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Products managed• Mid-range Modems: for Maritime, Enterprise and Cellular markets• Consumer Broadband Modem• Intelligence Monitoring Receiver for Government and Defense• Terminal Installation and Commissioning tools• Third Party: Xiplink solutions for optimization and multiorbit LEO/GEO/MEO deployments;Integrasys RF systems; Cradlepoint LTE modemsResponsibilities• Full product lifecycle: conceptualization, development, go-to-market and end of life• Business case creation: market need, feature and competitive analysis, financial forecasting• Definition of technical and business requirements and roadmap, aligned with iDirect strategy• Collaboration with Product Owners, Supply Chain, Customer Success and Sales to ensureconsistency of new products development and roadmap• Definition of sales plan and pricing strategy• Development of marketing collateral, training sessions, tradeshow events and demos• Agile methodology

São Paulo, Brazil

• Creation and development of a new team of Application Engineers for Latin America• Strategy and business processes optimization for the region• Hiring and development of new members. Definition of career plan, objectives and incentives• Customer management: communication, escalations, improvements• Liaison with HQ: PMO, Solutions, Engineering, Product Management, Product Owners

Sint Niklaas, Belgium

• Installation and commissioning of satellite communications platforms: Dialog and Sat3play• Post-sales support: technical incidents, acceptance tests, upgrades, maintenance services• Training delivery: IP and satcom essentials, broadcast, backhaul, link budget calculation• Assistance in validation, development and documentation of new products• Be part of rotating shifts in support of 7x24x365 operations in collaboration with other offices

Países Bajos

• Design of predistortion system for non-linear satellite communications.• Study of congestion control mechanisms in DVB-RCS.• IRIS project for the air traffic control• Adaptation of the network emulator AINE (Indra) for ESA purposes

• Integration of electronic systems in the military aircrafts A330-MRTT and FSTA• Execution of tests, definition of interfaces, configuration of databases, integration of ARINC-429, MIL-1553, canbus, using the bench testing tool SEAS

Praga, República Checa

• Leonardo da Vinci Program. Configuration and evaluation of Cisco equipment.

Master Of Business Administration - Executive Mba

University of Navarra São Paulo / Barcelona / New York / Shanghai

Telecommunications Engineering, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Exchange Erasmus student at Mikkeli Polytechnic (Finland) Final Degree Project graduated with Honors

Postgrade Master In Space Technology And Science