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Ryan Kaplan, EIT, MBA

Biography

Hi! I'm Ryan Kaplan. I'm a graduate of the Strategic Sustainability MBA program at Humboldt State University (HSU). I also hold a degree in Environmental Resources Engineering at HSU, and a certificate as an Engineer-in-Training (EIT). I graduated from Cabrillo College in June 2011 with an AS in Web Media, AA in Liberal Arts and Sciences, and a certificate for the CSU GE Breadth. During my time at Cabrillo, I kept very busy:

• Founder of Sustainability Club; Organized Earth Week for two years
• Co-founder, Treasurer, VP, Web Admin and Co-operator of the Cabrillo College Bicycle Cooperative
• 3 years as Legislative Representative and Sustainability Chair, Cabrillo Student Senate
• Recipient of the Student Senate Leadership Award, 2007-2008
• 1 semester as Region IV Representative, Student Senate for California Community Colleges
• Active in the California Student Sustainability Coalition as a Cabrillo delegate
• 2009 YP4 Fellow
• Recipient of the Rosmarie Greiner Peace Activism Endowed Prize, 2010-11

I continued to work hard at Humboldt State University and in the region:

• Community Advocate, academic year 2011-12
• Humboldt Energy Independence Fund (HEIF) employee, academic year 2012-13
• Earned Engineer-in-Training Certificate (#152695) from the California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists - Awarded April 2014.
• Candidate for Arcata City Council, Fall 2014
• Entrepreneurial Lead for CSUPERB Innovation Corps, Bioremediation Cartridge - early stage research project on colloidal metals biological sequestration and recycling, Fall 2015.
• Worked with Redwood Energy in the Thermal Storage team, hacking CBECC-Res and CSE to use heat pump water heaters as thermal batteries at scale in single family homes and multifamily residences.​ I also designed the website and helped to organize the biannual Zero Net Energy Retreat, and redevelop the website for Redwood Energy.
• Presently employed by Transcon Environmental, Inc, fulfilling due diligence work for PG&E contract to mitigate risk and prevent employee exposure to underground chemical and petroleum hazards during ground penetration projects.
  

If you're interested in some of the advocacy work I have done and want to know more, or wish to obtain some of the template documents I produced over the years, contact me. Thanks!