Since 2018 Nicola has been Director of Sustainability Innovation at VMware’s Office of the CTO using sustainability as an inspiration for product innovation.
Prior to VMare Nicola led Akamai’s global sustainability program. Her purview spans the gamut of: energy and greenhouse gas management and reporting; renewable energy and energy efficiency; electronic-waste management; employee engagement and stakeholder-awareness. Her goal is to reduce carbon emissions of Akamai’s global Intelligent Cloud Platform, which represents 90 percent of Akamai’s environmental impact.
Prior to heading up Akamai’s sustainability initiatives, Nicola held positions there as senior product manager and principal solutions engineer.
Nicole is a graduate of Manhattan College (BE, Chemical Engineering) and Caltech (PhD, Environmental Engineering Science).