Sam Calisch
Founder And CEO at Copper
Oakland, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Calisch is a founder and CEO with 14 years of experience building hardware and policy solutions to accelerate electrification for everyone. He founded Copper to tackle electrical upgrades and scale battery-enabled appliances, and previously spun out Elmworks from his PhD work to commercialize additive manufacturing for electromagnetic devices like solid-state transformers and wireless power. At Rewiring America he helped shape electrification policy and technical storytelling, contributing to passage and implementation efforts around the IRA and authoring public-facing work to demystify heat pumps. He blends deep technical R&D (PhD from MIT) with entrepreneurial product delivery and public advocacy, often using unconventional outreach—like dressing as a heat pump—to make complex tech relatable. Based in Oakland, Sam pairs lab-born inventions with go-to-market grit, focusing on pragmatic systems that reduce barriers to clean electrification at scale.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at Grinnell College
Github Skills (17)
sankey-diagram9
plotter6
data-structures5
jupyter5
python5
diagram4
svg4
forum4
data-visualization4
visualization3
javascript3
data-visualisation3
gcode2
command-line-tool2
cnc-controller2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
calischs/fold
Nov 2012 - Mar 2013
Contributions:42 commits in 4 months
calischs/pfea
Apr 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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