Jeannine Sargent is high-tech executive with more then 20 years of International experience. She has participated in several technology markets: Solar Energy, Integrated Circuit: Design and Manufacturing, Embedded Systems Software, and Capital Equipment for Semiconductor, LED, LCD, MEMS, HDD and Nano-Biotech manufacturing.
Jeannine Sargent is currently with Crosslink Capital Ltd., as a member of the Energy Technology and Core Technology and Semiconductor Practice. Prior to Crosslink, Ms. Sargent was the founding CEO of Oerlikon Solar, a leading provider of end-to-end Thin Film Photovoltaic Solar solutions based in Switzerland. Prior to joining Oerlikon Solar, Ms Sargent was an Executive Vice President and General Manager at Veeco Instruments where she led the Metrology and Instrumentation Business and Corporate Development office. Veeco Instruments is a provider of equipment solutions for the semiconductor, data storage, solid state lighting and nanotechnology scientific research markets. From 1997 to 2002 Ms Sargent served as a CEO of Voyan Technology, and began her career at Digital Equipment Corporation.
Ms Sargent earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, from Northeastern University. Ms. Sargent is the author of several technical and marketing publications and holds a patent for determining sequences of polynucleotides. Jeannine Sargent is also a member of the Industrial Advisory Board of Northeastern University’s College of Engineering.