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Director of Sales, Maritime Services
Chad Vander Loop is the Director of Engineering & Design who focuses on managing and building engineering teams nationwide. His extensive background in workforce solutions has given him the ability to provide customized delivery methods in niche industries.
Chad Vander Loop is the Director of Sales for Maritime Services at TotalTek, where he leads the growth and development of one of the company's most specialized and technically demanding practice areas. With a career built on workforce solutions, engineering staffing, and consultative sales, Chad brings a distinctive blend of people skills and industry expertise to a field that requires both — naval architecture, functional engineering, 3D modeling, 3D laser scanning, and full life cycle maritime support aren't disciplines where one-size-fits-all solutions work. Chad knows that, and it shows in how he engages with clients.
His background in workforce solutions gave him an early and deep understanding of what it takes to build high-performing engineering teams from the ground up — identifying the right talent, matching capabilities to project requirements, and delivering customized staffing and solutions models for industries where the margin for error is narrow. That foundation has proven invaluable at TotalTek, where the Maritime practice serves clients in naval, defense, commercial shipping, and government sectors with precision-driven engineering and design capabilities.
What sets Chad apart in his field is his consultative approach. He doesn't lead with a product pitch — he starts by listening, asking the right questions, and genuinely working to understand the operational pressures, project timelines, and workforce gaps his clients are navigating. That orientation toward problem-solving over selling has earned him long-standing relationships with procurement leaders, engineering managers, and project executives at Fortune 500 companies across the United States. Clients describe working with Chad as straightforward and refreshingly low-pressure — because his goal has always been to make their lives easier and their projects more successful, not just to close a deal.
At TotalTek, Chad plays a critical role in expanding the company's reach in the maritime and defense engineering space, identifying new partnership opportunities, and ensuring that TotalTek's delivery capabilities continue to evolve alongside the needs of the industries it serves. His passion for staying current on industry trends — from emerging 3D laser scanning technologies to shifting government contract requirements — means the clients he works with are always getting counsel that reflects what's actually happening in the market, not just what worked a few years ago.
Outside of work, Chad is a proud father to a young daughter who keeps him on his toes and reminds him daily what really matters. When he can sneak away to the fairway, you'll find him playing golf — a game that suits his patient, strategic personality about as well as any sport could.
