Maria Fernanda Juarez

Innovation Portfolio Manager - National Grid Partners

2023

Current responsibilities: - Lead and manage the portfolio of innovation initiatives, ensuring alignment with National Grid’s strategy and maximizing the impact of each project through resource allocation and risk management. - Drive continuous improvement in the innovation process by implementing best practices, evaluating project performance and identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency. - Oversee the deployment and ongoing management of the innovation management platform ITONICS, enabling teams to track project progress, streamline idea generation and enhance transparency across the innovation lifecycle. - Facilitate collaboration between diverse teams to accelerate project development and scale successful solutions across the organization.

Innovation Project Manager - National Grid Partners

2021 - 2023

- Conceptualized solutions within the topics of carbon capture and abatement, decarbonization of heat, residential energy efficiency, and management of distributed energy resources. - Lead next generation energy storage and risk management for renewable energy generation projects through discovery stage. - Supported the validation and scale-up of an insurtech for offshore cables solution to improve resiliency and safety of interconnector operations.

Board Member

2018 - 2021

Co Founder & CFO

2018 - 2019

Created and managed the platform's business and revenue model for Expedition App, a local marketplace and social network designed to connect expeditioners with local tour guides and a variety of touristic experiences in Guatemala.

Senior Innovation Analyst

2019 - 2021

- Lead multidisciplinary teams to explore and implement incremental innovation projects by facilitating Design Sprints, Open Innovation Challenges and Innovation Workshops. - Created an Innovation as a Service Program, were we offered clients and allies support to solve their strategic challenges through innovation strategies and methodologies. - Co-created an internal Innovation Hub that has generated +$350,000.00 in savings. - Launched BAM's Innovation Network, a program with the purpose to descentralize the innovation efforts across the entire organization and spread the innovation culture.

Digital Innovation Coordinator

2018 - 2019

- Increased the amount of users of the bank's digital platforms by implementing new features based on users needs, pain points and digital banking trends. - Coordinated prompt solutions to malfunctions and system failures.

Assistant Professor

2019 - 2019

Quarterly Course: Business Environment and Foreign Trade in Asia Pacific

Intern

2017 - 2017