Alumni Profile: Rohan Shah, Kogod MBA ’09

Rohan Shah, an alum from American University’s Kogod School of Business, gained great interest in green energy and sustainability while earning his MBA. Through his studies and experiences he deduced that it’s not possible to have a growing economy without growing resources.

“Climate change is a big issue that a lot of us recognized a long time ago. We have to look at climate change in a real way,” said Shah in an article on the Kogod website.

After graduating, he continued learning about green energy and pursued projects in the industry by working for a solar company in Colorado, and later joining Deep Chakraborty and Matt Cheney at enACT, a Silicon Valley startup which focuses on SAAS based solar sales software aimed at reducing business costs for green energy developers and installers. As Director of Operations for the company, Shah is responsible for enACT’s design and architecture.

“The future is bright. We have a completely untapped market …[worth] $220 billion. We are one of the first to enter and are moving as fast as we can,” said Shah.

While he continues building on his professional career, the mark he left at Kogod has been everlasting: While at school he founded the entrepreneurs club. The club has grown considerably since Shah started it and continues to help stimulate aspiring entrepreneurs.

“The future of the [entrepreneur] club, like the future of entrepreneurship at AU, seems very positive,” said Professor William Bellows, the entrepreneur club’s faculty advisor. “I envision a symbiotic relationship between the AU incubator and the Entrepreneurship Club, with the potential for shared activities and programs and a lot of crossover between club members and student ventures in the incubator.”

regions: Washington, DC

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