Seakeeper’s Leadership Team is comprised of the best in the industry.
Andrew Semprevivo
President & CEO
Joined Seakeeper in 2008
Full bioAndrew Semprevivo
President & CEO
Joined Seakeeper in 2008
Andrew Semprevivo has been working in the marine industry since he was thirteen. What started out as a summer job at his local marina turned into a lifelong passion for boating. Between the local marina and his tenure at Seakeeper, Andrew served as International/West Coast Sales and Project Manager for the Viking Yacht Company.
Andrew joined Seakeeper in 2008, just as the company was bringing their gyros to market, and led the charge in developing the company’s global customer base as well as its first-class global sales and support network. Since joining Seakeeper he has held various positions from Inside Sales Manager to VP of Sales and Marketing. Most recently, Andrew was promoted to President & CEO in April of 2018.
Andrew’s love of boating is not limited to his work! He is passionate about fishing and enjoys spending his free time cruising around the coast of New Jersey on his Seakeeper-equipped Bluewater 2850.
Rebecca Smitha
Chief Financial Officer
Joined Seakeeper in 2007
Full bioRebecca Smitha
Chief Financial Officer
Joined Seakeeper in 2007
Rebecca Smitha has been in the accounting world for over twenty-five years. Rebecca got her start in public accounting, where she acquired her CPA. She then shifted to the private sector where she found her niche working for manufacturing and communications companies, particularly in upgrading their resource planning and accounting systems. Rebecca earned an MBA in Finance while simultaneously working in manufacturing industry.
Rebecca found her way to Seakeeper while working at Landmark Communications. The owner of Landmark was an investor in Seakeeper and connected her to Shep. The rest is history! She is one of Seakeeper’s longest-standing employees, as she has been with the company for over ten years!
Will Cimino
Chief Commercial Officer
Joined Seakeeper in 2018
Full bioWill Cimino
Chief Commercial Officer
Joined Seakeeper in 2018
Will Cimino grew up offshore fishing in North Carolina, a state with rich boat building history. It was here that he found his love for boats and being on the water.
Before joining Seakeeper, Will worked at the Carlyle Group in Washington, D.C. where he focused on private equity investing in the industrial and transportation sectors. With his love for boating, Seakeeper was a perfect fit, and Will’s experience in strategy and growth was key to making him an integral part of the Seakeeper team. Now, as Chief Commercial Officer, Will charts the course for the worldwide sales and marketing teams.
In his spare time, Will stays true to his passion for fishing. He gets just as much excitement catching a brook trout as he does landing a blue marlin. Will is based in our Leesport, Pennsylvania factory.
Maggie Meredith
Vice President of People, Culture & Brand
Joined Seakeeper in 2014
Full bioMaggie Meredith
Vice President of People, Culture & Brand
Joined Seakeeper in 2014
Maggie Meredith came to Seakeeper with a wealth of knowledge from areas outside of the marine industry, but with similar niche audiences. With marketing and media experience in fields from baseball to fashion, Maggie was drawn to Seakeeper for its growth and innovative spirit. She was excited to become a part of a company completely changing people’s boating experience.
As the Marketing Manager, Maggie led Seakeeper’s strategic rebrand, creating the company’s image that’s recognizable by so many today. Now, as the Vice President of People, Culture & Brand, she's a jack of all trades that leads the team responsible for talent acquisition, employee experience and culture.
Maggie and her husband have two young kids, so she spends most of her free time chasing them around and soaking up all the craziness motherhood brings! Maggie is based in our Leesport, Pennsylvania headquarters.
Nick Troche
Vice President of Engineering
Joined Seakeeper in 2012
Full bioNick Troche
Vice President of Engineering
Joined Seakeeper in 2012
Nick Troche grew up sailing on Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York and became a certified sailing instructor with a passion for all things boating (he even proposed to his wife on a sailboat!). In choosing his career path, he set his sights on the marine industry and did whatever he could to get himself there.
When Nick began his tenure with Seakeeper, he sat in a commercial garage with a boat next to his desk. Now, as Vice President of Engineering, he leads a team of engineers who are pioneering new technology for future Seakeeper products. He has helped lead Seakeeper into areas that were previously thought to be impossible and has played a major role in creating the best, smallest, tightest and most efficient packages that we have ever built.
When he’s not working on making the smallest Seakeeper ever made, he still enjoys sailing, as well as skiing, traveling, trivia and the occasional karaoke night. Nick is based out of our Leesport, Pennsylvania factory.
Our History
Shep McKenney and John Adams, marine industry veterans, agree to embark on the development of a practical and modern gyro stabilizer.
McKenney and Adams launched in a small garage in Solomons Island, Maryland.
The first prototype unit is installed on a 43' Viking.
Seakeeper is officially formed and launches its first gyroscopic stabilizer - the M7000 - and establishes the first production builder contract with Azimut Yachts.
Seakeeper acquires manufacturing partner Joma Machine Company and Mohnton, Pennsylvania facility - a turn-of-the-century brick industrial campus that remained home to Seakeeper's assembly and development teams until 2022.
The Seakeeper line launches, providing a complete redesign and expanding the product portfolio to five models.
New logo and revamp of the brand is introduced.
Seakeeper 3 is introduced as the first battery-powered Seakeeper unit, bringing stabilization to boats as small as 30 feet.
Andrew Semprevivo becomes Seakeeper's CEO.
The Seakeeper 1 launches providing stabilization to boats as small as 23' and sporting a radical new design.
To ensure everyone has access to clean waterways, we're giving back through internal and external initiatives aimed at conservation and supporting the ways you use the water.