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WISTA: I don’t think many organizations promote looking up fellow members while traveling, but I know that I can travel to over 30 countries in the “ world, and that there will be a WISTA ‘Sistah’ happy to grab a cup of coffee or dinner. It is incredibly enlightening to have a global network of that nature.

– Caitlin Ness ” explaining, “The opportunity to be in controlled situations Military Experience, Commercial Savvy where you are constantly pushed to your failure point was As both a woman and a commissioned of? cer in the U.S. key in learning how to recognize how each person handles Navy, Ness brings a unique combination of experience and challenges and failure for behavior in the real world. Learning perspective to the commercial waterfront. She takes the best how to fail in that kind of setting is invaluable and something from both sides of the equation and applies that hybrid ap- the service academies drive everyone to at one point or anoth- proach to her work at Foss. For example, she says, “From a er. For many that may seem harsh, but for the leaders they are naval architecture perspective, the military naturally moves a training to go into combat, it gives them an opportunity to rec- lot more slowly with regards to developing and vetting de- ognize where weaknesses lie before they are ever truly tested.” signs, but is also a major driver of innovation and new tech- www.maritimeprofessional.com Maritime Professional 15I I 1-17 Q4 MP2015.indd 15 11/18/2015 10:30:10 AM