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Exclusive interviews with mission-driven leaders in energy, defense, and cybersecurity

Dean of Global Business at The Fletcher School, Bhaskar Chakravorti, chats with VIA about Digital Inclusion

School is back in session and we are learning from Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business at The Fletcher School, what we can do to help raise awareness for digital inclusion.

Stan Byers, Cybersecurity Team Lead at USAID, joins VIA for largest VIA Visionaries event

Stan Byers, Cybersecurity Team Lead of USAID, chats about the importance of cybersecurity in protecting the most vulnerable communities.

MIT Energy Initiative's Graham Turk hosts VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden on location at MIT for VIA Visionaries interview

Graham Turk from MIT Energy Initiative discusses clean energy and innovative utility practices in our special “What’s your mission?” Earth Day edition of VIA Visionaries, filmed on location at MIT.

Arnab Chatterjee, Postdoctoral Researcher at EMPA, joined VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden for a chat about Swiss energy systems

The latest VIA Visionaries livestream covers energy efficiency in smart buildings, user behavior, and the impact of AI on Switzerland's energy systems.

Maj. Gen. Kim Crider (ret.) joined VIA for a chat about data, AI, and enterprise innovation for VIA Visionaries interview series

Major General Kim Crider (ret.), the former Chief Data Officer for the United States Air Force and Chief Technology Innovation Officer for the United States Space Force, joined us for the latest VIA Visionaries live stream event. The chat covered the challenges and opportunities with today’s tremendous amount of data, the inspirational projects at Maj. Gen. Crider’s current company, Elara Nova, and things to look forward to in the AI space in 2024 and beyond.

Ann Davlin, Partnership Development & Commercialization at Constellation sat down with VIA for a conversation about the future of sustainability and climate solutions for VIA Visionaries interview series

Ann Davlin, Partnership Development & Commercialization at Constellation, the largest producer of clean, carbon-free energy in the U.S., stopped by VIA’s HQ for an excellent chat with VIA’s CEO, Colin Gounden. The two talked about Ann’s experience in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in Environmental Security, her role at Constellation, and trends in hydrogen today.

Hilary Flynn, Managing Director, Investments at MassCEC joined VIA for a chat about policy, investment, and climate in latest VIA Visionaries interview

Managing Director, Investments at Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), Hilary Flynn, joined us at VIA HQ for the latest interview of our VIA Visionaries series. The chat with VIA’s CEO, Colin Gounden, covered why she chose energy as her focus, the mission at MassCEC, and how we can achieve collective climate goals.

Shalaya Morissette, Chief of the Minority Business and Workforce Division at the U.S. Department of Energy joined VIA for a chat about equity in energy for VIA Visionaries interview series

VIA was thrilled to host Shalaya Morissette, Chief of the Minority Business and Workforce Division at the DOE for the next installment of our VIA Visionaries interview series. We chatted about her work in energy, the team she leads, and where she finds her inspiration.

Former WSJ White House Correspondent and Senior Director at Circle, Jared Favole, interviewed during VIA live stream

VIA’s CEO sat down for an exclusive interview with Jared Favole, Senior Director, Communications and Policy at Circle, and former White House Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, to talk about blockchain and domestic and foreign policy.

Currently, there are no upcoming events. Check back soon to see where our leaders at VIA are heading next!

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ZKPs? Decentralization? Blockchain? Cutting-edge tech made simple

Exclusive: U.S. Navy Cyber Warfare Engineer interviews VIA’s CEO to dive into blockchain’s role in advancing cybersecurity

U.S. Navy Cyber Warfare Engineer conducts an exclusive interview with VIA to dive into the ways blockchain, data security, and decentralization are critical to improved cybersecurity.

Swiss podcast Insider’s Guide to Energy interviews VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden to talk blockchain and energy

Insider’s Guide to Energy hosts, Chris Saas and Johan Oberg, interview VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden to discuss blockchain, data security, and managing a global team.

