Nagaraju Bandaru, Chief Technology Officer at Mosaic, tells us how clean energy is for everyone
In today’s episode we speak to Nagaraju Bandaru who is the Chief Technology Officer at Mosaic. He is a product executive with 20+ years of experience in innovation, architecture, product delivery, and operations and has led growth and transformation initiatives for startups, private equity groups and large public companies. Prior to Mosaic he served as VP and Chief Technology Officer of Clarivate Analytics formerly known as Thomson Reuters and held executive product development in customer care leadership positions at Intuit no less.
He holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from University of Hyderabad.
We kick off by asking Nagaraju to tell us about him, what brought him to this point and what has been his journey that has brought him here:
- His father was a government worker so his family moved every few years
- Didn't have much friends but learnt new languages often
- Oldest of three
- Always good at solving problems
- He saw two people companies turn into huge multinationals
- At Intuit he realized he was a technologist at heart
- Mosaic has planted a huge foundation, great team with the ability to make impact
Next, we ask Nagaraju to tell us how important the fundamentals are for leadership.
- Driven for results
- Goals and how to measure them
- Active coaching
We then ask Nagaraju why he is passionate about the meaningful work at Mosaic?
- Clean energy for all
- Huge upfront costs to getting your home energy efficient
- Being able to make that financing available
We ask Nagaraju to tell us about the journey for a homeowner to become energy efficient.
- Green energy
- We make the point of financing easy
- Taking the hassle away from the homeowner
- Expanded to home improvement companies
We then ask Nagaraju about the innovations around his industry?
- 18 month deferred interest loan
- Loans to finance their clean energy projects
- Battery becoming more mainstream
Moving on, we ask Nagaraju what does the modern home of the future look like?
- 131 trillion dollars
- Solar alone can make a huge dent
- The ecosystem if very large
- Financing is the biggest part
Next we ask him about culture and leadership and what it means to him?
- It's important how you inspire your time
- The ability to think strategically
- Building a high performing team
- Drive for results
- Innovative leadership
- Inspiring teams through your action
- Trust - show up everyday
- Your good judgement and your decision making
- Customer empathy
- Team work
- Equality and diversity
- Empathy and care
Lastly, we ask Nagaraju what gadget he can not live without?
- His drone
- Ariel photographer
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