Best Keith Zakheim Podcasts (2024)

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Delivering on Sustainability 12:49

2d ago12:49

12:49

In this episode of the Age of Adoption Podcast, Keith interviews Mike Robinson, Head of Retail Solutions at the Eighth Notch. Mike shares how he made the leap from consumer products and management consulting to becoming an 'accidental retailer' and spearheading major initiatives at Gap and Macy's. Mike discusses his pivot toward sustainable retail …

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It All Starts and Ends in the Midwest 11:10

16d ago11:10

11:10

Amy Heart shares her career journey from her roots in Wisconsin to her pivotal role as SVP of Public Policy at Sunrun. Keith and Amy discuss the increasing consumer interest in sustainability and Sunrun's customer-focused approach to making solar energy accessible and affordable for homeowners.By Amy Heart, Keith Zakheim

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Leading with the “Why” of Sustainability with the Climate Change Committee's Sophie Vipond 10:41

4M ago10:41

10:41

Sophie emphasizes the importance of leaning into emotional and personal connections in climate-focused storytelling. By crafting compelling narratives around social justice, health perspectives, and the overall wellbeing of future generations, Sophie believes we can better motivate audiences to drive meaningful change. In the Age of Adoption, organ…

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Accelerating the Energy Transition with ABB’s Brian Nelson 13:32

4M ago13:32

13:32

The Mission to Zero: ABB has fully embraced the challenge of achieving net-zero targets with a goal to achieve carbon neutrality in its operations by 2030. The company’s Mission to Zero initiative aims to significantly reduce emissions from its global facilities by implementing solar, energy storage, and smart switchgear solutions. By adopting digi…

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A Sustainable Approach to Transforming Global Health - With Northwell Health’s Dr. Eric Cioè-Peña 17:47

6M ago17:47

17:47

In the latest episode of the Age of Adoption podcast, we had the privilege of hosting Dr. Eric Cioè-Peña, MD, MPH an emergency physician, and the vice president and founder of the Center for Global Health at Northwell Health, the largest healthcare provider and private employer in New York State. Dr. Cioè Peña shares Northwell Health’s Age of Adopt…

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Advancing Sustainable & Equitable Healthcare with Atlantic Health System 19:54

10M ago19:54

19:54

Nikki Sumpter, Chief Administrative Officer of Atlantic Health System, joins us to discuss the health system's efforts to address health equity and sustainability in the Age of Adoption. Nikki shares how Atlantic Health System is working to create a more equitable and sustainable healthcare system for its staff, patients, and the communities in whi…

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Advancing Climate Justice in the Industrial Sector 20:54

1+ y ago20:54

20:54

Decarbonizing the industrial sector is the next frontier in climate action, but for Dimensional Energy’s Co-Founder & CEO, Jason Salfi, the work doesn’t stop there. Dimensional Energy is instilling climate justice principles throughout their business, beginning by pairing sustainable, carbon neutral fuel development with binding community engagemen…

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Clean Economy Leadership in the SVB Aftermath 27:21

1+ y ago27:21

27:21

Executive leadership in today’s highly-complex innovation economy requires more than the traditional investment in IP, market transformation, and engineers. According to this week’s Age of Adoption (formerly Raising Your Antenna) special guest, the most competitive, resilient startups depend on emotional awareness that begins at the C-Level. This i…

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Addressing Net Zero in the Existing Building Stock 30:04

1+ y ago30:04

30:04

This week we are privileged to have two exceptional guests on Raising Your Antenna’s Special Inflation Reduction Act 8-Part Series, Mahesh Ramanujam and Sarah Merricks. They discuss how Global Network for Zero (GNFZ) is redefining net-zero strategy and green building certifications to optimize corporate sustainability efforts. GNFZ focuses on a sig…

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Large-Scale City Electrification in the Age of Adoption 27:09

1+ y ago27:09

27:09

This episode of Raising Your Antenna features Jordan Feldstein, Product Co-Chief / Tech Lead at BlocPower, to discuss the path forward to upgrading all 125MM American homes and 5MM fossil fuel-burning buildings to make them more cost-effective, healthier, smarter, and greener. This transition is not only combating the climate crisis but creating in…