Decrypted Unscripted interviews VIA CEO Colin Gounden for recent podcast

Decrypted Unscripted hosts David and Deb interview VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden to talk about VIA’s mission, Zero Knowledge Proofs, and everything in between!

Mastery Monday: Extra! Excerpt! 90 second summary of VIA CEO’s presentation at Chainlink SmartCon 2022

Did you attend SmartCon 2022? If not, have no fear! VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden gives a 90 second recap of his talk at the event in this Mastery Monday blog post.

The Merge and what it means for clean energy

At last, Ethereum is changing to Proof-of-Stake. With power blackouts and electricity prices skyrocketing, the timing couldn't be better. Read on to learn why this is critical for the energy sector.

Open Source Monday: zk-SNARKs for Meter Data

Your data tells the story of your life. This week, we demo a mathematical proof called zk-SNARK (an emerging Web3 standard) for energy data. This proof enables energy consumers to profit from their data while keeping their identities completely anonymous.

Nasdaq’s streaming show, TradeTalks, interviews VIA’s CEO, Colin Gounden

Jill Malandrino of Nasdaq’s TradeTalks interviews VIA’s CEO, Colin Gounden, for his expertise on Web3, blockchain, the U.S. DOD, and clean energy.

Authority Magazine Declares “The Future is Now” in Interview with VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden

Authority Magazine selected VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden for an interview to discuss the importance of Web3.

InsideHook Highlights VIA CEO Colin Gounden’s Insights About Web3

Colin Gounden describes one of the key advantages of Web3 in this article published by InsideHook.

Open Source Monday: Zero-Knowledge Proofs

For this week’s Open Source Monday, you’ll see and have access to a code-based example (Github + video) of ZKPs applied in a clean energy context.

Mastery Monday: Why You Should Care About Zero-Knowledge Proofs

For the second installment of “Mastery Monday with VIA” we’re sharing two excellent explanations of Zero-Knowledge Proofs and why the concept is critical to our world today.

Tech on Reg Interviews VIA CEO Colin Gounden for Podcast on Decentralizing the Energy Industry

Dara Tarkowski of Tech on Reg and VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden discuss the intersection of blockchain and the transition to clean energy during this captivating podcast episode.

Open Source Monday: Homomorphic Encryption Meets NFT

For this week’s Open Source Monday, we are offering up a smart contract-based homomorphic encryption example.

Mastery Monday: Homomorphic Encryption

For the first installment of our new blog series, “Mastery Monday with VIA” we’re showing you how homomorphic encryption works in under 4 minutes.

Colin Gounden Joins Wharton’s Sarah Hammer for Conversation about AI, Blockchain, and Clean Energy

Sarah Hammer of The Wharton School chats with VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden about the crypto space and how it relates to clean energy.

Open Source Monday: How to Spot Malware in Your NFT

NFTs have grown in popularity. And, so has attaching malware to them. Read our blog to learn more about how you can make the NFT community safer using VIA’s open-source code.

That Tech Pod Interviews VIA CEO Colin Gounden

VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden talks about the power of blockchain and Web3 technologies when it comes to data accessibility.

Currently, there are no upcoming events. Check back soon to see where our leaders at VIA are heading next!

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Dean of Global Business at The Fletcher School, Bhaskar Chakravorti, chats with VIA about Digital Inclusion

School is back in session and we are learning from Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business at The Fletcher School, what we can do to help raise awareness for digital inclusion.

The Next Generation Internet: Data-Centric Access Control

Cyberattacks impact decision making, learn how VIA’s DCAC uses a data-centric approach to increase data protection.

Meet the Team: Client Delivery at VIA

Client Delivery? Tell me more! Hear directly from our team members what it’s like to be on the Client Delivery Team at VIA in this snappy 3-minute video.

Stan Byers, Cybersecurity Team Lead at USAID, joins VIA for largest VIA Visionaries event

Stan Byers, Cybersecurity Team Lead of USAID, chats about the importance of cybersecurity in protecting the most vulnerable communities.

