Shipping is in Kristin Omholt-Jensen’s blood, but even she was a bit surprised to return to the industry after a decade-long expedition in the tech sector.

The daughter of a captain and a one-time chartering manager, Omholt-Jensen built, and sold, software for boating and construction in her time away. She was searching for her next opportunity when she found that shipping still uses the same software it did before she departed — a revelation less shocking to those without her tech background.