Managing production in PVD and CVD coatings.Technical and commercial support.Managing R+D projects in advanced coatings development.Consultancy in hard thin film coatings and their applications.Setting up of the job coatings plant.

Regular speaker on metal treatments and surface engineering at the following venues: TRATERMAT (National conference on heat treatments and surface engineering)ESEIAAT (UPC University) Lecturer on Materials ScienceHeat Treatments, Coatings and Coatings characterization Course at IQS (since 2004)AIN Course on Surface engineering (since 1998)IWE. International Welding Engineers degree (ICTS) (since 2008)Master course in Materials Science at IQS (since 2014)ICMTF (2004,2006) San Diego, Cal, USA)Organizer of In- house training and skills development on coatings and steel heat treatment.Setting up and participation in the following workshops: Cumbre de Subcontratación (Bilbao) DLC coating workshop at CTM (Manresa), BIEHM (Bilbao). Eurosurfas (Barcelona).

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More than 20 years experience teaching.Lecturer at UPC. Imparting courses in Materials Science, specialising in steel heat treatment and surface engineering at UPC DEM (Mechanical Engineering Dep).Subjects: Materials Technology. Selection and Heat Treatment of Metals. Science and Engineering of Materials.

Managing Vacuum treatments Department. Heat treatment of High alloyed steels.Managing Surface Treatments Department.Managing R+D projects. Brite Euram, (EU) Eureka,(Eu) Profit (CDTI, Es), Cenit (CDTI, Es), and Local projects (ACCIO)