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Federal to Local: Unlocking Sustainable Transportation Investments 32:12

1+ y ago32:12

32:12

This episode of Raising Your Antenna features David Kim, former U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Administrator under President Obama and California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) Secretary under Gov. Newsom, to discuss the ways in which industry can help unlock billions of dollars in local transportation investments and help build a m…

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Deploying Transformative Grid Edge Technologies for Net-Zero 30:22

1+ y ago30:22

30:22

The BlackBerry is now just a distant memory to some, and a fruit to others (ehm, Gen Z) but in 2022, it represented the cutting edge technology that brought AI to your fingertips, one keyboard “click-click” at a time. What does the BlackBerry phone have to do in the context of climate action? New, disruptive technologies are analogous to the type o…

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Shaping the Future of Equitable Transportation 38:18

1+ y ago38:18

38:18

This week on Raising Your Antenna, we welcome Mayor of Truckee, CA and Head of Market Strategy for Resource Innovations Courtney Henderson, alongside her colleague Kelly Helfrich, Vice President of Resource Innovations’ Electric Vehicle Practice. Resource Innovations is a women-led and controlled organization making clean energy more accessible and…

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Reimagining Regulations for the U.S. Energy System 29:11

1+ y ago29:11

29:11

On this episode of Raising Your Antenna, we are thrilled to welcome former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee for an insightful discussion on grid transformation and regulatory innovation in light of the Inflation Reduction Act. Chairman Chatterjee formerly served as Commissioner and Chairman of FERC, where he cham…

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A New Era of Public-Private Partnerships under the IRA 31:40

2y ago31:40

31:40

Cities aren’t going anywhere. Half of the world’s population currently resides within them and if their unwavering strength during a global pandemic says anything, they are certainly here to stay. But cities also account for about 75% of global CO2 emissions, and the sustainability and public health challenges they present are substantial. On this …

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The Future of Climate Legislation & Innovation 35:46

2y ago35:46

35:46

This episode is the first of a 6-part series, The Inflation Reduction Act in the Age of Climate Adoption, released in light of the Inflation Reduction Act and its impact on climate tech innovation, emerging technologies, and a just transition. I was honored to have Hawai’i State Senator Chris Lee as my first guest on the series. Senator Lee is a gl…

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Fostering Curiosity in the Workplace 35:29

2y ago35:29

35:29

On this episode of Raising Your Antenna, I had the pleasure of engaging with Rich Kenny, Nurse Intrapreneur at SAS. We talked about curiosity. Namely, the value of being curious in the workplace, and how it is a trait that both predicts high performers as well as successful enterprises. Rich is an incredibly insightful guest, and the research done …

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Health Equity Issues are Environmental Issues 40:25

2+ y ago40:25

40:25

I’m not sure that the climate change and sustainability community would include issues related to the pandemic, biodiversity, health equity, and modern slavery in their definition of ESG. Yet, today on RYA, we address all of these issues with our guests Chris Kline (Global Senior Principal for Sustainability and ESG at Cardno), Natalie Egnot (Epide…

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The Net Zero Backlash Has Arrived 34:39

3y ago34:39

34:39

Having Joel Makower appear on your podcast is, in the clean tech world, akin to Oprah landing Harry and Meghan. Like Harry and Meghan, Joel is a celebrity in our world, everyone wants to hear what he has to say and he provides salacious details about the royal family. Okay, maybe not the royal stuff. But the rest is true. As the founder and Chairma…

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Mobility is Sexy 30:57

3y ago30:57

30:57

When we imagine what our energy transformation will look like, we tend to focus on the shiny new toys — solar panels, electric vehicles, Tesla powerwalls, and Nest Thermostats. While those products are necessary for a carbon net-zero future, they are in no way sufficient. Today on RYA, I chat with Benjamin Birnbaum, partner at Keyframe and co-found…

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The Importance of Utility-Consumer Partnerships 39:26

