SVS Industries

Marine Salvage

Saving shipwrecks, one splash at a time

Meet Our Team

What We Do

Step into the SVS lair and you'll instantly feel the adrenaline of a shipwreck whispering, “Rescue me, you magnificent sea‑dogs!” Our offices are decked out with state‑of‑the‑art sonar, dive rigs that could make a submarine blush, and coffee strong enough to revive a dead hull. Need a wreck‑recovery plan? Our brass‑tacked geniuses will draft it faster than a gull steals your lunch, with a grin that says, “We’ve got this.”

Beyond the swaggering wall of marine might, we boast a “Salvage‑Boutique” where you can browse custom‑built heavy‑lift gear, rust‑proof tugs, and gizmos that would make James Bond weep with envy. Our crew of certified divers and engineers are half‑human, half‑octopus—ready to dive into the abyss while cracking jokes about sea‑weed salads. Ask for a free demo and watch us pull a sunken cargo from the deep like it’s a sock off a laundry line.

If you’re looking for paperwork, we’ve got the most flamboyant contracts this side of the Bermuda Triangle—signed with ink, sealed with a splash, and delivered on a waterproof tablet. Our customer‑service folks answer calls with the gusto of a lighthouse beacon, ensuring you never feel abandoned like a cast‑away on a deserted reef. So, drop anchor at SVS and let us turn your maritime nightmares into bedtime stories of triumph (and maybe a few salty punchlines).

About Us

Three builders, one vision: ship reliable, human-centered software and services.

Chandler Swift

Chandler Swift

Chandler Swift, a Glencoe‑Minnesota alumnus who grew up alongside fellow SVS co‑founders Eric Villnow and Isaac Swift, turned his lifelong habit of tinkering into a high‑tech marine‑salvage empire after earning a Computer Science degree from the University of Minnesota‑Duluth. A former Eagle Scout and one‑time NASA Administrator who spent six months on the International Space Station debugging autonomous winches, Chandler now applies that same disciplined ingenuity to recover sunken assets, a talent that earned him the 2022 Galactic Salvage Medal (the award famously presented by the ISS crew while riding a tandem bicycle). When he isn’t charting rescue missions, he fuels his endurance and precision on long‑distance bike rides, composes salvage‑inspired jazz on piano and organ, and de‑briefs strategy sessions with his mischievous cocker‑spaniel‑poodle mix, Mabel.
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Eric Villnow

Eric Villnow

Eric Villnow, the “tech‑savvy farmhand” who once lugged 200 UPS parcels through a busted truck ina single morning and still boasts a spotless safety record, co‑founded SVS with his high‑school‑room‑mate rivals Isaac and Chandler Swift—proving that a Bemidji State CS degree plus a Business minor can be as sturdy as his 2023 Tacoma TRD Off‑Road when hauling sunken yachts. He’s the self‑crowned “Fastest Package‑Before‑It‑Ships” champion, fueled by a cocktail of Mountain Dew and 1919 Root Beer, and spends his off‑hours welding reclaimed barn wood and 3‑D‑printing custom salvage hooks on the family farm outside Plato, Minnesota. In 2023 he won the “Most Likely to Salvage a Submarine While Sipping Root Beer” award, a title he proudly displays beside his trophy‑case of salvaged fishing boats and perfectly trimmed cornrows.
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Isaac Swift

Isaac Swift

Isaac Swift, the glutton‑for‑adventure co‑founder of SVS, spent his teenage years plotting marine rescues in the back of a Glencoe high‑school hallway with fellow salvagers Eric Villnow and Chandler Swift before briefly dabbling in computer science at NDSU—an excuse to learn how to program his 2024 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off‑Road to fetch coffee faster than a rescue crane. By day he’s the EMT who allegedly revived a patient declared dead for six months (earning 2022 EMT‑of‑the‑Year and a heartfelt thank‑you from the local morgue), and by night he serves as SVS’s “Lead Coffee Engineer,” drinking enough espresso to power a fleet of submersibles while shouting, “I can’t stop talking about my Tacoma!” — a man who’s cute enough to stop your heart and skilled enough to restart it, all while designing mountain‑bike‑compatible salvaging gear from his campsite‑to‑salvage‑deck.
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What Our Clients Say

"When the Union’s steamers sank, SVS pulled them up faster than I could finish the Emancipation Proclamation, and their polish on the hull left the nation feeling truly freed."

— Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States

"I asked SVS to retrieve my lost high‑voltage coil from the abyss, and they returned it with more current than my own lab—proof that even the ocean respects true genius."

— Nikola Tesla, Inventor and Electrical Engineer

"The sunken ‘Iron Lady’ of our navy was a mess, but SVS turned it into a shining example of British resolve, all without a single trade‑union strike."

— Margaret Thatcher, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom