Juanita D.

Juanita D. has a diverse work experience spanning multiple companies and roles. Juanita currently holds the position of VP of Products - Developer Experience, Product Development, Ecosystem & Partnership at Zepp Health since January 2023. Prior to this, they worked as a Senior Product Director at Zepp Health from January 2022 to December 2022.

Additionally, they have experience as the President of ElitSwim, a non-profit competitive sport professional organization, where they championed aquatic excellence and safety. Juanita started their role as President in December 2022.

Juanita also served as an Independent Advisor, Speaker, and Mentor at the US Market Access Center starting from January 2017. Juanita held the role of Board of Advisors at Leeaf from January 2021 to December 2023.

Their early career involved various positions at IBM, starting as a Software Engineer in May 1994 and progressing to roles such as Team Lead, Technical Project Lead, and TPM. Juanita held the position of Go-To-Market Product Leader from January 2017 to December 2021, Senior Offering Manager from January 2015 to January 2017, and Senior TPM from November 2012 to January 2015.

Juanita D. has an extensive education history. Juanita attended the University of Waterloo from 1994 to 1999 and received a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) with Co-Op Honors in Civil Engineering. Juanita then pursued further studies and earned a Master of Science (MS) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Digital Signal Processing) from Virginia Tech in 2002-2003. Later, from 2005 to 2007, they obtained another Master of Science (MS) degree, this time in Electrical Engineering, from Michigan State University.

In recent years, Juanita has continued their education with various certifications. Juanita obtained a Certified Scrum Master certification from Scrum Alliance in 2015. Juanita also holds certifications in various areas of product management, including a Product Manager Certificate from Product School in 2021, a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification from the University of California, Davis in 2020, and a Pragmatic Marketing Certification - Certified Product Manager Level IV from Pragmatic Marketing in 2018. Additionally, Juanita has certifications in pricing strategy, requirement gathering, prioritization, opportunity scoring, business planning, and product roadmapping from Pragmatic Institute, which they obtained in 2018. Juanita also holds certifications as an Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner from IBM and a Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute. Juanita's most recent educational pursuit was an Online MBA for Business Executives from the University of California, Davis, which they completed from 2019 to 2021.

Juanita also has a certification as a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) from Toastmasters International, although the exact year of attainment is unavailable.