Dr. Catherine S. Salvador is an accomplished academic leader, researcher, and consultant with over a decade of experience in electrical engineering education, industrial project management, and institutional administration. She serves as an Associate Professor and Electrical Engineering Program Chair at Mapúa Malayan Colleges Laguna, where she led the department’s preparation of accreditation materials for PTC – ACBET Interim Accreditation Visit as Lead Author, driving the program toward premier Tier 1 status aligned with the Washington Accord. Her career combines advanced academic credentials with practical experience as a licensed Professional Electrical Engineer (PEE) and certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Before her role at Mapúa MITL, she served as Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Perpetual Help (Las Piñas), Chair of the EE Department at the Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP) Manila, and Associate Professor at the Mapúa University Graduate School, where she specialized in advanced doctoral and master’s coursework of Power System Economics and Control.

Her academic career is further enriched by her tenure as a Project Manager at Artelia Philippines, where she managed capital expenditure programs for Pilipinas Shell directing Brownfield developments, New To Industry (NTIs) sites, and Knockdown and Rebuild (KDR) retail gas station projects across multiple islands, with multi-million-dollar procurement and engineering design leads delivered under a zero-casualty HSSEE safety record and forensic project audits.