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Turin, It

Torino, Piemonte, Italia

Villanova D'Asti

Management of projects aimed at reducing costs of non-quality for products/processes manufactured in the BU factories.Main results:► Reduction of production scrap from 12% (average over 7 items) to 5% for a family of products, molded with the same technology and the same process► 18% reduction in production scrap on an item molded in Bulgaria in order to increase the volumes requested by the customer► 45% reduction of the scrap for bubbles on an item in order to decrease the costs of offline visual inspection and identify the problem causes

Strada Per Poirino, 41 - 14019 Villanova D’Asti (At) - Italy

Responsibility for the design and industrialization of new products for 3 Plants: Villanova d’Asti (AT), Varese, Kalofer (Bulgaria).Resources: 21 (5 engineers, 9 technicians, 7 workers) divided into 3 teamsProducts: gaskets / seals of rubber co-molded on metalInternal customers: plants of the SKF groupExternal customers: Ferrari, Fiat, Iveco, ZF, Showa, etc. • Management of all phases of product development: RFQ (request for quotation), development, production launch, management of changes during the life of the product, following the APQP process• Areas of expertise: product development, design of production equipment, prototyping• Systematic analysis of testing or field failures via Fishbone• Support to the various production plants in defining strategies to improve performance: quality (PPM), delivery (TTM), productivity improvement and safety• Responsibility and technical management of Italian and foreign suppliers of metal sheets and rubbersMain results:► Digital transformation of the prototype design and production processes► Management of a project developed and launched in production in 1 year of a family of catalog products (seals), made in 37 sizes with 2 mix variants (57 items in total) on 3 production sites

Via Pinerolo 42, 10060 Airasca (To) – Italy

PRODUCT ENGINEERING MANAGER EUROPE (2013-2014)Resources managed: 6 (4 engineers, 2 technicians)Design, verification, updating and distribution of design criteria for wheel hub bearings and all its components.Main results:► Definition of design criteria, approval plans and drafting of development guidelines for new features► Development and launch of an innovative product in which magnetic rubber has been replaced by magnetized plastic (tone wheel for ABS): product that became standard for the Volkswagen / Audi groupSENIOR ENGINEER - Integrated Cost Reduction Team (2011-2012)Unique referent of the Engineering within the ICR team, multifunctional group focused on reducing costs for wheel hub bearings (HBU) globally.Main results:► 10% reduction in the costs of gaskets, forgings and components purchased externally► Definition of new third generation bearing design (HBU3) with a cost reduction of € 2 / pieceSENIOR PRODUCT ENGINEER - Seals and heat treatment specialist (2008-2011)Main results:► Definition of the sourcing process of the gaskets, release of the template for the inquiry and the procedure in the quality manual► Reduction of energy consumption and bearing weight by calculating the minimum area to be induction hardened under the raceways of HBU bearings and related process industrializationAPPLICATION ENGINEER MANAGER (2003-2008)Resources: 4 Application EngineersCustomers: German car makers (Audi, Volkswagen, Daimler, Porche)Main results:► Quality standards increased throught to the analysis of the main Audi hub unit applications (A4, A6 and A8)

Fiat Auto S.P.A., Corso G. Agnelli (Mirafiori) (To) – Italy

• Development of exhaust systems (cold end) for new cars and commercial vehicles• Definition of the common Fiat-Opel platform for the development of the Punto-Corsa

Bari , Italia

• Design manager of the second generation high pressure pumps (CP3) for the Common Rail injection system for passenger cars• Application Engineer for Japanese (Toyota, Isuzu, Honda) and European (Daimler and VM) customers• International assignment at Bosch G.m.b.H. (Feuerbach) for the transfer of the CR injector from Bari to Stuttgart and the CR-second generation pump from Stuttgart to Bari (07/1998 - 04/1999)

Via Gentile - Bari (Ba) – Italy

Data collection concerning the energy consumption, finalized at the energy plan of Regione Puglia.

Engineering Qualification, 156/160

Diploma - Research Fellowship, Declined

Diploma course of fluid dynamic of the turbo machines

Degree In Mechanical Engineering, Specialization In Aeronautics And Propulsion, 108/110

Activities and Societies: Graduation dissertation in Aerospace Propulsion titled: “Optimisation of propulsion nozzles for rockets”.

High School-Leaving Diploma, Classical Studies, 55/60