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Manik Suri
CEO & Founder at Therma
- Tech
- Entrepreneur
- 📍San Francisco, CA
Manik is Founder and CEO of Therma, a technology startup whose mission is to help protect our food, health, and planet. Therma builds safety and sustainability tools to eliminate food waste, improve energy efficiency and reduce refrigerant emissions — protecting consumers and combating climate change. Therma is deployed across thousands of restaurants, retailers, manufacturers, and government agencies worldwide, with leading brands including McDonalds, Starbucks, Burger King, NOW Foods, 7-Eleven and Wyndham Hotels.
Previously, Manik co-founded The Governance Lab (GovLab), an innovation center at NYU that develops technology solutions to improve government. Manik is a former Affiliate at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and earlier held positions at global investment firm D. E. Shaw & Company and the White House National Economic Council. Manik has been a Visiting Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and a Truman Security Fellow. He writes on technology, climate change and public policy.
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- Climate
- Technology
- Venture Capital
- Food
- Government
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Manik Suri is an entrepreneur building technology to help fight climate change and ensure a safe and sustainable food supply globally.
Manik holds an A.B. in Government summa cum laude from Harvard College, an M.Phil in International Relations (Highest Honors) from Cambridge University, where he studied as Harvard University’s annual Paul Williams Scholar, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he earned numerous Dean’s Scholar commendations.
BOOK NOW FOR your podcast
Manik Suri
CEO & Founder at Therma
- 📍San Francisco, CA
- Tech
- Entrepreneur
Manik is Founder and CEO of Therma, a technology startup whose mission is to help protect our food, health, and planet. Therma builds safety and sustainability tools to eliminate food waste, improve energy efficiency and reduce refrigerant emissions — protecting consumers and combating climate change. Therma is deployed across thousands of restaurants, retailers, manufacturers, and government agencies worldwide, with leading brands including McDonalds, Starbucks, Burger King, NOW Foods, 7-Eleven and Wyndham Hotels.
Previously, Manik co-founded The Governance Lab (GovLab), an innovation center at NYU that develops technology solutions to improve government. Manik is a former Affiliate at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and earlier held positions at global investment firm D. E. Shaw & Company and the White House National Economic Council. Manik has been a Visiting Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and a Truman Security Fellow. He writes on technology, climate change and public policy.
read more
LET'S TALK ABOUT:
- Climate
- Technology
- Venture Capital
- Food
- Government
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Manik Suri is an entrepreneur building technology to help fight climate change and ensure a safe and sustainable food supply globally.
Manik holds an A.B. in Government summa cum laude from Harvard College, an M.Phil in International Relations (Highest Honors) from Cambridge University, where he studied as Harvard University’s annual Paul Williams Scholar, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he earned numerous Dean’s Scholar commendations.
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Timeline
Jun 2014 - Present
Therma
CEO & Founder
Mar 2011 - Present
Truman National Security Project
Fellow
Oct 2013 - Oct 2015
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
Affiliate
Dec 2012 - Jan 2014
The Governance Lab
Co-Founder & COO
Sep 2009 - Sep 2012
University of Pennsylvania
Visiting Fellow
Sep 2006 - Mar 2009
D. E. Shaw & Co.
Private Equity Associate
Ask me
About getting the world's refrigeration to turn off for one hour a day. |
Why cooling/refrigeration is the greatest climate change threat we don't talk about. |
About the legacy of chlorofluorocarbons and how we can come together again to solve modern refrigeration issues with natural refrigerants. |
About the constant tension between human health and planet health. |