Alex is Founder and Managing Director at Full Turn Capital, where he invests in early-stage companies innovating at the intersection of cleantech and mobility. Previously, Alex was the SVP of Market transformation at the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), where he oversaw LACI's technical priorities, multi-stakeholder programs and initial pilots and deployments. He joined LACI from Groupe PSA in Paris where he was VP of Corporate Strategy, co-leading the company’s acquisition of Opel from General Motors and leading the company's work on autonomous mobility. Previously he haded the automotive automotive industry vertical at the World Economic Forum, with a focus on autonomous mobility. Alex has also served VP of retail sales at an LA-based EV startup CODA Automotive, Inc., and worked at Toyota Motor Europe and McKinsey & Company. Here's a sneak peek into the episode, which is all about Los Angeles: 👇👇👇 ✅Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the dismantling of the Pacific Electric railcar system ✅Watts Uprising - how a community that had been one of the prime nodes of the Pacific Electric railcar system rioted, but kept the rail station intact, a telling reminder of the importance of mobility in people's lives ✅1984 Olympics - LA created a bus rapid transit system and changed commute patterns! ✅Why LA might be the 2nd city in the US to have congestion pricing! ✅How the 2028 Olympics are a nice to have in the existing plan to build a functioning metro system