Scott Fisher
Lecturer, Sustainability Management; Senior Vice President, Sales and Business Development, Voltera
Scott Fisher is senior vice president of sales and business development at Voltera, a company that develops electric vehicle charging sites to help fleets electrify at scale. Fisher has taught in Columbia’s Sustainability Management program since 2011 and currently teaches “The Sustainable Transportation Economy," which was offered for the first time in the Fall 2022 semester. In the electric transport industry since 2013, Fisher has helped build successful EV charging businesses at EVgo and Greenlots (now Shell Recharge Solutions). While at Greenlots, where he was one of the first 15 employees, Fisher built the company's business with utilities such as Duke, Exelon, HyrdoOne, and MidAmerica Energy. He then started Greenlot's fleet and OEM group, which won significant business with customers such as Amazon, Penske, Volvo, and others. Fisher's earlier career was spent in the utility and energy industries, both at PSEG and then at NRG Energy. While at NRG, Fisher was closely involved in the company’s utility-scale solar and carbon capture and storage initiatives. Fisher holds a B.A. from Vassar College and an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management.
TEACHING:
• The Sustainable Transportation Economy
Education
- M.B.A., Yale University
- B.A., Vassar College