Apoorva Pasricha

Biography: Apoorva Pasricha is the Chief Operating Officer at Cloud Apartments, a specialized modular development partner that reduces the risk and cost of multifamily development through design, engineering, and construction expertise. Apoorva has built a career at the intersection of the public, private, and non-profit sectors to leverage technology and innovation to improve the built environment. As Deputy Director of Technology and Innovation for the City of San Jose, she operationalized a $24M Digital Inclusion Fund and built public-private partnerships that turned municipal cost centers into revenue generators. She brings manufacturing expertise and knowledge on scaling companies from R&D to commercialization from Zoox (autonomous vehicle company acquired by Amazon). At Zoox, she led a team to launch data-driven operational excellence initiatives, scaled testing across new markets, & crafted and implemented the strategic partnerships roadmap for Operations. Her experience includes transforming large-scale public sector operations at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Technology Services, where she consolidated 8 state agencies to create digital government. She began her career at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. As an urban innovation leader, she has worked with Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs/Intersection and Third Sphere VC, investing in climate tech companies that improve the built environment. Apoorva earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and her BA in Political Science and Economics from St. Olaf College.