Marlin Steel names senior adviser for defense programs

Rear Admiral Nicholas Kalathas, SC, USN

Baltimore-based Marlin Steel, a custom steel basket and metal form manufacturer, has named retired Rear Adm. Nicholas Kalathas, SC, USN, to its leadership team. In his new role as senior adviser, defense programs, he helps steer the manufacturer’s efforts to serve both the U.S. military and the defense contractors that support it.

Kalathas has more than 30 years of experience with the U.S. Navy and the Department of Defense. Before achieving Flag rank, he was assigned to the Defense Logistics Agency as a contracting officer with an unlimited warrant, supervising 120 buyers in support of critical Warfighter needs for Class IX spare and repair parts. After his selection to the rank of rear admiral in 2008, Kalathas became the assistant deputy commander for logistics at Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C. He went on to serve with distinction in the CENTCOM Joint Theater Support Contracting Command and the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics in the Pentagon.