Washington Outdoor Lighting was founded with the purpose of offering our clients a handcrafted “Wow!” outdoor lighting experience. To do this, we learned that it all has to start with our people. The core passion of Washington Outdoor Lighting is making goals and dreams a reality. This is pursued internally by providing our employees with as many tools as possible to grow professionally and personally. This is pursued externally by helping our clients fully see and experience their properties true value at night. We believe our people create our culture, our culture creates our brand and our brand creates our business. This all begins with our core values that we work hard to live by everyday.
CORE VALUES
QUALITY:
We put quality first. When faced with a decision, quality trumps time and convenience. It trumps money whenever possible. High quality service and products will be reflected in everything we do.
SIMPLICITY:
We make business simple. We will be easy to find, easily accessible, and quick to respond to our clients and to each other.
SERVICE:
Human interaction is when our brand becomes real. Service will shine most in these interactions. We ask ourselves “How can I help?” in all human interactions.
INTEGRITY:
We are transparent, honest, and ethical in all of our interactions with employees, clients, consumers and vendors. We tell and receive the truth with grace. Let your yes mean yes and your no mean no.
WE DO HARD THINGS:
We use challenges to motivate us to improve both personally and professionally.
OUR TEAM
Kyle McKelvy
GENERAL MANAGER, DESIGN & SALES MANAGER, CO-FOUNDER
Leah McKelvy
CONTROLLER, CO-FOUNDER
Kyle and Leah have always had a strong passion to build companies that make an impact for our employees and our clients. They feel blessed that they found the outdoor lighting industry 11 years ago as it has given them the platform to impact the lives of many employees and also deliver that WOW! moment for countless clients. Having built a successful sister company, Oregon Outdoor Lighting, over the past decade they felt called along with Leah’s brother, Jacob, to open Washington Outdoor Lighting. This team has a combined experience of 29 years in the industry. Kyle and Leah believe that our people create our culture, our culture creates our brand, and our brand creates our company. They feel that the success of anything we do starts with our people and we work to find ways to serve our people so they can serve our clients.
JACOB COVERT
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Entrepreneurship is in Jacob’s blood. As the son of a serial entrepreneur, Jacob always knew he would own his own company. Having worked with Kyle and Leah at our sister company, Oregon Outdoor Lighting for 7 years he jumped at the chance to be a Co-Founder with Washington Outdoor Lighting. For Jacob, owning a company is about building a winning culture and seeing employees reach their personal and professional goals. He enjoys the execution of a perfectly installed lighting system and the joy it brings to our clients. He has personally installed and overseen the installation of more than 37,000 lights so you can be confident that as Operations Manager he will make sure your system is installed the right way.
TYSON CHRISTIE
FIELD SERVICE MANAGER
Tyson’s diverse background in marketing, construction, and athletic competition brings a highly valuable skill set to our team. Tyson started for the Northwest University basketball team for 2 years before graduating with a degree in marketing. After college he spent time with many large companies expanding his marketing skills before finding his true passion in the construction industry. He always found it more rewarding to be working with his hands and looks forward to personal interactions he experiences with our clients. Tyson oversees all of our large scale projects and always delivers beyond our expectations.
TYLER DUNHAM
DESIGN & SALES CONSULTANT
Tyler is a Washingtonian through and through having been born and raised in the state. After graduating from Central Washington University with a degree in Communications, he has found a successful career in customer service and sales. His customer-centric approach allows him to create solutions that are specific to each customer’s unique needs, and his infectious personality makes him a pleasure to do business with.
COURTNEY VILLANUEVA
OFFICE COORDINATOR
Courtney has worked for Washington Outdoor Lighting since day one. Coming from a customer service background, she is a natural people person. Courtney takes pride in providing exceptional and genuine service to all of our clients. Hearing our client’s positive feedback is very rewarding to her. Courtney does a great job at being the first impression for our company.
