and continues to maintain valuable overseas market contacts. |