MIT Energy Initiative's Graham Turk hosts VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden on location at MIT for VIA Visionaries interview

Fast and Curious 7: Verified Computation using ZKPs

Extra! Extra! ZKPs and their ability to balance privacy and verification are top of mind for our customers. Learn how we do it in this director’s cut of Fast and Curious.

Arnab Chatterjee, Postdoctoral Researcher at EMPA, joined VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden for a chat about Swiss energy systems

The latest VIA Visionaries livestream covers energy efficiency in smart buildings, user behavior, and the impact of AI on Switzerland's energy systems.

From Zug to Davos: A whirlwind week in Switzerland

In January, team members from VIA traveled to Switzerland to meet with government, energy, and auto industry leaders. Not to mention, CEO Colin Gounden, participated on an AI and blockchain panel alongside senior executives from UBS and Accenture in Davos.

Fast and Curious 6: AI Edition

Fast and Curious is back with the sixth installment of your favorite blog series. This time, we are bringing you all things AI.

Maj. Gen. Kim Crider (ret.) joined VIA for a chat about data, AI, and enterprise innovation for VIA Visionaries interview series

Ann Davlin, Partnership Development & Commercialization at Constellation sat down with VIA for a conversation about the future of sustainability and climate solutions for VIA Visionaries interview series

Hilary Flynn, Managing Director, Investments at MassCEC joined VIA for a chat about policy, investment, and climate in latest VIA Visionaries interview

Shalaya Morissette, Chief of the Minority Business and Workforce Division at the U.S. Department of Energy joined VIA for a chat about equity in energy for VIA Visionaries interview series

Fast and Curious 5: ZKPs Done Right

In the fifth and final installment of our summer learning series, we talk about zero-knowledge proofs and how they can be done right in just three ways.

Fast and Curious 4: ZKPs 4 Collective Good (from Collective Action)

In the fourth installment of our summer learning series, we talk about how ZKPs can be used for the greater good.

Fast and Curious 3: An introduction to zero-knowledge proofs

In the third installment of our summer learning series, we give a quick introduction to zero-knowledge proofs and an example of how they can be applied in cryptocurrency.

Testing decentralized storage speed

If you’re Web3 savvy, you’ll have followed the rise of decentralized storage. In part one of a two-part series, we test whether decentralized storage is really faster than centralized storage?

2 Fast 2 Curious: Blockchain and foreign policy

In the highly anticipated sequel, 2 Fast 2 Curious covers the foreign policy side of blockchain and summarizes why Web3 impacts domestic and foreign policy.

Fast and Curious: Blockchain and domestic policy

Introducing our latest series - Fast and Curious! To kick it off, VIA CEO Colin Gounden breaks down the link between blockchain and domestic policy.

Former WSJ White House Correspondent and Senior Director at Circle, Jared Favole, interviewed during VIA live stream

Power Up! Winner: AI to improve developer experience

This year’s Power Up! had a $1,000 prize for the team that found an easy way for AI to boost productivity at VIA. We share the winning team’s solution and are open sourcing it for the developer community.

Introducing VIA GPT: Supporting customers using AI

We’re pleased to launch VIA GPT as a way for our customers to get first line technical support on our core components.

VIA’s 2022 Highlights in 60 Seconds -
How the VIA values shaped our 2022

Last year we wrote that 2022 would be all about scale - and it surely was. In this blog, we reflect on VIA’s milestones and how our VIA values guided us throughout this year.

The year in Switzerland:
highlights of mission-driven initiatives in 2022

Take a look back through 2022 in this visual reflection of all things VIA that happened in Switzerland. Spoiler alert: it was an eventful year!

Meet the Team: Santiago Vázquez Enríquez, Senior DevOps Specialist

Meet Santiago Vázquez Enríquez, Senior DevOps Specialist at VIA. We asked Santiago about his favorite VIA memory, his proudest accomplishment, how he balances work and being a busy dad, and so much more!

