International Business Woman, Entrepreneur, Corporate Executive, Engineer, Worldwide Speaker, Author, Corporate Director, University Trustee
Dr. Hwang's wide-ranging career encompasses sustained leadership in manufacturing and technology innovation and services, international business operations, advanced materials innovation, intellectual property management, global leadership positions, and corporate and university governance.
Her manufacturing and business experience spans both corporate America and entrepreneurial companies. She has built new businesses within corporate America having held senior executive positions with Lockheed Martin Corp., and others, CEO of International Electronic Materials Corp., and co-founded entrepreneurial companies.
She is prominently credited with bridging the gap between technology, manufacturing, and the marketplace and bringing innovations to real-world applications.
With more than four (4) decades of global trotting experience, she is globally acclaimed as a pioneer and long-standing leader in the fast-moving infrastructure development of electronic miniaturization and advanced manufacturing of environment-friendly electronics. She has served as an advisor to many Fortune 500 multinational companies, as well as U.S. government programs. She holds the record of solving the reportedly toughest product reliability issues and most challenging manufacturing demands in the semiconductor packaging and microelectronics/electronics industry.
A worldwide speaker, prolific author, and inventor of key patents, with 750+ publications to her credit, she holds authorship of ten (10) groundbreaking and internationally-used textbooks (7 sole-authorship and 3 co-authorship) published by McGraw-Hill, European, and Japanese publishers. As a columnist for two globally circulated trade magazines, she addresses manufacturing and technological issues, market thrusts, trade, workforce, industry year-end-review, and new-year-outlook.
Over forty (40) years, she has shared her time in "teaching" to contribute to workforce upskilling and continuing education. Along with her groundbreaking books, she has taught tens of thousands of manufacturing and technological professionals through professional development courses/lectures, disseminating new technologies and advanced manufacturing know-how to provide the workforce with reskilling and upskilling continuing education.
Regarded, by many, as a Renaissance woman, her work is highlighted by national and international awards and honors.
Among her many awards and honors, she has received the U.S. Congressional Recognition of Achievements; honorary doctoral degree; YWCA Women Achievement Award; was inducted into the International Hall of Fame - Women in Technology, inducted into the Ohio Women Hall of Fame; and was named an "R&D-Stars-to-Watch" (Industry week). She is featured as one of the ten luminaries in the inaugural volume: "Road to Scientific Success - Inspiring Life Stories of Prominent Researchers" (World Scientific Publications). Hwang was the first Asian-American woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering. She also received her almae matres' Distinguished Alumni Awards.
While receiving the YWCA Women of Achievement Award, the citation read: "The First Woman" is a way of life for Dr. Jennie Hwang. Throughout her career, Dr. Hwang has held countless "woman pioneering" capacities from being the first woman to receive a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University's Materials Science and Engineering to being the first and only woman President, as of 2025, of the Surface Mount Technology Association (a U.S.-based global professional organization comprising academic, industry and government members, focusing on electronics/microelectronics manufacturing.)
Additionally, Dr. Hwang has served as a board director for Fortune 500 NYSE-traded, NASDAQ-traded, TSX-traded, and privately-held companies. In this capacity, she has served on the Strategy and Technology Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee, Audit Committee, and Compensation Committee. She also has served on the university board of Trustees for 20+ years.
As a sought-after speaker at national and international events across the U.S. and abroad, her speeches and lectures have taken her to 28+ countries, including France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, England, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Switzerland, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, China, India, Thailand, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Australia, etc.
She shares her thoughts and vision with various audiences ranging from commencement keynote speeches at universities to the Federal Women's Program to the emerging technologies at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The topics addressed in her on-going editorial columns since 1980s include "Artificial Intelligence - Opportunities, Challenges & Possibilities - Part 1"; "Artificial Intelligence - Part 4 – Prompt Engineering"; "Artificial Intelligence Era - Part 3 – LLM vs. SLM vs. Foundation Model"; "Artificial Intelligence - Part 2 – Foundational Technologies"; "Artificial Intelligence: Super-Exciting, Ultra-Competitive";" A Dose of Wisdom"; "Cybersecurity – A Revisit"; "Future Manufacturing - Bracing for and Embracing Post-Pandemic Era"; "Critical Materials – A Compelling Case"; "Can Acquisitions Bear Fruits-A Pragmatic Perspective?"; "Industry-4.0"; "Cybersecurity - from Boardroom to Factory Floor"; "Conflict Minerals - A Snapshot"; "Leadership"; "Preparation for New Millennium-Education, Technology and Workforce"; "Asia's Road to Economic Recovery-1997"; "Our Role in Science and Engineering"; "Engineering Education"; "Modern Manufacturing Workforce"; "Accelerated Tax Depreciation for High-tech Manufacturing"; " Women in Education, Technology and Workforce"; "Affirmative Action"; "Modern Asian-Americans"; "International Trade and Trade Promotion Authority"; "Changes and Coping with Changes"; "Welcoming the Digital Economy"; "Globalization-Technology, Trade, Workforce"; "Solar energy - Sweet Spot"; "Solar Energy - 10 Reasons Why Oils Prices Should Not Deter Solar Energy Deployment"; "Solar Energy-Global Perspectives"; "New Year Outlook-China Factor"...
