Theresa Jester is the Chief Executive Officer of Silicor Materials, Inc. She is a 36-year veteran of the solar industry and joined Silicor Materials in 2010 following her active involvement in the company as Entrepreneur in Residence at Hudson Clean Energy. She has extensive experience in the manufacturing and engineering of photovoltaics and led efforts to ramp up manufacturing operations to full production for a variety of photovoltaic technologies including silicon cell-based photovoltaics. Jester has managed large solar operations and held engineering positions at SoloPower, SunPower, SolarWorld, Siemens, Arco, and Shell. She holds a degree in mechanical engineering from California State University Northridge and several patents and awards in the PV space. She was identified as one of the "15 Women Changing the World in 2015" by the World Economic Forum.