Meet the Team: Maria Cesarini, Data Specialist

Meet Maria Cesarini, Data Specialist at VIA. We asked Maria how she maintains a good work-life harmony, some of her favorite VIA memories, her go-to podcasts, and more!

Meet the Team: Angelica Novoa, People and Operations Partner

Meet Angelica Novoa, People and Operations Partner at VIA. We asked Angelica about her typical day at work, the VXP program, her proudest accomplishments, and more!

Mastery Monday: Extra! Excerpt! 90 second summary of VIA CEO’s presentation at Chainlink SmartCon 2022

Did you attend SmartCon 2022? If not, have no fear! VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden gives a 90 second recap of his talk at the event in this Mastery Monday blog post.

Transformer Tuesday: How Annie the Asset Manager ensures reliable service for ABC Power customers

For the tenth installment of our “Transformer Tuesday” series we’re taking our dedicated readers along on a journey with Annie the Asset Manager from ABC Power as she discovers how to provide the stronger supporting evidence required to approve rate case changes.

Meet the Team: Sam Cruickshank, Market Strategy Specialist

Meet Sam Cruickshank, Market Strategy Specialist at VIA. We asked Sam about his favorite memory at VIA to date, the customer success story he has found most exciting, and so much more!

The Merge and what it means for clean energy

At last, Ethereum is changing to Proof-of-Stake. With power blackouts and electricity prices skyrocketing, the timing couldn't be better. Read on to learn why this is critical for the energy sector.

War, weather, and waning infrastructure: The urgent need for community-led grid resiliency

A rise in the frequency and severity of extreme events are impacting the reliability of the electric grid. As summer comes to a close and we face the winter ahead, there is an urgent need to get consumers to actively participate in programs to reduce energy consumption. Read how Web3 can play a major role here.

Transformer Tuesday: Battling brain drain

The ninth installment of our “Transformer Tuesday” series highlights how GDAC™ expands transformer health knowledge across utility personnel in order to mitigate gaps caused by employee retirement and turnover.

Open Source Monday: zk-SNARKs for Meter Data

The BIG (but hidden) deal in the Inflation Reduction Act and other upcoming regulations

The Inflation Reduction Act announced on Tuesday has the potential to add billions of dollars to consumers’ wallets and purses each year. Read our blog to discover where VIA’s solutions come into play.

Transformer Tuesday: Accurately Prioritize Transformer Replacements with GDAC™

The seventh installment of our “Transformer Tuesday” series will highlight how GDAC™ can help electric utilities make smarter decisions, based on a holistic view of their fleet, when it comes to transformer replacement planning.

Transformer Tuesday: Anticipating EV Charging Challenges Facing Transformers

For the sixth installment of our blog series, “Transformer Tuesday,” we cover the ways electric vehicles (EVs) are challenging the condition of transformers and how GDAC™ can help.

Values, Mission, Diversity, and … Pull Requests!

Balancing directness and respect in a remote world is challenging. Read our blog to hear the tools VIA uses every day to help.

Transformer Tuesday: Using GDAC™ to Learn from a Trailblazing Utility

In this latest installment of Transformer Tuesday, we’re highlighting the value one of our GDAC™ members brings to the collaborative.

Transformer Tuesday: Overcoming Barriers to Collaborative Learning

The third installment of our “Transformer Tuesday” series will highlight how GDAC™ can help electric utilities with the challenges of limited data.

Open Source Monday: Zero-Knowledge Proofs

For this week’s Open Source Monday, you’ll see and have access to a code-based example (Github + video) of ZKPs applied in a clean energy context.

Mastery Monday: Why You Should Care About Zero-Knowledge Proofs

For the second installment of “Mastery Monday with VIA” we’re sharing two excellent explanations of Zero-Knowledge Proofs and why the concept is critical to our world today.

