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Rob Quartel

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Co-Founder at STEALTH Maritime Reindustrialization Company
📍 Gwynn, Virginia, United States

Rob Quartel is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in both the private and public sectors, specializing in maritime and transportation security policy. A graduate of Rice University and the Yale School of Management, he founded NTELX, focusing on decision analytics, and is now Co-Founder of a STEALTH Maritime Reindustrialization company.

Outside of his technology and policy ventures, Rob is highly engaged in public service and politics, having served as a policy advisor in multiple presidential campaigns and running for federal office himself. He is also a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and founded an investment fund for Yale alumni startups.

Unique fact: Rob is an Eagle Scout with Bronze and Gold Palms and was a former U.S. Federal Maritime Commissioner.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Gwynn, Virginia, United States
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Priorities

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Maritime Policy Reform
An internationally recognized expert on maritime policy, he founded and led the Jones Act Reform Coalition to overhaul archaic U.S. shipping laws.
Logistics Security
Pioneered the "virtual border" concept for cargo security and pivoted his company NTELX to focus on homeland security and trade logistics after 9/11.
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Career

Work history

3-2024
Co-Founder
STEALTH Maritime Reindustrialization Company
6-2020
Director/Board Member
Navanti Group
12-1999
Executive Chairman and Founder
NTELX
1-2005
Member
Council on Foreign Relations
9-1996 - 12-1999
President
Jones Act Reform Coalition
In the press

Media appearances

NTELX Founder Rob Quartel - Economic Club of Florida Podcast. Featured in Podomatic
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Episode 4: NTELX Founder Rob Quartel. Featured in YouTube
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Education
1976 - 1978
MPPM
Yale School of Management
1968 - 1973
BA
Rice University
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