Greater Seattle Area, WA  ·  Globally Deployed

Bridging the Gap Between Sustainability Ambition and Operational Execution.

Zarsh Services helps companies move from sustainability commitments to real, measurable action. We work with energy companies, infrastructure developers, and investors to cut through complexity — turning climate goals into clear strategies, credible data, and competitive advantage.

20+Years Experience
10+Countries
50+Conferences
ZARSH AI + CLIMATE ENERGY TRANSITION MRV SYSTEMS FRACTIONAL CSO CARBON MARKETS DIGITAL INFRA BOARD ADVISORY ZARSH SERVICES
Leadership previously at
SLB
Amazon Web Services
Engie Impact
Schneider Electric
Capgemini
MIT

The expertise behind
every engagement.

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Shylesh (Shy) Muralidharan
Founder & Principal Advisor
Role Founder | Board Advisor | Investor | Fractional Executive
Base Greater Seattle Area, WA
Reach Globally available

Zarsh Services is led by Shylesh (Shy) Muralidharan, an MIT Fellow and sustainability executive with over two decades of experience working across energy, technology, and climate — with some of the world's largest companies and governments.

Having held senior leadership roles at AWS (Amazon Web Services), SLB (formerly Schlumberger), Engie and Schneider Electric, Shy has spent years helping large organizations take their climate commitments seriously — turning broad targets into programs that actually deliver results.

We believe sustainability works best when it is built on solid data and clear thinking — not just reports. As energy demand and climate regulations grow more complex, we help boards and investors treat sustainability as a genuine business asset, not just a box to check.

Zarsh Services brings together a network of specialists to support clients on strategy, product development, regulatory compliance, and AI-powered climate solutions — scaling up or down to fit what each engagement needs.

Fellowship
MIT SDM Fellow
System Design & Management · Sloan School of Management & School of Engineering
Senior Fellow
Portulans Institute
Researching how technology policy, talent, and geopolitical risk shape where AI infrastructure gets built and funded · May 2026
Scale Record
Global Unit Leader
Former Worldwide Lead at AWS Energy & Global Head of Climate Action Services at SLB Digital Sustainability
Recognition
Marquis Who's Who
Honored Listee 2025–2029 · Climate Technology & Energy Transition Leadership

Four practice areas.
One integrated mandate.

Quadrant 01 · Executive & GTM
Fractional Executive Leadership & GTM Strategy
Target: Private Equity Portfolio Companies · Industrial Boards · Growth-Stage Cleantech

Acting as a part-time Chief Sustainability Officer, Head of Product, or board advisor — giving your organization senior leadership when you need it, without the cost of a full-time executive.

  • Building and running strategies to bring your product or service to market — and making sure there is real demand before you scale
  • Setting up sustainability teams and programs inside your organization, including working with government bodies and partners
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Quadrant 02 · Infrastructure Risk
Digital Infrastructure & Compute Risk Advisory
Target: Data Center Developers · Infrastructure Funds · Institutional Capital Allocators

Helping data center developers and infrastructure investors understand the real risks behind a site — from power supply and energy rules to environmental factors and local regulations — before committing capital.

  • Assessing whether a location can reliably deliver the clean, stable power that modern data centers need
  • Measuring the climate and sustainability profile of a site to support smarter, lower-risk location decisions
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Quadrant 03 · Climate Intelligence
AI-Native Climate Intelligence & Automated MRV
Target: Chief Compliance Officers · Supply Chain Directors · Carbon Market Participants

Replacing slow, error-prone spreadsheets with automated systems that track, measure, and report your emissions and sustainability data in real time — giving you numbers you can stand behind.

  • Building the data infrastructure needed to meet major sustainability reporting standards, including CSRD, ISSB, and TCFD
  • Creating reliable frameworks for participating in carbon markets, with verification that meets investor and regulator expectations
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Quadrant 04 · Venture & Capital
Climate Tech Venture Advisory & Capital Strategy
Target: Climate Tech Founders · VC/PE Investors · Growth-Stage Cleantech · Family Offices

Advising climate tech startups and their investors on how to sharpen their product, find the right market position, and get ready to raise — drawing on direct experience as a founder, operator, and investor in the space.

  • Checking whether your product solves a real problem — and helping you build a plan to reach the right customers
  • Preparing clear, credible sustainability materials for investors, board members, and lenders — including due diligence packages for fundraising rounds
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Knowledge that holds up
under scrutiny.