Open Source Monday: Homomorphic Encryption Meets NFT

For this week’s Open Source Monday, we are offering up a smart contract-based homomorphic encryption example.

Mastery Monday: Homomorphic Encryption

For the first installment of our new blog series, “Mastery Monday with VIA” we’re showing you how homomorphic encryption works in under 4 minutes.

Open Source Monday: How to Spot Malware in Your NFT

NFTs have grown in popularity. And, so has attaching malware to them. Read our blog to learn more about how you can make the NFT community safer using VIA’s open-source code.

Why Switzerland?

VIA and Switzerland share many things in common. Read our latest blog to learn what makes us the perfect pair.

The End of Pilot Purgatory

Andrew Bright, former ABB executive and VIA’s advisor, provides commentary on VIA’s GDAC™ Transformers: 3-Minute Pilot.

End of Year Reflection
Company

In Part 3 of this reflection series, Colin Gounden highlights VIA’s accomplishments in 2021.

End of Year Reflection
Research and Technology

In Part 2 of this reflection series, Jeremy Taylor highlights VIA’s accomplishments in research and technology.

End of Year Reflection
People

Take a journey through 2021 in this three-part reflection series written by a variety of VIA’s leaders. Part 1 written by Kate Ravanis will highlight our team, the VIAneers.

Meet the Team: Becky McClements, Market Strategy Specialist

Meet Becky McClements, Market Strategy Specialist at VIA. Becky talks about projects she works on as part of VIA’s business development team and something people might not know about working at VIA.

Meet the Team: Jonathan Chirwa, Software Developer

Meet Jonathan Chirwa, Software Developer at VIA. Jonathan talks about the creative ways the team is staying engaged while working remote and the latest "how-to" book he's reading.

End of Year Reflection

For our last post of 2020, we wanted to share a more personal note with our readers to talk about how grateful for the resiliency and flexibility our team has shown during this challenging year.

Let’s TAC™ About It: The Value of TAC™

In this post, we cover the three big benefits when choosing TAC™ over the "next best alternative".

Let’s TAC™ About It: TAC™: So, what’s it good for?

VIA has announced nine new features on TAC™ in the past 14 weeks. How are utilities using them? For starters, they are increasing clean energy adoption.

TAC™ White Paper Release: Balancing Data Owner Protection and Analyst Flexibility

VIA has released a new 10-page white paper that provides a comprehensive overview and code examples of TAC™’s current data privacy and security features.

Reversing the Curse: The 80 / 20 Split In AI Projects

Most AI projects spend 80% of time cleaning data and only 20% analyzing it. VIA has been investing heavily in using our own AI and software development skills to reverse this ratio.

Let’s TAC™ About It: Verified Templates: Balancing Security and Flexibility

For the tenth installment of the series, we will discuss how TAC™ contracts can control what kinds of queries an authorized analyst can ask of the data.

Let’s TAC™ About It: What's a Smart Contract?

For the ninth installment of the series, we will discuss how TAC™ uses smart contracts to govern data and analysis workflows.

Meet the Team: Natalie Winger, Data Specialist

Meet Natalie Winger, Data Specialist at VIA. Natalie talks about her experience joining VIA entirely remote and the funniest memory at VIA so far (spoiler: it includes a cat!).

Let’s TAC™ About It: 15/15

15/15 is a specific example of the k-anonymity privacy-preserving analytics feature that VIA recently released.

Let’s TAC™ About It: Ease of Use Upgrade

The latest release of VIA’s TAC™ platform is a leap forward in terms of simplicity and ease of use for users performing analysis on private data.

How VIA TAC™-kles Sensor Data

Many utilities are concerned about the responsibility that comes with sensor datasets. As a result, the data gets trapped. VIA’s software platform, TAC™ was designed to address these issues in power sector data.

