Alejandro M. Email & Phone Number

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Program Leadership: Manage embedded software platforms for advanced technologies, based on TTTech Auto’s Middleware MotionWise product. • Cross-Project Coordination: Coordinate teams across five international sites in Europe and beyond to enhance collaboration and efficiency. • Strategic Planning & Compliance: Oversee program planning, risk management, resource allocation, and budget control. Ensure compliance with industry standards: • Process: ASPICE Level 2 • Safety: ISO 26262 (ASIL D) • Security: ISO 21434 • Stakeholder Communication: Facilitate effective communication among customers, suppliers, and internal teams. Address customer concerns promptly and adjust project plans to meet evolving needs. • Software Development Lifecycle Optimization: Short development loops, daily builds/test and integration process improvements and to accelerate development and improve quality. • Team Management: Lead project managers in Spain, fostering a high-performance culture and guiding professional development.Key Achievements: • Global Team Expansion: Expanded the program team to several hundred members across five locations, fully engaging all team members in program objectives. • Program Growth: Successfully nominated additional projects within the program, effectively expanding its scope and strategic impact. • Product Configuration: Configured an internal product core to manage requirements for new projects, increasing reusability and synergy by leveraging past work to meet tight customer timelines.

Barcelona

• Project Leadership: Managed the development of embedded software platforms up to ASIL D for various OEMs. • Hybrid Project Development: Implemented hybrid approaches by integrating Waterfall and Agile methodologies to enhance flexibility and efficiency. • Team Leadership: Led technical teams across five international sites, enhancing collaboration and operational efficiency. • Strategic Planning & Compliance: Oversaw detailed project planning, ensuring compliance with industry standards. • Continuous Improvement: Drove improvement of development processes by combining structured approaches with Agile methodologies.Key Achievements: • Autonomous Driving Platform Development: Led the development of a new Autonomous Driving platform (SAE Level 2) from concept to series production for a major Chinese automotive manufacturer’s vehicle platform, ensuring adherence to timelines, quality standards, and budget constraints, while effectively managing challenges and potential setbacks. • Accelerated Development Cycles: Employed hybrid methodologies to accelerate development and enhance adaptability, contributing to the successful launch of a flagship electric vehicle model for a premium German manufacturer

Barcelona

• Product Management: Led the development of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) stand-alone Ethernet Video Systems. • Agile Leadership: Directed a multidisciplinary team of hardware, software, and mechanical engineers. • Stakeholder Management: Facilitated effective communication between customers, suppliers, and internal teams. • Continuous Improvement: Implemented best practices to ensure successful project delivery.Key Achievements: • Customer Satisfaction: Achieved high levels of customer satisfaction by delivering products that met all technical specifications . • Strategic Product Reuse: Developed strategies for product reuse and customization for different OEMs, expanding market reach.

Martorell

• Volkswagen Group Representation: Represented SEAT in Volkswagen Group’s ADAS and Autonomous Driving forums, influencing projects, platforms, and innovation initiatives. • Predevelopment Coordination: Coordinated ADAS and AD predevelopment projects, acting as a liaison between SEAT and institutions like the Polytechnic University of Barcelona and local innovation hubs.Key Achievements: • Enhanced SEAT’s Influence: Strengthened SEAT’s role in Volkswagen Group’s ADAS and AD steering groups, contributing to strategic decisions. • Cost Optimization: Reduced costs for rear radar functions by adapting premium technologies for SEAT’s compact vehicles, enabling advanced features in production (Side assist & Exit warning)

Ingolstadt, Bavaria

Project Leadership: Directed rear radar application projects from concept to mass production for six vehicle models, managing schedules, scope, resources, and costs.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinated with departments like purchasing, production, finance, validation, and E/E divisions to ensure seamless execution.Team Leadership: Led rear radar teams, overseeing E/E integration and design efforts for each vehicle application.Supplier Management: Ensured supplier compliance with Audi standards, assessed proposals, and managed performance-based payments, facilitating successful rear radar system integration.Technology Implementation: Worked with advanced radar technologies (24 GHz, 76/77 GHz) to enhance vehicle safety features.Key Achievements: • ADAS Introduction: Delivered side assist ADAS functionality using short-range radar across multiple premium models, meeting deadlines, budgets, and quality standards. • Enhanced Safety Systems: Implemented side assist, rear cross-traffic alert, and exit warning systems with medium-range radar, significantly improving safety and driver assistance.

Martorell

• Project Leadership: Directed the Airbag ECU development from concept to production across all SEAT platforms, managing schedules, scope, resources, and communication. • Supplier & Cross-Group Collaboration: Aligned project needs with suppliers and coordinated with Volkswagen Group brands (VW, Škoda, Audi) to establish standards and best practices. • Technical Expertise: Acted as the technical lead for passive safety applications, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and achieving target NCAP ratings.Key Achievements: • Airbag Systems Implementation: Successfully integrated airbag systems during the SEAT Leon’s concept and development phases, enhancing safety. • Production Maintenance: Maintained and updated SEAT models during production, ensuring safety compliance and performance improvements.

Martorell (Seat Cts)

• Technical Leadership: Led switches and MMI touch components development for a new vehicle model, from concept to serial production. • Project Management: Managed schedules, scope, and communication to meet objectives and deadlines. • Supplier & Cross-Functional Coordination: Aligned specifications with suppliers and collaborated across departments (e.g., Quality, Purchasing, Electrical Development, Design) for seamless component integration. • Testing & CAD Integration: Oversaw testing, validation, and mechanical feasibility studies, ensuring integration of plastic parts using CATIA V5.Key Achievements: • Series Production: Delivered a range of components, including Horn Assembly & Switches

Esparraguera

• Product Development: Designed sheet metal and plastic components using CATIA V5, ensuring feasibility and compliance with specifications. • Project Engineering: Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver functional automotive parts.Key Achievements: • Component Design: Developed components such as hood reinforcements, insulating coatings, sealing rubbers, headlight cleaner brackets, rear spoiler brackets, and windshield serigraphs.

Master’S Degree In Artificial Intelligence (Online Program), Artificial Intelligence

Electric And Electronics (E/E) Of The Automobile. Eltica, Automotive Engineering Technology/Technician, Postgraduate

-Automotive Electric Distribution Systems -Energy Systems and Electromobility -Automotive Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) -Car.

Postgraduate, Mechatronics, Robotics, And Automation Engineering

Automation and Mechanical Systems” and “Mechatronics components and Systems′′

Postgraduate, Industrial And Product Design, Postgraduate In Design ′′Graduado Superior En DiseñO′′

-Postgraduate intership at SEAT SA. CTS/EK-14. Testing und Q-Building CAD Design Engineer. Implementation of a "Isolation Box System" made.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

-Diploma thesis in collaboration with Siemens VDO Automotive AG (10/2003-08/2004) Scientific research database. Department of Fluid.