5/18 - Candidates and Careers in Climate
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Job Seekers:
Erin Paglione
Greatest Accomplishment: My senior thesis was a policy proposal for Bus Rapid Transit in NYC with a focus on greenhouse gas emissions.
Skills: Policy research and analysis, writing, editing, data visualization, market research, R (intermediate), QGIS (beginner), Python (intermediate), Wordpress, Microsoft Office
Looking for Next: Looking for my first job after my undergrad in sustainability.
Alec Gelfenbein
Greatest Accomplishment: Having the courage to leave my lucrative Growth Equity job to pursue a climate career.
Skills: Investment Diligence, Financial Modeling, Scaling Technology Businesses, Business Development, Designing Growth Strategies, Optimizing Organizational Structures
Looking for Next: Leverage my skillset as an investor to work with an early-mid stage climate startup in Strategy / Operations / Product, helping them to achieve their growth goals. Alternatively, I am open to continuing in VC / Growth Equity in a climate-specific role.
John McMahon
Greatest Accomplishment: Boosting revenue by 50% and users by 85% as a Product Leader at an e-commerce marketplace while staffing and coaching a team of 16 people across the Product, Design and Customer Success functions.
Skills: Product Management, Product Strategy, Operational Excellence, User Experience (UX), Product Discovery, Market Research, User Research, Product Analytics, Product Design, Product Delivery, Agile / Scrum / Kanban, Product Leadership, Product Vision, Hiring, Coaching, Culture, Organizational Design, Team Objectives and Key Results
Looking for Next: I'm looking to make a serious impact in a Product Leadership role at a marketplace company in our food system.
Jessie Capper
Greatest Accomplishment: As a Product Manager at Columbia Sportswear, I led a successful replatforming of all 4 of the Columbia Sportswear Company brands across 12 countries, 7 languages, 3000+ requirements, and 100+ integrations. Prior to my time at Columbia, I focused my graduating thesis on empowering corporations – both large and small – to drive positive environmental and social impact as they grow; I am proud to say I received university recognition for Best Senior Thesis in the department.
Skills: Digital Product Management, Marketing, Corporate Impact and Sustainability, JIRA, Atlassian, Sketch, Airtable, G-Suite, Microsoft Office
Looking for Next: With my background in digital technologies, marketing, operations, and sustainability, I am hoping to move into the climate tech or climate investing space either within the U.S. or abroad.
Open Roles:
Director of Business Development @ ClearTrace
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
Passion
Marketing Director @ Island Innovation
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
Organizational ability
Sales Executive @ NOICE
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
Go-getter attitude and passion for sustainability
Front End Engineer @ Carbon Analytics
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
Experience working in a modern development team (repos, code reviews, deploys, agile, etc)
Business Development Manager @ The Spaceship
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
You’re adaptable and thrive in navigating new challenges and the unknown
Electrical Engineer @ WindBorne Systems
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
Full stack experience from PCB design to supplier management
Director of Growth @ WindBorne Systems
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
Passion for fighting climate change from a business perspective
Data Assimilation and NWP Meteorologist @ WindBorne Systems
What is the single most important thing you are looking for in a candidate?
WRF data assimilation expertise
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