Author Details

Kevin Self is a Strategy Lecturer at the Ross School of Business where he currently teaches Strategy 564: Strategies for Sustainable Development I – Competitive Environmental Strategy. He also serves as a Faculty Advisor at the School of Environment & Sustainability Masters Course 701. Kevin is co-chair of the Erb Institute Strategic Advisory Board at the University of Michigan and is also a cofounder of Voices for Carbon Neutrality, a group of University of Michigan faculty, staff, and alumni leaders actively advocating for carbon neutrality at the University of Michigan.

Kevin has spent the past 15+ years focused on climate, sustainability, and the decarbonization of energy. He currently is a member of the CLIMATE + ENERGY | XPRIZE Foundation Brain Trust working to shape the design of what could become the next revolutionary moonshot prize competition in the Grand Challenge Domain of Climate & Energy. He is an investor in and consultant to Zero Circle – Unlocking sustainable finance, a sustainable finance platform that focuses on green financing. Kevin is also advising Viridi – Fail-Safe Battery Energy Storage Technology, revolutionizing the way energy is used and stored with commercial-scale lithium-ion-based energy storage systems certified for installation in occupied spaces.

From 2015 to 2024, Kevin was Senior Vice President Strategy, Business Development & Government Affairs for Schneider Electric North America, a 180+ year-old company actively working to electrify and decarbonize the US and the world. He has also held Strategy & Corporate Development roles with Johnson Controls, Miller Brewing Company, GE Healthcare and McKinsey & Company. Previously, Kevin held board positions at the Advanced Energy Economy, the Alliance to Save Energy and the Information Technology Industry Council.

Kevin holds an MBA from Northwestern University, and MS and BS degrees in Engineering from the University of Michigan.