Studio Interview
Regulatory Pressures and Investor Expectations Are Shaping Sustainability in Energy
ADIPEC Studio · Energy Connects · December 2024

A conversation about how tighter regulations and growing investor pressure are changing what sustainability means in the energy sector — and why having reliable, transparent data is no longer optional.

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Podcast
Value Chain to Blockchain: Scope 3, 'Data Obesity,' and a Decarbonized Future
Vision by Protiviti Insight

Explored the problem of companies collecting too much sustainability data that nobody can actually use — and what it takes to track emissions across your entire supply chain in a way that holds up to scrutiny.

Read / Listen
Strategic Briefing
The Urgency, Challenges, and Opportunities of Decarbonization
Amazon Web Services — AWS for Industries Blog

An article outlining how cloud technology helps large energy companies track carbon emissions more accurately and make better use of their assets on the path to net zero.

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Technical White Paper
Profitability Meets Sustainability: Real-Time Measurement and Automated Reporting
SLB Digital Sustainability Platform

Shows how tracking emissions in real time — as part of day-to-day operations — turns sustainability from a reporting cost into something that actively improves how a business runs.

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Strategic Initiative
Decision-Grade Intelligence for Digital Infrastructure Siting
Active Venture · Climate Tech & Digital Infrastructure

Building a platform that gives data center developers and infrastructure investors a clear, data-backed picture of a site's energy supply, climate risks, and regulatory environment — so major location decisions are based on solid evidence, not guesswork.

Intellectual Property
Utility Resource Asset Management System
US Patent US20160343093 A1 · Issued November 24, 2016

A patented technology for helping utilities manage and optimize their assets more efficiently — handling multiple systems and real-world operating conditions automatically.

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Peer-reviewed. Institutionally validated.

Co-Authored Book · Springer · 2018
Weather and Climate Services for the Energy Industry
ISBN 9783319684178  ·  Springer International Publishing

A peer-reviewed book exploring how weather and climate data can be used to make the energy sector run more reliably and efficiently — covering forecasting for wind and solar, storm preparedness for utilities, and the growing role of climate information in the energy transition.

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MIT Master's Thesis · SDM Program · 2012
Assessment of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion as a Viable Source of Renewable Energy
MIT Sloan School of Management & School of Engineering  ·  System Design & Management

An in-depth study of whether Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion — a technology that generates electricity from the temperature difference between warm surface water and cold deep ocean water — could be a practical and commercially viable source of clean energy. Completed for Lockheed Martin through the MIT Energy Initiative.

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Rigor behind
every recommendation.

Institutional Fellowships & Governance
Senior Fellow · May 2026 – Present
Portulans Institute
Washington, D.C.

Researching how government policy, the availability of energy, and geopolitical risk shape where AI infrastructure gets built around the world — and what that means for investors and developers.

SDM Fellow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sloan School of Management & School of Engineering

Focused on designing and managing large, complex systems — applied to energy infrastructure, technology scale-up, and global markets. Studied across both the MIT business school and engineering school.

Honored Listee · 2025 – 2029
Marquis Who's Who
Climate Technology & Energy Transition

Formally recognized for sustained corporate leadership across the global Climate Technology and Energy Transition sectors.

Technical Certifications & Recognition
Certification · 2024
Life Cycle Assessment: Quantifying Environmental Impacts
MIT Professional Education

Learning how to measure the full environmental impact of a product or process — from raw materials all the way through to end of life.

Certification · 2011
Global Strategic Management
Harvard Business School · Cross-registered at MIT Sloan

Executive coursework covering competitive strategy, how to enter new markets, and how to structure organizations for growth.

20+ Publications · 50+ Conferences
Industry Thought Leadership
Global Speaker & Author · 2013 – Present

White papers, guest editorials, keynote presentations, and panel sessions at major energy, sustainability, and technology conferences across North America, Europe, and Asia.

MIT Sloan & School of Engineering
M.S. Engineering Management — Energy Systems & Sustainability
SDM Fellow
University of Mumbai
MBA — Marketing Management
Pondicherry Technical University
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
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Ready to have a
real conversation?

Whether you are facing a tough sustainability deadline, thinking through a major infrastructure decision, or just trying to make sense of new climate regulations — we are here to help. Let's start with a conversation.

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