Ramya Swaminathan

Chief Executive Officer, Malta, Inc.

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Ramya Swaminathan led the spinout of the energy storage company Malta from X, Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory (formerly Google X). She has led Malta through multiple rounds of corporate venture funding and has recruited a multi-disciplinary team focused on commercializing Malta’s thermal storage technology. Before joining Malta, Swaminathan was Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Rye Development, as well as a Board Member of FFP New Hydro, Rye Development’s holding company affiliate. Under her leadership, Rye Development grew to be the leading developer of new hydropower projects in the United States; its portfolio of development projects advanced from concept through Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensing and late-stage development financing. She was also responsible for the expansion of Rye’s platform into energy storage, with the addition of two sizable pumped hydro storage development projects in the Pacific Northwest. Prior to her work in the hydropower space, Swaminathan was a public finance banker. She was a Director at UBS, where she focused on public power clients and managed more than $10 billion in financings. Swaminathan holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelor’s in Anthropology from Amherst College.