Every time I drive into a gas station I feel a little ashamed. We are so used to cars, they make our lives so simple, we depend on them and take them for granted. But if we want to leave a better place for our children we have to consider a new vision for our transportation.

Our speaker this month will be Amit Nisenbaum, Global Operations and Strategy at Palo Alto based Better Place. Amit will discuss the Better Place approach to EV services, how these services fit within the broader ecosystem, what obstacles this approach overcome, what the challenges and opportunities this will create for the different players.

As part of Better Place’s Global Strategy and Operations team Amit Nisenbaum is leading the relationship between Better Place global and its local subsidiaries. Previously Mr. Nisenbaum has served as a principal at the Boston Consulting Group, leading strategy consulting projects out of its Boston office.

Mr. Nisenbaum has over twenty years of leadership experience in diversified industries varying from Cleantech through SW and Telecommunication to education. Mr. Nisenbaum holds a B.sc degree in Computer Science and Industrial Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and earned his MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.

We hope you enjoyed your holiday season and look forward to seeing you at our January event.

I’m really excited about the new ambassador role with EcoTuesday.

10 years ago, I stumbled on the Hi-Tech field unintentionally.

I was fresh out of college, just completed my Bachelors degree in Business Administration, taught marketing for a couple of years (I’m actually still not sure how THAT happened) and then accidentally landed a job in one of Israel’s largest Telecom companies – Tadiran Telecom.

Thus embarking on my new and exciting life in the hi-tech industry. I completed my MBA while enjoying the high pace life of a Marcom (marketing communications manager).

Fast forward some 10 plus years later. I move to the US, start  a family and values become really important to me. I learn about issues that I never paid attention to. Certain details like which brand of Cheerios are more nutritious, which foods don’t have food coloring, where to throw my gallon size milk bottles, take over my life.

I couldn’t just keep living as I used to. Speech recognition for telephony doesn’t excite me like it used to. I became passionate about other issues, like organic foods, fair trade, green living, saving energy etc.

I started thinking about how I can combine my new passion, interest and desire to create a better legacy for my children. How can I help make our planet sustainable and how could I help make an impact on people’s lives.

I wanted to combine my interest, strengths an values into my new post motherhood career.

Such revolutionary thoughts brought me to EcoTuesday.

So here I am in my new role as a co-ambassador with Heidi Livingston Eispis, who shares my new passion only she has a lot of knowledge and experience in sustainable industry.

Heidi and I look forward to meeting new people and hope to grow our Silicon Valley chapter of EcoTuesday so more people get a chance to learn about sustainability and get to network with ease.

I believe sustainable industries are essential for the quality of our lives and lives of future generations and I’m very excited to be a part of spreading the word and creating an environment where people can connect.