Andrew Chang (he/him) is the managing director of the Activate New York Community, where he supports scientist founders building new decarbonization technology platforms. Before Activate, he was in Singapore building ASUS’ deeptech venture studio program. He spent the previous seven years co-founding and growing a digital health and wearable device company. During the Obama administration, he served in the U.S. Department of Energy and started his career working for Al Gore’s climate non-profit. Chang holds 13 patents, a master’s in climate and energy from Stanford University, and a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan.