Zachary Kingery
Zach Kingery is a student at UNC-Chapel Hill and the COO of MAIA Analytics, directing market intelligence and sales. Zach has been riding the solarcoaster since birth and never stops asking questions about this ever-changing industry. He believes that we urgently need to build the infrastructure for our sustained livelihoods, and that clever use of data can cut through to answer difficult questions of where and how. A geographer by training, Zach understands the power of geospatial data and the urgent need to change our relations with the biosphere, and he believes that we can only get there with the best information possible.
After work
Zach lives and breathes solar. As the son of Bob and Maria Kingery, co-founders of the oldest solar company in the Southeast, he has heard a firsthand play-by-play of the solar industry at the dinner table for over two decades. He remembers the difficult recession years and the rapid growth before COVID-driven supply issues interrupted much of the industry; he remains cautiously optimistic about the emerging trend of policy-first solar investment. Outside of school and work, you might find Zach concocting a five-course meal for a college dinner party, pulling weeds at the permaculture farm and living space he helped build during COVID, or hiking and climbing the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina.