Krishna Nadella
Serial Entrepreneur | Hard-Tech Leader | Circular Economy | Sustainability
- Role
- Strategic Advisor at Ocean
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Krishna Nadella
Entrepreneurial leader with a track record of delivering hard tech innovations in multiple industries and geographies. Currently leading commercialization of resource efficiency technologies in the Sustainability and Circular Economy space at Vesicus. Teaches and trains engineering students at the University of Washington on the topics of design and manufacturing. Key advisor to two Seattle-area startups that are innovating in the food delivery and building materials industries. In a previous venture-funded startup, led multiple, cross-functional engineering and operations teams with a 160 headcount to design, engineer, build and deploy technologies related to novel manufacturing process, equipment and materials. Excels at building high-performing, customer-centric teams to launch and scale hard tech products. Business Skills: Strategic Planning, Capital Raising, Program Management, Product Management and Delivery, Analytical Reasoning, Business Development, Complex Sales, Problem Definition, Licensing, IP Management, Commercialization. Technical Skills: Technology Development, Process and Manufacturing Systems Design/Development/Scale-up, Standards Compliance, Plant Documentation, Life Cycle Analysis, DFX, Mechanical Design, Manufacturing Processes, Thermoplastics. Leadership Style: Storyteller, Active Listener, Builder, Action Oriented, Thrives in Ambiguity, Accountable, Resourceful, Collaborative.
Experience
Strategic Advisor
Jul 2017 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Eco-Shelter is changing the way the world builds, one roof at a time. Advising founder on corporate, capital raising, product and market strategy. Assisting with commercialization of insulating bamboo roofing panels within low-income communities in India to enable climate adaptation as global temperatures rise. Learn more at eco-shelter.org.
Education
Siva Sivani Public School
Indian Certificate of Secondary Education, High School/Secondary Certificate Programs
1980 — 1992
University of Washington
Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering
2000 — 2002
Bangalore University
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering
1994 — 1999
University of Washington
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering
2002 — 2009
Ramakrishna Junior College
Intermediate, (Maths, Physics, Chemistry)
1992 — 1994
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