Mikel Perez Email & Phone Number

San Sebastian

• Founded and launched Developair Technologies• Startup development in progress

• Launched and led a company-wide Modularity program• Improved the Product Development process of the company• Participated in the definition and implementation of the CAF Group corporate Innovation process

• Assembled and led multiple multidisciplinary teams for company-wide initiatives to boost the competitiveness of CAF Power & Automation by increasing reliability of productsand managing engineering innovation. • Improved the Requirements Engineering process of the company by implementing Requirements Management best practices and tools.• Improved the Testing process of the company by implementing a global testing strategy, and the related software tools.• Improved the Testing environments used for the testing process.• Implemented automation techniques along the Testing process to enable a cost effective testing strategy.• Participated in the implementation of a process management model in the company.

• Planned and supervised over 10 new development projects from concept to release, including development of eco-friendly solutions to increase the energetic efficiency of trains and development of the control software for energy accumulation devices, with consistent success resulting in improved designs for worldwide train units• Responsible for leading the high-level design of projects requiring new designs and major updates • Collaborated in software quality assurance policies and defined best practices for software development, resulting in a consistent development process and the conformance to safety regulations for the railway industry • Managed the growth of the software development department to ensure the success of the projects and the company (increasing revenues from $19 million in 2008 to $60 million in 2011), including identifying and selecting development activities to outsource based on strategic and tactical criteria, contacting candidate companies, selecting the most convenient choice, negotiating contracts and tracking their progress • Defined departmental objectives and tracked the software development process to ensure the efficiency and efficacy of the process, as well as the conformance with the demanding safety regulations of the railway industry• Hired and managed a team of software developers, increasing a four person team to a 14 developer group; collaborated with HR department in the hiring process of all the software engineers (process definition, interviews, decision making)• Planned and supervised more than 10 embedded software projects for the railroad industry, including projects focused on the traction control software of a wide range of train models that are currently running on different countries (Spain, France, Sweden, Brazil, India, etc)• Supported other departments: participated in overall traction system specifications and technical bids, ensured adequate cross-departmental collaboration and leveraged synergies

• Developed embedded software for highly strategic new development project focused on traction technology for the railroad industry• Completed the whole software lifecycle: concept, requirement specification, design, coding (C++, C) and testing• Collaborated with other departments (hardware, power electronics) for final product integration• Led a field validation of a prototype, whose success led to a spin-off company being created, Trainelec, which I then joined and helped to establish• Fulfilled objective of the company to keep developing traction solutions for the railroad industry, as well as research and develop other new technologies related to power electronics.• Developed embedded software for the first trains sold including the new technology: Civia-Utf (Renfe), CiviaIII (Renfe), Metro Barcelona

• Conceptualized, designed, developed and delivered simulation software and other software applications using C++, C, Unix, Win32, MFC, DirectX• Participated in several European research projects with universities, research centers and companies (Peugeot-Citroën, Bosch, Fiat, Alenia Aerospacio)• Developed mathematical models, implemented software tools and performed simulations (mechatronics and comfort) for the automotive industry• Published four research articles

Master Of Science In Software Management

Industrial Engineering

• Erasmus Scholarship for student exchange at Loughborough University (England)