Kortney Opshaug

Kortney Opshaug is the CEO of Blue Ocean Gear, a California-based tech company focused on Smart Buoys for commercial fishing fleets to track gear on the ocean. After founding the company in 2015, she has led the growth of the business and product development through close collaboration with fishers throughout North America, as well as fostered partnerships with the Global Ghost Gear Initiative, Alaska Ocean Cluster, and NOAA. The author of the U.S. patents awarded for Blue Ocean Gear’s smart fishing technology, her Ph.D. focus was on underwater robotics at Stanford University and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.