Ramez Naam is a former Microsoft executive, an entrpreneur, and the co-Chair for Energy and Environment at Singularity University. He’s also the award winning author of five books, including the Nexus trilogy of science fiction novels. Ramez spent 13 years at Microsoft, where he led teams working on machine learning, information retrieval, and internet scale systems.

Ramez speaks around the world on innovation, the disruptive power of exponential technology, and how organizations can adapt and thrive in an era of technological disruption. Ramez has become a globally recognized expert on and a highly sought after speaker about the future of solar energy.

Ramez also specializes in the disruption clean energy and related technologies are bringing to the $6 trillion energy, transportation, food, and water industries.