Jim Kapsis

Jim Kapsis  founded The Ad Hoc Group to help startups and investors successfully scale climate and sustainability tech businesses in complex, regulated markets. Kapsis spent six years building and leading the global regulatory team at Opower, Inc., a SaaS company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. At Opower, Kapsis supported the full life cycle of the business from startup to IPO to acquisition by Oracle in 2016.  Kapsis has also been a senior advisor to Sidewalk Labs, Alphabet’s urban venture.  

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Before entering the private sector, Kapsis was an energy advisor at the US Department of the Treasury where he helped broker the Copenhagen Climate Accord in 2009. Kapsis has also worked in the State Department, Defense Department and in Congress. Kapsis earned a BA in Political Science from Haverford College and a M.P.A. from Princeton University. 

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Kapsis lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and three daughters where he sits on the board of its transit company. Kapsis is also the co-host of Technopolis, a podcast on how technology is transforming cities.