Nikola Motor Company is disrupting the transportation industry and helping fleet customers evolve to a zero-emission future with hydrogen fuel-cell and battery-electric vehicles. Hear from Elizabeth Fretheim, Head of Business Development, and David Keatley, HBS MBA’21, of Nikola at our webinar Q&A on Thursday, March 11th at 5PM EST.
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Elizabeth Fretheim, Head of Business Development, Nikola Motor Company
Elizabeth Fretheim is the Head of Business Development for Nikola Motor Company where she develops strategic transition plans to help fleet customers evolve to a zero-emission future with hydrogen fuel-cell and battery-electric vehicles. Prior to Nikola, Elizabeth served as Senior Director of Sustainability for Walmart and was responsible for the sustainability efforts of the supply chain division, which represented over 200 distribution centers and was the third largest private trucking fleet in the United States.Before joining Walmart, Elizabeth lived in Calgary, Canada, and oversaw all business development efforts for technology, facility management, and power generation companies. Her experience spans the spectrum of operational sustainability including alternative energy, efficiency, autonomous vehicles, building design and technologies, packaging, water, waste and recycling, and supplier engagement.Under Elizabeth’s leadership, Walmart doubled their fleet efficiency from 2005-2015, saving the company $1 billion annually, earning the company the Green Fleet of the Year award in 2017. In 2016, Fleet Owner added Elizabeth to the Dozen Outstanding Women in Trucking and she was also one of three finalists for the 2nd Annual Distinguished Women in Logistics award.Elizabeth has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calgary and gained an interest and appreciation for sustainability through her work in the remote Northern regions of Canada with the Aboriginal people.
David Keatley, MBA ‘21, MBA Intern, Nikola Motor Company
David Keatley is a member of the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2021, as well as an MBA Intern for Nikola Motor Company. He will be joining Nikola as a full-time member of the Energy Project Development team upon graduation from HBS. His work includes modeling economic pathways to generation of renewable hydrogen fuel and developing strategy for Nikola Energy.Prior to Nikola, David worked at Amazon Web Services as a Product Manager as well as at National Gypsum Company as a Capital Projects Engineer. David has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and has worked on energy efficiency projects of varying scale and subject matter since his time in undergrad. His passions include revolutionizing underserved industries, sustainable technology, entrepreneurship, and the outdoors.