# Luke Hillier

> Luke M. Hillier is a Virginia Beach entrepreneur who co-founded Mythics and served as its early CEO through 2004. He helped establish Atlantic Diving Supply from his family’s dive-shop business and is identified as ADS founder and chairman in its January 2025 leadership announcement. He also founded Hillier Ignite in 2013 to support economic opportunity through entrepreneurship, education and military-family initiatives.

- **Role:** Founder and Chairman at ADS, Inc.
- **Organizations:** Mythics, ADS, Inc., Oracle Corporation, Naval Air Systems Command, Hillier Ignite, Warrior Protection and Readiness Coalition, Old Dominion University Educational Foundation
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Finance, summa cum laude, Old Dominion University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Mythics and served as an early CEO through 2004., Helped establish Atlantic Diving Supply in 1997 from the family dive-shop business., Graduated summa cum laude from Old Dominion University in 1994.

## Career timeline

- **1994** — Graduated from Old Dominion University with a finance degree; subsequently joined the Outstanding Scholars program in acquisition management for the U.S. Navy.
- **Before 1999** — Worked in Oracle’s State and Local Government sales division as a lead sales representative.
- **1997** — Returned to the family dive-shop business and helped establish Atlantic Diving Supply as a government-focused offshoot.
- **1999-2000** — Co-founded Mythics with R. Scott LaRose. Hillier’s 2011 SEC biography gives 1999; Mythics corporate histories give 2000.
- **2000** — Began serving as ADS board chairman, according to its 2011 SEC filing.
- **2004** — Early tenure as Mythics CEO ended; became ADS CEO, according to the 2011 SEC biography.
- **2013** — Publicly launched Hillier Ignite on July 11; chaired an Old Dominion University Board of Visitors committee that September.
- **2014** — University board minutes recorded a $90,000 commitment from Hillier and Hillier Ignite toward a business-plan competition over three years.
- **2015** — Presented a $25,000 Warrior for Warriors award to the All In, All The Time Foundation at Warriors East Expo.
- **2016** — Served on the judging panel for Old Dominion’s inaugural Lion’s Lair competition.
- **2018** — Paid nearly $30,000 of holiday layaways for military families at the Oceana Navy Exchange.
- **2019** — Agreed to a $20 million settlement of False Claims Act allegations over ADS small-business contracting eligibility; no determination of liability.
- **2025** — Named as ADS founder and chairman in the company’s January 8 leadership announcement.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Mythics and served as an early CEO through 2004.
- Helped establish Atlantic Diving Supply in 1997 from the family dive-shop business.
- Graduated summa cum laude from Old Dominion University in 1994.
- Received an Oracle government-sales award.
- Founded Hillier Ignite in 2013.
- Supported a $90,000, three-year commitment to an Old Dominion business-plan competition.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — ADS’s January 8 leadership announcement identifies Hillier as founder and chairman and announces John Dunn’s planned addition to the board in June 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://www.hillierignite.org/meet-luke

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Last updated: 2026-10-22