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Palo Alto, Ca, Us

 Establish supplies cost tracking methodology and metrics for all 3D business consumables  Focal point for cost reduction & process improvement activities; regular follow-up & reporting to top management Quarterly updates to top management of the financial situation of the business Stablish new metrics to identify cost inefficiencies (forecast accuracy, NPI accuracy tracking)  Long-term cost planning cycles (LTP, Superflash)

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

 Manage the E2E workflow solution, from R&D activities, to business, finance up to product industrialization. Led the direction on technical/manufacturing discussions, gave inputs to business to define the strategy and helped them to construct business cases for different customers and scenarios. Long-term plans assessment including risk management (factory capacity, supplies forecasts, etc). Manage the financials including OPEX, CAPEX and Cost of Sales expenses. Reporting systematically to top management.Results: deliver the different products to the customer on time and meeting the technical requirements.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

 Planned and executed at WW level the different tests, together with the test leads from the different sites. Ensured a proper reporting of the tests conditions and test results with all data in a unique place, incl. data analysis. Documented and standardized test procedures and unified processes Helped to develop the existing test procedures and establish correlations  Helped to increase test capacity by accelerating tests or purchase of standard/customized build equipmentResults: successful delivery of footwear product into the market. Press Note: https://press.hp.com/us/en/blogs/2023/3d-printing-disrupting-industries.html

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

 Led the validation & testing of Arize customized insoles manufactured using 3D printing technology. Business development engineering. Requirements definition for proper 3D printing usage, investigation of 3D technology within the business. To innovate in processes to reduce validation, testing time & resources while keeping the quality of the product Led partner collaboration Be part of Patents Committee to assure that the key strategic activities within the program were protected in the marketArize Platform Link: https://arizeclinical.com/

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

 Involvement with other business units such as marketing and sells while having a higher interaction with customers and top management with the aim to deliver new applications of our technology fulfilling the requirements of big customer accounts. More business visibility and knowledge.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

 Led a high-performance team formed by specialist engineers on the following disciplines; Writing Systems, Mechanical and Materials with the scope to develop and implement key technology/designs on our latest HP 3D printer. In addition, I managed the tasks of contractual workers and technicians. Results: Improve the quality metric of printed parts (x2) and launch a new material for the product every 4 months. I performed a Mechanical team integrator role where I guided my team, I was the visible face in front of the program, I defined processes collaborating with other teams within R&D, operations and supply chain, I carried out resource planning prioritizing tasks and, more importantly, I was aware of all the investigations carried out in the group to anticipate conflicts and making the right decisions to counterbalance the possible negative effects.  Led the stabilization phase of the new products on the market: understood customer problems, delegated them to the right people of the team (15 engineers) and responded quickly to the program with a solution. Also, I allocated the resources (technicians, equipment) where needed depending on priorities. Results: reduce team's response to program requests from 5 to 1-2 days. Definition and implementation of new processes and workflows:o Company strategic project with the scope to apply cost reduction activities with the aim to reduce the manufacturing cost of the product. Result: reduce product costs in 20%. o Deal with critical manufacturing deviations by triggering a technical assessment, notifying stakeholders and activating corrective actions. Result: enhanced reaction time by x3, eliminated the risk of quality escapes. o Implementation of a more agile procedures for developing the FRS (technical design documentation) and REV A (technical drawings) processes to officially generate the transfer knowledge from R&D to Operations.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

 Product ownership with the responsibility to go from the concept idea to production passing through first prototypes, supplier iterations, qualification of manufacturing processes, follow-up on production and product validation on the field. Final design had to fulfill product specifications and industry regulations. Results: Launch a new product in 15 months with a failure rate of less than 4%. Product development with manufacturing responsibilities. Product developed in close contact with the purchasing team and suppliers to best fit the product to our requirements. I aligned different departments (engineers, purchasing and operations) for a new product launch. Also, I worked very close with the NPI team by defining the assembly process, the tools and control tests in the production line as well as establishing the critical KPIs. Once in production, I dealt with manufacturing deviations, analyzed production data and implemented corrective actions. Achieved due dates working on projects under a tight schedule and pressure on costs (very competitive sector). Worked closely with the procurement department and with global suppliers leading them through the milestones to reach the performance of the product needed.  Issued and presented on technical reviews full part related documentation (drawings, technical reports, knowledge transfer, etc.). Designed and developed innovative designs for the latest technology generating 3 filed patents and 3 published.  Provided product support and developed continuous upgrades on current products based on customer feedback. Led the cost reduction activities for the product. Planned and managed the scope of each project prioritizing them based on the savings provided. Results: Achieve a cost reduction of more than 5% considering only the design changes and 20% in total. Top management involved on reviews.

Mollet Del Valles, Barcelona, Es

⇨ Member of the R&D team focused on designing and developing concepts, prototypes and the final product of an HP Jet Fusion 3D automated Processing Station for the newest HP 3D Printer (Multi Jet Fusion technology). More information can be found in the following link: http://hp.tl/6043BUugV ⇨ Responsible/owner of the design of a subsystem of the machine, covering from the contextualization to the volume production. ⇨Performing collaborative work with others departments such as procurement, operations, supply chain and with other R&D members (mechanics, electronics, electrics…).

Lleida, Catalunya, Es

⇨Design and development of experiments and algorithms focused on automating agriculture tasks by using image processing techniques (see the publication section) ⇨Responsible of organizing and writing scientific articles and research projects in English.⇨Responsible of the divulgation of the work by holding conferences. ⇨ Responsible of teaching 5.6 credits of the electrical engineering subject taught at the second course of the BSc in Mechanical Engineering during the courses 2012/2013 and 2013/2014. ⇨Coordination of tasks to organize research projects.⇨Collaborative work with others institutions.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

⇨Development of image processing techniques based on color features in order to implement classification methods to best separate grape clusters into harvestable or non-harvestable. ⇨Responsible of designing manual experiments to validate the results and study the goodness of human harvest predictions.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

⇨ Study of automatic methods applied to table-grape vineyards for automatically evaluating fruit in situ.⇨ Study and analisis of different alternatives to collect and process images for the purpose of evaluating the fruit hanging on the vines. ⇨Design of different methods of illumination to best separate the colors of the fruit.

Design, implementation and testing of mechanical mechanisms and structures used in robots. Pro-engineer and AutoCAD.

Zürich, Ch

⇨ Design, implementation and testing of a propulsion mechanism for an underwater robot. ⇨ Design of the body of an underwater robot in modules, separate exchangeable parts dedicated to sensors, actuators, electronics or power with the requirements of supporting pressures at depth up to 10m, mechanical connection of the modules and sealing.⇨ NX Unigraphics.

Design, implementation and testing of mechanical mechanisms and structures used in robots. Pro-engineer and AutoCAD.

Design, implementation and testing of mechanical mechanisms and structures used in robots. Pro-engineer and AutoCAD.

Master Of Business Administration - Emba

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Program Of Engineering And Information Technologies

Master'S Degree, Master In Sciences Applied To Engineering

Msc In Mechanical Engineering (2-Year Degree)

Bachelor Degree In Mechanical Engineering (3-Year Degree)