Miguel A. Sánchez Email & Phone Number

Lejona, Pv, Es

Cologne Area, Germany

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.

Barcelona Area, Spain

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.

Barcelona Area, Spain

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.

Bilbao Area, Spain

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

Redhill, United Kingdom

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

Bilbao-Bilbo, Basque Country, Spain

Energy use efficiency analysis in local industries.

Bilbao Area, Spain

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

Online Master'S Degree In Numerical Simulation In Engineering With Ansys, Engineering Simulation, 9.5/10

Focused on "Thermo-Mechanical Analysis" specialised on Advanced non-linearities, Contact non-linearities and Optimization. Master's thesis.

Summer Course, Systems Engineering

In today’s highly competitive and volatile market, rapid innovation and mass customization offer a new form of competitive.

Master, Innovation Design Engineering, Ma/Msc

A joint two-year post-graduate course with the Royal College of Art devoted to a very intense educational programme in which the first.

Diploma, Industrial Design

Advance project-based course on the fundamentals of Industrial Design

Ingeniería Industrial, Especialidad Mecánica