Jacqueline Suaverdez

Circular Economy and Sustainability Advocate with 23+ years of work experience in engineering, program management, and new product development in the semiconductor, OEM, and solar industries. Areas of expertise include traditional and Agile project management, manufacturing process improvement, problem-solving, and research and development/ innovation management. Proficient in MS Office, MS Project, Slack, Atlassian Confluence, and JIRA. A certified Agile Scrum Master. 
Knowledgeable in statistical research methods, data mining, and analysis using excel add-ins, JMP and Tableau. Demonstrated ability to lead teams that produce exceptional results through collaboration and lean initiatives. 

Enphase Energy, Inc. Fremont, California USA 

Sr. Program Manager 2018-2020  

Accountable for delivering to market and introducing multiple assigned New Product Introduction (NPI) solar battery storage and system projects to the market and manufacturing in time and within budget. Set up program management metric tracking and management dashboard for the company. 

Western Digital Company Milpitas, CA 

Enterprise- Solid State Drive (ESSD) Program Manager III 2016-2018  

Responsible for releasing one of the newest ESSD-PCIe products through Agile methodology application and management of cross-functional teams: design, firmware, hardware, manufacturing, and engineering teams.   

SunEdison, Inc. Belmont, CA   

Sr. New Product Introduction Project Manager 2012-2016  

Responsible for the timely introduction of new PV solar panel products from design to manufacturing by mitigating and containing risks and management of program resources, budget, and schedule. Also drove PV module manufacturing site joint-venture start-up in Juarez, Mexico where the site is operational 2 weeks ahead of schedule. 

Cypress Semiconductor Corp San Jose, CA 

New Product Program Manager 2006- 2012  

Managed multiple high-priority new product development (NPD) projects from design to manufacturing (womb-to-tomb) using highly structured traditional project management and market release methodology. Mentored young engineers to optimize NPI team capabilities. 

Cypress Manufacturing Limited –Phil Branch Cavite, Philippines 

Started as Manufacturing Product Engineer and left as Product Engineering Manager 1997-2006 

Accountable for the overall product performance in the factory – cost, yields, quality, and reliability. Also responsible for three mid-sized groups of product engineers (14 total direct reports) working on NPD. 

Doctor of Business Administration Swiss School of Business and Management (SSBM), Research Thesis: Circular Economy in America 2021-2022

Master of Business Administration in California State University Monterey Bay graduated 18 May 2019  

Completed with GPA: 4.0 

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Major in Electronics and Communication in Manila, Philippines graduated 18 October 1997