INSIDE SEAKEEPER

Just 30 miles outside Amish country lies the quiet, blue-collar town of Mohnton, Pennsylvania, population 3,000. Surrounded by expansive fields and farms, Mohnton looks like many other post-recession manufacturing towns. Peeling paint hangs from the sides of homes, some with long planks of wood propped between the sidewalk and roof, straining to keep the tired frames in place.

I drive past the town’s Main Street traffic light and park the car at a bank. Google Maps promises me that I’ve arrived at my destination, but it can’t be right. It’s hard to believe a burgeoning technology company is located in such a small town. I check my phone again. Waze confirms that Seakeeper is located in the turn-of-the-century, red brick building across the street. I walk over to the building; a palm-sized Seakeeper sticker on the front door is the only indication that I’m at the right place.

Seakeeper’s newly minted President and CEO Andrew Semprevivo is there to great me