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“I honestly believe that we of Sacramento can that next wave not just in the city but in the region I think we can transform our city to the greenest region in the country and you know that's bold and that's big and that would help put us on demand literally as well.”

Kevin Johnson
Board member, Independent Board Member
Policy Impact green initiativeregional transformationeconomic development

On , Kevin Johnson, Board member at Independent Board Member, spoke about green initiative during Mayor Kevin Johnson discusses his new green initiative on kevinjohnsonformayor.

Mayor Kevin Johnson discusses his new green initiative
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Mayor Kevin Johnson discusses his new green initiative
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Mayor Kevin Johnson rolls out some of the details of his new green initiative to the Small Business Success and Sustainability Group (SOS) at Sophia's in Sacramento.
Kevin Johnson

About Kevin Johnson

Board member · Independent Board Member

Kevin Johnson, co-founder and chief operating officer of Bud Ecosystem, appeared at Dell Technologies World 2026 to discuss the company's approach to enterprise AI. Johnson stated that many enterprises are "skimming" with third-party AI tools, but argued that "deep AI that's valuable in the enterprise" requires re-architecting workloads and workflows for better efficiency and cost-effectiveness. He said Bud Ecosystem is building a "more elegant solution" that can help enterprises focus on AI strategy rather than building "stove-pipes of infrastructure," and claimed the company can reduce costs "up to 80%" with governance in a single plane. In a separate appearance on the podcast "Insurance, You Indemnify Me," Johnson discussed his background as an independent insurance agency owner. He said he is an Aurora, Colorado native, holds a marketing degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver, and began his agency in January 2022, writing over a million dollars in premium in his first year. Johnson noted that he left the carrier side of the business because of changes to compensation structures, and described his current work as "way more intense" than his previous career.

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