Eric Davids
Senior Director, Advisory Services, Uplight

Eric Davids is a Colorado-based climate tech leader.  He has spent the past five years at Uplight, helping energy providers realize efficiency, electrification, and load flexibility outcomes by way of enhanced engagement with their customers.  His focus areas have spanned corporate strategy, partnership development, innovation management, and consulting.  Prior to joining Uplight, he served as an intelligence officer in the US Marines.

He holds a BS in Ocean Engineering from the US Naval Academy, an MSc in Defense, Development, and Diplomacy from Durham University (UK), and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.  In addition, he is a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council.  Eric is interested in linking arms with people pursuing socio-technical research projects or commercial opportunities at the intersections between climate tech R&D, global development, energy security, climate-related diplomacy, finance, and trade.

Originally from Boulder, he is grateful to be back in his home state, where he enjoys trail running, gravel riding, backcountry skiing, and camping trips with his family.