Jackie Jung is Vice President of Global Operations Strategy and Center of Excellence (COE) and Chief of Staff at Western Digital. Jackie manages the business strategy behind a global operations organization with a footprint of 18 factories across 6 countries. Jackie currently leads the company’s 4IR transformation, delivering world class operational excellence, augmenting the workforce, and driving sustainability implementation. Most recently, Jackie led Western Digital’s advanced manufacturing sites in Malaysia and Thailand to be named the 1st World Economic Forum (WEF) “Lighthouse” in each respective country, demonstrating each site’s advancement and implementation of 4IR technology. Jackie has held various positions in process and product engineering, program management, and manufacturing operations throughout the company, including a 5-year assignment in two of the company’s offshore factories. Jackie has a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University.

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"Driving out-of-box innovation is not easy, but if you have a vision and you own it, you can convince management to support that journey. People have an innate nature of wanting to do better, which is the first step in adopting and embracing new technology. I consistently look for new ideas and industry trends and develop a compelling vision. I then orchestrate strategies and give people time to think about the ways they can apply themselves. It is my passion for people and the belief that, together, we can do better and deliver to the company’s bottom line success.”