In professional and civic services, Hwang has served in various leadership positions with university, professional, and government-commissioned boards and committees (e.g., Chairman of Artificial Intelligence Committee – U.S. Dept. of Defense/National Academies; Chairman of Artificial Intelligence Review Committee of AI Institute of NSF; Chairman - Technical Assessment Board of Army Research Laboratory, Chairman - Technical Assessment Board of National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Chairman of Laboratory Assessments Board of National Academies; Chairman and President of SMT Association, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the College of Arts & Sciences of Kent State University, Co-Chairman of Government Relations and Public Policies Committee of IPC, among others.) She has also served on a variety of boards and committees (e.g., U.S. Commerce Department's Export Council; National Academies' Diversity Forum; NASA Small Business Advisory Board; U.S. Department of Defense's Globalization Committee; and Forecasting Future Disruptive Technologies Committee; Cleveland Airport Business Council, Greater Lake Science Center, San Jose/Cleveland Ballet, Greater Cleveland Partnership, Surface Mount Technology Association, Materials Information Society, Kent State University, Cleveland State University Foundation, Case Western Reserve University, Council on World Affairs & Committee on Foreign Relations, among others.) Additionally, she has served on the International Advisory Board of Singapore Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center (now Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).
Dr. Hwang has been a member of the Economic Club of New York, the National Association of Corporate Directors, the American Association of University Women, the American Chemical Society, the American Ceramic Society, the American Society of Metals (Materials Information Society), IEEE, International Microelectronics and Packaging Society, Surface Mount Technology Association, among others.
Dr. Hwang has a long-standing international presence - selected citations from various press interviews throughout the world:
The confluence of her business experience, global market savvy, broad-based technology and manufacturing expertise, and services on government-commissioned committees and corporate and non-profit boards uniquely positions her to contribute to strategic directions and technological and manufacturing advancements to both the private sector and government programs.
Her formal education includes the Harvard Business School Executive Program, Columbia University Business School Corporate Governance program, and four academic degrees (PH.D., MS, MA, B.S.) in Engineering & Sciences from Case Western Reserve University, Columbia University, Kent State-Liquid Crystal Institute, and Cheng-Kung University, respectively. She earned the first woman doctorate from Case Western Reserve University's Engineering School - Materials Science & Engineering and has served on the University's Board of Trustees for 20+ years.
A STEM education and practice aficionado, Dr. Hwang has shared her experiences with various women audiences as a keynote speaker at the Federal Women's Program, the Society of Women Engineers, the American Association of University Women, the Women’s Leadership Program of SMT Association, and at Smith College when the College made history by being the first women's college in the U.S. to grant its undergraduate degrees in Engineering.
The Dr. Jennie S. Hwang YWCA Award, for 20+ years running, was established in her honor; the Award recognizes outstanding women students who study STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). The Dr. Jennie S. Hwang Award for Faculty Excellence at her almae matres recognizes faculty's exceptional performance in research, teaching, and services. The Dr. Jennie S. Hwang Family Lounge was endowed at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of Case Western Reserve University to foster a vibrant and interactive environment, offering faculty and students an ideal space for networking and collaboration. The Dr. Jennie S. Hwang Endeavor Fund was established at the National Academy of Engineering to fund programs at the NAE that support high school and college students to enhance exposure to diverse and international perspectives in engineering education, networking, and the profession.
She has two children - Raymond, M.D., from Harvard Medical School (HST), M.S./B.S. from MIT Computer Science & Engineering, and Harvard MBA; and Rosalind, a Wellesley graduate. Her recreational interests include investment, ballroom dance, singing, classic fashion, reading, and select international relations and world affairs.
