"The older I get, the wiser my dad becomes," with Manik Suri, Founder and CEO of Therma

More Than Work

This week’s guest is Manik Suri, founder and CEO of Therma.

Manik studied Political Science as an undergrad at Harvard University and then earned his Master’s in international Relations at Cambridge University in England.

After school, he ended up working in Finance at an investment firm and then pursued law school. During law school, he worked at an internship with the economic policy team in the first Obama Administration. There, he met the Deputy CTO of the US, Beth Noveck, and was introduced to the idea that tech, law and government intersected so moved into tech for good.

He went to The Governance Lab (The Gov Lab) at NYU where tech for government was in action. Hear about the exciting project that they did with the United Nations.

Manik co-founded Therma when was Inspired to move into private sector and entrepreneurship after seeing the opportunity to build and scale a company while also having a positive social impact.

Therma is working to improve the cold chain which is the part of the supply chain that moves food and also medical supplies (like vaccines!). It is smart refrigeration technology for that seeks to reduce food waste, energy waste and refrigerant leakage.

Note from Rabiah (Host):

Manik has had a brilliant career as a student and post-college and in founding a company with the embedded value of social impact really resonated with me a lot. It was exciting to hear about his work in government and I did not know about Beth Noveck before but want to know more now! I often ask myself how I can contribute more, even on the podcast sometimes, and really found what Manik has done and is doing very invigorating. Enjoy the chat!

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Find Manik

Manik on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manikvsuri

Therma: https://www.hellotherma.com/

Therma Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellotherma/

Therma LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hellotherma/

Therma Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelloTherma

Email: manik @ hellotherma (dot) com

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Mentioned in this episode:

Beth Noveck: https://twitter.com/bethnoveck

The Governance Lab: https://twitter.com/TheGovLab

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