Here's your chance to meet and get to know the new CEO of SARTA (Sacramento Regional Technology Alliance)

Kirk Uhler joined SARTA in October of 2014 as the Chief Executive Officer. Kirk has served as a Supervisor on the Placer County Board of Supervisors for almost 12 years. He is the Managing Member of the Rensa Group, a consulting company that specializes in government relations and strategic business communications and is also the co-founder of Vidgage, a social media platform enabling websites to offer commenting on video content.

Kirk’s prior business experience includes serving as the COO of the Electric & Gas Industries Association, and as a founding employee of two publicly traded companies: CarsDirect.com and Solar Power, Inc.

Kirk has extensive media experience as well. He is a fill-in radio talk show host for the top-rated radio station in Sacramento, and has been a newspaper columnist and a radio news reporter.

A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Kirk has been a Placer County resident since 1970. He is an Eagle Scout from Granite Bay Troop 121. Kirk, his wife and their two children live in Granite Bay, CA.