Listen to Ramya Swaminathan, CEO of energy storage company Malta, and you’ll understand what it means to have learned how to think. With degrees in anthropology and economics from Amherst College, Ramya is the CEO of her second renewable energy company. Her reasoning, ability to understand and weigh options and tradeoffs, and ask the right questions at the right time all have not only earned her a seat at the table in an engineering-intensive industry. They’ve empowered her to lead, motivate, and inform others, from those who have a career interest in this business to White House cabinet secretaries.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why Ramya developed a passion for big infrastructure projects
• The skills she acquired as a member of the Amherst College debate team and how she draws upon them every day
• The inspiration for her pivot from investment banking into starting and growing a hydropower company
• What energy storage is and why it is necessary to scale renewable energy
• The Amherst College classmate Ramya wants me to talk to next

Connect with Ramya on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramyaxswaminathan, and learn more about Malta at https://www.maltainc.com.