Senior Manager, Energy & Sustainability, ESG
Onsemi, AZ, United States
Guru Navaneetham is a seasoned expert in the Energy & Sustainability field, with nearly two decades of experience spanning consulting, engineering, and strategic program development. His career includes specialized consulting for major utility providers across the Southwestern U.S., where he designed and managed multi-million-dollar energy programs that delivered over 300 GWh in energy savings to clients in sectors such as Water, Wastewater, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, and High Tech.
Guru’s technical expertise includes engineering audit assessments, decarbonization strategy development across short-, mid-, and long-term horizons, project implementation, savings verification, and strategic energy management aligned with ISO 50001 standards. He has also led the development of energy transition roadmaps and created SaaS applications to improve audit accuracy, automation, and program management efficiency. He has conducted over 150 energy audits for mission-critical facilities and trained engineers and facility staff at Utility- and State Governor-sponsored conferences.
Currently, Guru leads the Corporate Energy & Sustainability Data Analytics group at onsemi, driving the company’s global decarbonization strategy with a focus on achieving Net Zero by 2040. He spearheads corporate initiatives targeting Scope 2 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions across all onsemi sites, leveraging emerging technologies, renewable energy procurement, advanced data analytics, and software tools. As the global leader for energy management and decarbonization, Guru oversees more than $300 million in CapEx and OpEx projects, while also managing the company’s global sustainability data systems. His team tracks and reports over $500 million in environmental commodities, ensuring transparency and accuracy in sustainability reporting. Guru is also responsible for designing and implementing robust internal processes, data governance frameworks, and controls protocols that support enterprise-wide GHG inventory and global environmental reporting.
Guru holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, and has published research in leading journals including the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, ACEEE, and AIChE.
Energy Efficiencies: Industry Collaboration: IRDS
Thursday, October 9, 2025
2:00pm - 2:30pm MT