3y ago39:26

39:26

It’s not every day that I have the opportunity to interview two utility executives — especially from Texas, and especially a mere two months after the historic freeze in the State of Texas. While we didn’t spend a lot of time dissecting the causes of the February grid failure, much of our conversation addressed the types of challenges, programs and…

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Creating Energy Tech Unicorns with Launchpad's Siobhan Clarke 29:10

3+ y ago29:10

29:10

Today’s guest on Raising Your Antenna is Siobhan Clarke, Operating Partner of Launchpad — a bp scaling engine accelerating the growth of digitally-led businesses that re-imagine energy. As Operating Partner, Siobhan is helping bp reinvent its company and lead from the front on building a clean energy future. Siobhan brings a unique perspective to c…

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AgTech Innovation & Investing with Adam Bergman and Andrew Rose 39:26

3+ y ago39:26

39:26

One of the nice things about hosting a podcast is the opportunity to make new friends and reconnect with old ones. On today’s episode of Raising Your Antenna, I was able to do both. I've known Adam Bergman for 15 years as we go back to the halcyon days of the solar revolution and have stayed in touch as renewables have waxed and waned as well as re…

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Harnessing Urban Innovation to Drive Social Impact 30:49

3+ y ago30:49

30:49

Tune in as we discuss Using the resources of corporate America to not just make money but to drive social impact Chante’s experience as a leader in the movement to transform our cities into smart cities Advice for securing pilot projects, undertaking design initiatives, and launching community impact initiatives Perspectives on the bubble that has …

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A political breath of fresh air: A conversation about bipartisan cooperation and Climate Change 31:13

4y ago31:13

31:13

Heather and I had a fascinating conversation that touched on the respective roles of the public sector, both federal and state, as well as the private sector in advancing a clean energy future. We agreed on a lot, disagreed on some, but the tenor of the conversation and one that I hope can be mimicked by our political leaders, was characterized by …

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Pushing the Boundaries of Sustainable Finance 41:24

4y ago41:24

41:24

When we think about sustainable finance, we tend to focus on the capital needs for renewable energy products, green bonds, and carbon trading and credits. While these are all key components of sustainable finance, they do not begin to tell the full sustainable finance story. On today’s episode, I speak with Nicole Andersen, Managing Partner of Reds…

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The Power and Influence of Sustainable Finance in Mitigating Climate Change 38:53

4y ago38:53

38:53

Today's guest is someone who has been a sustainability thought leader from multiple vantage points - as a journalist, NGO board member and advocate, climate change summit delegate and sustainable finance investor. Sasja Beslik, in his role as Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance at J. Safra, has a powerful pulpit in which to motivate a…

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The public-private partnerships pushing the boundaries of cleantech in the US 42:53

4+ y ago42:53

42:53

The National Renewable Energy Lab, NREL for short, has been in existence since 1977. It was founded by the Carter administration as a reaction to the oil shocks of the mid-70s. It was the first acknowledgment by the federal government that our economic and national security interests demanded that we diversify our energy resources from exclusively …

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Innovation through investment with Talia Rafaeli of Porsche Ventures 31:05

4+ y ago31:05

31:05

Today’s podcast is an exciting one as we’re lucky to have Talia Rafaeli, Investment Director at Porsche Ventures as our guest. Talia has built an incredibly successful career as a Venture Capitalist at a couple of Israel’s most successful VC firms such as Gemini and Stage One. In the past year, Tali made the decision to move to the corporate VC wor…

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How Connected Car Data is Revolutionizing the Mobility Space 37:04

4+ y ago37:04

37:04

Today on Raising Your Antenna, we are joined by two individuals who are at the forefront of the data and mobility space and leading the charge to make Big Data both responsible and valuable to the people that it is serving. Ben Volkow, the founder and CEO of Otonomo, and Yuval Cohen, founder and managing partner at StageOne Ventures, an l fund that…

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The Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Revolution 25:03

