Rick Azer is Associate Vice President for Black & Veatch and is the Solution Growth Lead for Clean Transportation. He is responsible for company strategy across commercial, utility and government client segments to extend Black & Veatch’s position as a leader in development and deployment of clean transportation infrastructure and distributed energy resources. Rick brings a global engineering and construction perspective to his work at Black & Veatch, where he was a founder in their Growth Accelerator – a team that champions cultural innovation and technological disruption throughout the company and industry. He has served as the Chair of Cleantech San Diego, supporting organization’s members and leadership on a mission to position the greater San Diego region as a global leader in the cleantech and smart cities economy. Prior to joining Black & Veatch, Rick worked for a number of years at Qualcomm managing teams implementing next generation wireless projects around the globe. Rick has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design from ASU, a Master of Architecture and a MBA from Washington University, Saint Louis.