Patricia Vega
Patricia is the founder and CEO of Quantum New Energy (QNE), a climate tech Company providing a carbon-to-value digital platform that helps companies operationalize their sustainability strategy and deliver ESG results. What gets measured gets managed, and QNE’s AI-driven sustainability software helps achieve the Net-Zero goals by
streamlining data collection to enable near real-time tracking and proactive control.
Aid with curated recommendations, users can set up cost-optimized carbon reduction
pathways to reach their GHG targets, reduce costs, and simplify reporting. The platform
also enables smart networks of energy prosumers to digitize energy efficiency programs
advancing climate justice and monetizing aggregated pools of carbon credits.
Ms. Vega is also a business and sustainability Leader with 25 years of experience
in Digital Transformation and Energy Transition developing and executing value-creation
strategies that balance financial performance with enterprise risk management, governance,
and fiduciary responsibility. Her multi-disciplinary career spans from Fortune 100
companies to start-ups. Preceding her entrepreneurial venture with QNE, Patricia worked
for GE as President & CEO of the Global Evaluation & Optimization
business. Before that, she was President & CEO of GE Oil & Gas Latin America. Before
joining GE, Patricia worked for Halliburton and Baker Hughes. Patricia started her
career as a field engineer with BP and Schlumberger.
Patricia’s education includes studies in Corporate Sustainability Strategy from Yale
University, a certificate in Energy Innovation from Stanford University, an M.B.A.
from Thunderbird, an M.S. in Technology and Engineering Management from Oklahoma State
University, OSU, and a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering. She serves as an advisory board
member for OSU’s College of Technology and Engineering and as a volunteer leading
the Equity Working group for Houston’s Climate Action Plan.
Vega is a recipient of Baker Hughes’ chairman award in recognition of her Diversity
& Inclusion advocacy and her service in founding the company Women’s Network. She
is a servant leader and a lifelong learner that strives to stay human, humble, and
curious. She is happily married and the proud mother of two talented & strong daughters
with careers in STEM.
For more details, visit Patricia's LinkedIn profile