Developing Rockfon specialist network and ensure that we make the right choice of materials in innovations and troubleshooting projects.* Responsible for setting up & extending a broad European network of knowledge/testinstitutions and specialist consultants* Initiate prototyping with new materials for screening (quality/feasibility/cost price) inDesign/Development projects* Fire safety, acoustics & sustainability are key properties of (new) materials* Propose new ideas for materials to apply, establish new materials specifications and set upsupplier database for (new) materials.* Supporting and managing R&D projects

Technical support to different areas of the Lapinus activities as ember of the Innovation & Development department. Responsible of the entire technical related aspect of the track (railway).Contributing to Lapinus track growth by ensuring all necessary support to sales and R&D projects in the different areas of the business, with special focus on railway and water management solutions.

Responsible of the entire technical related aspect of the track (railway) technology. Responsible for Lapinus track growth by ensuring all necessary support to project as well as being a technology promoter to the market.Drive innovation providing new thoughts and insights into different aspect of my expertise. Promote Lapinus track technology towards main influencers.Represent Lapinus in public relations events.Support the sale team.

Following a company restructuring, I have been appointed as application engineer to perform some of the following task mainly in Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries:* Solve technical questions and develop understanding of all product portfolio.* Make necessary engineering calculations to support product selection/recommendation.* Assumes the primary technical relationship with the customer.* Provide feedback and ideas to R&D engineers for product feature enhancements and process improvements.* Quality assurance of the supplied products. * Supports R&D engineering in translating customer's needs into a manufacturable product.* Provides engineering support.* Assessing risks and solving problems when things do not go as expected during the project.* On-site support during installation.

* Managing rail road construction projects around the globe.* Procuring and sub-contracting components (including tender requests and bidding).* Coordinating activities and managing resources between different departments inside the company: Production, Sales and Marketing, Accounting, Technical and Quality.* Planning and monitoring that projects are completed within the established deadlines and budgets.* Assessing risks and solving problems when things do not go as expected during the project.* Providing technical assistance to customers and users.

* Managing the project for the design, purchase and implementation in of a new production line (Investment of 500.000€) including task such as: specifications definition, tender request, proposals evaluation, supplier selection and purchasing, machine acceptance and validation. * Working as a member of the CEN-TC256-SC1-WG16-SG4 and CEN-TC256-SC1-WG16-SG5technical committees for defining and writing new railways components norms.* Benchmarking of products against competition (including SWOT analysis).* Budgeting forecast and defining the price strategy.Providing technical support, training and advice to project engineers and sales agents.

* Working as member of the consumption designing and executing the European Union research funded projects URBANTRACK and CARGOVIBES.* Designing, managing and supervising projects for noise and vibration control in railways at worldwide levels (Europe, the Americas and Asia).

Production process improvement and control: Designing an alternative manufacturing method which reduced scrap and waste by a 20% and proposing process innovation which could save $80,000 USD per year in a department.