Expanding our customers portfolio and offering new services to manufacturing companies in Central Europe from Spain. Complementing the technical services with Engineering Analysis & Simulation works.

After proposing this initiative I was entrusted to establish, foster and develop a culture and a methodology of systematic continuous innovation across the group´s companies (50+ people involved) with the aim of performing the following tasks: · Strategic and Technological Surveillance: Prospection & Analysis of Market Threats and Opportunities· Organize & Lead the generation of new ideas (Ideas Management) within multidisciplinary working teams and with the help of a custom-made simplified software platform inspired in tools like HYPE, Imaginatik and Easycrit.· Development of Strategic Projects from initial idea to “Proof-of-Concept” and/or “Business Model” stage· Technology Consulting on emerging and relevant trends for the Group´s Business Units· Training on Creativity&Innovation tools (specially those oriented to problem solving, like TRIZ, Value Engineering, RCA and FMEA with Goldfire Innovator)· Search & Tracking of potential technical partners for Collaboration Projects: e.g. Órbita97, IREC, PARC, ASCAMM, UPC · Industrial Property Rights Management: Patents and Registered-Designs (see personal website for details)· Management of Public Grants and Allowances for R&D projectsDuring this period many technologies and their potential applications were researched, tested and in many cases implemented in different projects.

In charge of a 20+ people team I was responsible for the product design & development process. It involved multiple materials and industrial processes and the use of CAD/CAM/CAE tools (pro-Engineer and Ansys integrated in pro-Intralink PDM) under a Simultaneous Engineering philosophy for a suitable Time-to-Market; all this implied the following tasks: Work loads planning and assignment of resourcesProjects terms and milestones trackingSupervision and validation of projects documentation· I also led the ISO-9000 Quality Certification of the department, defining workflows, goals of improvement and key process indicators; All of them following an adapted version of the "Stage-Gate" model· I was involved in projects for internacional markets: Morocco, China, Mexico, India, Italy, Brasil,...· I frequently dealt and collaborated with suppliers, customers and Marketing & Manufacturing departments· I prepared R&D budgets & plans During this period the company product portfolio was deeply updated with, since then, many successful and well-established product families: 82, Nature, 27 Neos/Play, 73 Loft and 44 Aqua series in the spanish market. Several other product ranges were also developed for foreign markets.

Development of plastic components for the automotive and electrical-appliances sectors

A summer placement to participate in the “Home Network Computer” project where I developed a new concept of an interactive universal 3D navigation device featuring force feedback

Energy use efficiency analysis in local industries.

Involved in the project for developing a new fridge model which I used for my final Degree project