Teresa Daviés

President of Quallight Efficiency Corp, a full service company offering efficient products and solutions, including innovative lighting technologies, energy management controls and automation, and energy efficiency solutions primarily for military and government agencies. Quallight’s most recent award was a $50K US Air Force contract to upgrade/retrofit lighting at facilities located at Vandenberg AFB in California.

>>  Join me as I speak with Teresa about how she got into this field and what are her goals for her current position?

Teresa is a utility industry veteran with successful management expertise running large-scale, multi-million dollar Energy Efficiency Incentive programs. As a Program Manager for the Residential Incentive Program at San Diego Gas & Electric, a Sempra Energy Utility, she represented business interests with regulatory authorities, other state-wide utilities, and trade groups, monitoring new technologies and rapidly changing legislation to maximize program goals.

>>  What can Teresa tell us about “green” energy resources, and what are the obstacles to the broader use of them?

She has worked closely with the Consortium for Energy Efficiency, and DOE/EPA’s Energy Star program, working in collaboration with hundreds of retailers and manufacturers building alliances to increase utility grid efficiency. She is also an experienced project manager experienced in the planning and design of electric/gas distribution energy facilities for construction projects including solar renewable energy sources.

>>  Given Teresa’s experience in the industry, what trends has she seen, and where does she see the focus going?

Teresa is a military veteran, having served several years on active duty in the US Navy and as a civilian employee at the US Air Force Academy. She holds a dual Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and Marketing from the University of Phoenix.

Teresa grew up in San Bernardino, CA, the youngest of four children.  Since her father is from Baja, California, she was used to traveling back and forth as a child between Southern California and Mexico.

>>  I’ll be speaking with Teresa about early influences and how they shaped her later path.

Teresa became pregnant as a teenager and, after getting out of an abusive relationship, enlisted in the Navy which enabled her to leave her hometown.  She banded together with other women in the military like herself and coordinated women to support each other and help each other out with practical needs like child care.

>>  What led Teresa to coordinate women to help each other and what kinds of needs did she see in the military?

Her early experiences led her to want to be involved in community activities and Teresa has been involved in several organizations including MANA, a National Latina Organization and The Chicano Federation of San Diego County, Inc.

She is the proud mother of a son and a daughter.