4+ y ago25:03

25:03

This episode of Raising Your Antenna was recorded live in Salt Lake City at the Solar Power International podcast center. On this episode, we are lucky to have one of the visionaries of the distributed energy movement, Dan Nordloh. Dan is General Manager of DCentrIQ, a newly formed division of Faith Technologies. DCentrIQ is providing distributed e…

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When AgTech Innovation Meets Urban Life 34:16

5y ago34:16

34:16

Today on RYA, we host Henry Gordon-Smith the Founder and Managing Director of Agritecture Consulting. Henry has a lot to say about the current AgTech scene, both the business and moral imperative driving the industry and where we are, as a society, both making strides and falling short. Tune in as we discuss: The recent spike in Urban AgTech invest…

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Reinventing the Way Cities Make Decisions with Eyal Feder-Levy 37:59

5y ago37:59

37:59

On this episode of Raising Your Antenna, we are lucky enough to feature ZenCity and its CEO Eyal Feder-Levy. ZenCity perfectly fits the model of a company that uses data, as captured through “social listening” and other publicly available platforms, to enhance our everyday lives. As Eyal will explain, ZenCity’s algorithms capture anonymous conversa…

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Demystifying the Retail Energy Market with Jack Doueck and Larry Leikin 32:59

5y ago32:59

32:59

Your energy bill is made up of several charges, including the cost of transmission and distribution of the energy. But only the energy portion of the bill is competitively priced. The wires and pipes that bring electricity and natural gas to your home, business or factory are still owned by the traditional utility company, and the transmission and …

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Accelerating the Clean Economy with VERGE's Shana Rappaport 41:18

5y ago41:18

41:18

Complex problems demand complex solutions. While we would all love to have the silver bullet to solve a marital crisis, business challenges, Middle East peace or climate change, the reality is that the solutions to these types of problems are usually multifarious but related and attack the problem from different directions. On today’s episode of Ra…

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Managing the New Urban Transportation Environment with Scott Shepard 34:56

5y ago34:56

34:56

The range of transportation options at the fingertips of contemporary urban commuters is both astonishing and at times, overwhelming. For the Luddites, filling up your car with petroleum, sitting in a car for an hour and a half to complete a 15-mile trip and then spending a week's worth of salary on parking is still an option. For those that don't …

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Improving Quality of Life in the Cities of Tomorrow with Smart Cities' Raj Pannu 32:35

5y ago32:35

32:35

On this episode, we are fortunate to have Raj Pannu as our guest. Raj is a deep thinker who, in his current position as Co-Founder of Smart Cities NY, has a platform from which he can bring together the key stakeholders who are in a position to impact the future of our cities through technological, economic and social innovation. Raj is non-ideolog…

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Unlocking the Secrets to the Israel Mobility Ecosystem with Ecomotion's Orlie Dahan 35:18

5y ago35:18

35:18

How does a country with the population and size that is slightly larger than the state of New Jersey create an ecosystem that has successfully emerged as a hub for smart mobility innovation? On this episode, we chat with Orlie Dahan, Executive Director of Ecomotion, a week long event in Tel Aviv that brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, engin…

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LiDAR and the Future of the Autonomous Vehicle Industry 44:57

5y ago44:57

44:57

We're excited to have Omer Keilaf, CEO and Co-Founder of Innoviz Technologies. Innoviz is a leading manufacturer of high-performance, solid-state LiDAR sensors and perception software that enable the mass-production of autonomous vehicles. Innoviz has announced two major pieces of news. First, Innoviz became the first LiDAR manufacturer to ink a ma…

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Using AI to transform road infrastructure with Mark DeSantis 33:54

5+ y ago33:54

33:54

On this episode, we're lucky to have Mark DeSantis, CEO of RoadBotics, an exciting startup housed in Carnegie Mellon’s acclaimed AV lab, that promises to address our country’s road infrastructure problem, thereby paving the way for a future of economic bounty, mobility transformation and logistical nirvana. RoadBotics uses artificial intelligence a…

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From Scaling Companies to Protecting Founders, Advice from Doug Mandell, Silicon Valley GC and Consigliere 40:33

