Sarah Krasley is a founder of Shimmy Technologies and a Visiting Fellow at Cornell University’s ILR School. She studies what happens when tectonic forces — including automation, climate collapse, and economic restructuring — rearrange the livelihoods of working people, then she develops solutions to help them adapt.
Prior to founding Shimmy, Sarah led an emerging technology group at Autodesk, where she used digital tools to improve factory heating and cooling and helped designers and engineers integrate sustainable materials into product development. As a Visiting Fellow, Sarah is researching what happens when automation and climate adaptation converge in the same labor market. Her work focuses on industrial economies in the textile supply chain, where intensifying heat and shifting investment patterns are already driving job redesign, machine degradation, and factory climate adaptation planning.