Let’s TAC™ About It: Homomorphic Encryption Algorithms on TAC™ (HEAT)

VIA has implemented homomorphic encryption (HE), which is cryptography that holds the promise of allowing computations on data while it remains encrypted.

Let’s TAC™ About It: K-Anonymity

VIA has implemented a k-anonymity function to help utilities meet requirements of regulators including releasing data for clean energy initiatives and mandating increased information privacy and security requirements.

Introducing SWEET: AI for Data Wrangling

SWEET stands for Smart Wrangling Engine for Extraction and Transformation. SWEET, a built-in function on VIA's TAC™ platform, uses AI to wrangle data.

Meet the Team: Ashley DaSilva, Team Leader, Product Development

Meet Ashley DaSilva, VIA's Team Leader, Product Development. Ashley talks about one of her passions outside of work and her favorite VIA memory (which happens to take place in the underground city of Montreal).

Let’s TAC™ About It: Models for Private Data Service

TAC™’s MPD service makes machine learning models available for download and easy incorporation into data science workflows.

Need a laugh?

Hear all the funny remote moments from the team at VIA.

Meet the Team: Annvie Nguyen, UX Designer

Meet our fabulous UX Designer, Annvie Nguyen! Annvie talks about her proudest accomplishment at VIA and some of the shenanigans that take place at our holiday parties!

Working Remotely? Us too!

See what we look forward to each day!

Meet the Team: Emma Fechney, Senior Lead, People and Operations

Meet our Senior Lead, People and Operations, Emma Fechney! Emma talks about her greatest accomplishment at VIA so far and a potential side career for our team.

Meet the Team: John Muddle, Team Lead, Data Science

Meet John Muddle, VIA's Team Lead, Data Science. John walks us through a typical day for him at VIA and just how his favorite sandwich, the bacon butty, should be enjoyed!

Meet the Team: Antoine Dozois, Software Developer

For the launch of our Meet the Team blog series, we are interviewing Antoine Dozois, a software developer at VIA.

Let’s TAC™ About It: The Bridge to AI Experts

In this blog, learn how TAC™ reduces time, cost, and privacy risks of working with AI specialists.

Thank you, 2019. Now, let’s do this 2020!

2019 was a milestone year for VIA: we launched GDAC™, spoke at events across the globe, and expanded the VIA community.

Understanding How EV Charging Behavior Affects Distribution Networks

At VIA, we are beginning to see that transformers are stressed by the switch to EVs. Our focus is finding ways to keep these assets healthy.

The Importance of Unit Testing

May 09, 2019 | Montreal, QC

VIA’s Ashley DaSilva, Team Leader, Product Development, was invited to lead a workshop on unit testing for McGill’s Computer Science Graduate Society. Ashley discussed the critical importance of software testing, why developers should embrace unit testing, and when and how to use mocking.

The 5 Game Changers that Made 2018 VIA's Year

2018 was a blockbuster year for VIA, from product development to team growth, from press features to awards, and so much more. We are proud to share some of our highlights with you here, and we look forward to the year ahead!

So, You’ve Updated Your Privacy Policy

The energy industry as a whole is more data-dependent than ever before. But, how can utilities balance consumers’ rights to data privacy, security, and anonymity, while leveraging this wealth of new information to improve service reliability and efficiency? At VIA, we are enhancing our Trusted Analytics Chain (TAC) platform to address this challenge.

Six Values in Six Months: A Co-op Reflects

VIA's marketing execution co-op, Meg Foley, reflects on how she lived VIA's six values during her time in the Davis Square headquarters.

Rock Science: How Van Halen Invented Smart Contracts

Van Halen's music defined a genre (and a generation), but their impact reaches much further than the music world. In fact, you could argue Van Halen’s reach extends even into the blockchain boom we’re seeing today. How so? Well, Van Halen sort of invented the smart contract.

3 Ways VIA Prioritizes the Team Behind the Tech

In order for our technology and solutions to stay cutting edge, we need to continue building, cultivating, and supporting the team that got us where we are today.