5+ y ago40:33

40:33

We’re excited to have Doug Mandell as our guest on this episode of Raising Your Antenna. Doug is a Silicon Valley insider, Founder and Managing Partner of the Mandell Law Group, and has been an investor and advisor to countless startups, including Phylagen, Originate and Cricket Health. As it relates to the topic of this podcast, Doug was an early …

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Shaping the Future of City Mobility with Noam Maital 33:51

5+ y ago33:51

33:51

The cars get the headlines but the infrastructure and the cities that facilitate building that infrastructure will ultimately determine whether the autonomous vehicle revolution becomes a reality or fades away into the atmosphere like a burned-out comet. Mobility options such as electric scooters, dockless bikes and driverless vehicles are realitie…

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Bringing Blockchain to the Mainstream with Topper Bowers 34:00

5+ y ago34:00

34:00

Blockchain is one of the business buzzwords that has become ubiquitous in conversation but not fully understood by the many who use it. While blockchain may have been developed with cryptocurrency in mind, today its promises are far greater. We are excited to have Topper Bowers, Founder of Quorum Control, a company that has reinvented the way in wh…

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Democratizing Real Estate Data with Sam Viskovich 30:06

5+ y ago30:06

30:06

In this episode of Raising Your Antenna, we examine data democratization in the commercial real estate industry with Sam Viskovich, Director of Marketing at Reonomy. Reonomy is a commercial real estate data platform that facilitates prospecting processes for CRE professionals and uncovers ownership information for over 49M commercial properties in …

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Clean Energy Investing with CEVF's Daniel Goldman 36:35

5+ y ago36:35

36:35

We are excited to have Daniel Goldman, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Clean Energy Venture Fund. Clean energy innovations are poised to disrupt markets and achieve extraordinary growth in the coming decade. CEV invests in companies commercializing disruptive clean energy technologies and business model innovations that are able to achieve sign…

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The Future of Mobility with InMotion Ventures' James Nettleton 32:38

5+ y ago32:38

32:38

We are excited to have InMotion Ventures principal James Nettleton, our first international guest! Backed by Jaguar Land Rover, InMotion Ventures creates and invests in mobility, transportation and travel companies bringing innovative approaches to getting from A to B. James invests in transportation and mobility and is always up to chat with found…

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Examining the Power of Weather Data with Rei Goffer, ClimaCell 24:52

5+ y ago24:52

24:52

Welcome to another episode of Raising Your Antenna, your source for in-depth insight from leaders in emerging technology. We are excited to have Rei Goffer, Chief Strategy Officer and Cofounder of Climacell, a Massachusetts-based weather forecasting company that repurposes wireless communication networks as weather sensors. The company was founded …

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Exploring the Cell-Based Meat Industry with Alex Shirazi, Cultured Meat Symposium 31:12

5+ y ago31:12

31:12

Welcome to another episode of Raising Your Antenna, your source for in-depth insight from leaders in emerging technology. We are excited to have Alex Shirazi, organizer of Cultured Meat Symposium, a conference held in Silicon Valley highlighting top industry insights of the cell-based meat revolution. One of the hallmarks of the last 100 years is t…

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Examining the Urban Mobility Revolution with John Rossant, Founder and Chief Curator of LA CoMotion 38:48

5+ y ago38:48

38:48

Welcome to the fifth episode of Raising Your Antenna, your source for in-depth insight from leaders in emerging technology. We are excited to have John Rossant, Founder of LA CoMotion and Founder and Chairman of the New Cities Foundation. John Rossant personally leads the LA CoMotion team. He is the Founder and Chairman of the New CIties Foundation…

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Disrupting the Mobility Industry with Michael Granoff, Founder and Managing Director at Maniv Mobility 37:14

6y ago37:14

37:14

Welcome to the fourth episode of Raising Your Antenna, your source for in-depth insight from leaders in emerging technology. We are excited to have Michael Granoff, founder and managing director of Maniv Mobility. Aside from several startup boards, Michael serves on the board of Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE), a Washington, DC-based policy…

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