Expert Details
Vehicle Homologation and Regulation, Vehicle Testing, Product Development and Training
ID: 728179
Brazil
He has 19 years experience in the automotive industry, working in the after sales, product engineering and project management, include 7 years in a management position, being responsible for one of the product engineering departments in all Latin America Region.
Working in after-sales, he was the intermediary between the company and its dealership, as well as between after-sales and engineering and a technical support to the commercial department. He worked with dealership network development and monitoring, dealership technical and management training, technical literature development, vehicle preparation for presentation and evaluation tests by the specialized press, product knowledge and operation training and product reliability and field problems analysis.
At product engineering, he worked with project management, product development, parts validation, vehicles and components adaptation to market conditions and to comply with local regulation, vehicle instrumentation and testing and official homologation and automotive regulation. He also coordinated projects of imported vehicles, including the economical analysis, product specification definition and all other activities until the start of sales.
He organized company technical seminars, organized technical association seminars and congress as a volunteer and developed an important network to collect information concerning new technologies and tendencies to anticipate it to the board of the company.
He was the company representative for technical negotiations with government and technical associations, as well as the technical responsible for all projects of the company to the government.
Author of technical papers presented in international engineering congress, member of the board of SAE Brasil and AEA (Brazilian Automotive Engineers Association) and professor in a post graduation course on combustion engines and fuels.
Support to vehicle importers in the development of technical literature, new maintenance schedulle, spare parts and accessories.Official homologation of various imported vehicles in Brazil.Evaluation and performance tests of imported vehicles.Motorcycle regulatory tests to prove vehicle compliance to local regulation.Translation and summary of new Brazilian emissions regulation, as well as presentation of Latin America emissions regulation scenario.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2007 | Degree: BS | Subject: Strategic Project Management | Institution: Universidade Positivo - Curitiba - PR - Brazil |
| Year: 1992 | Degree: BS | Subject: Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Automotive Engineering | Institution: FEI - São Paulo - SP - Brazil |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2010 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Undisclosed | Department: General Administration and Technical |
Responsibilities:Research of new business opportunitiesPartnership negotiation General management Technical activities magamenent and support. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1998 to 2009 | Employer: Renault do Brasil S.A. | Title: Undisclosed | Department: Product Engineering |
Responsibilities:Animation and preparation of homologation and regulation activities, for vehicles and engines, in Latin American countriesElaboration and management of workload, training and budget Implementation of new procedures and working methods Official company negotiator to government, technical associations and entities, concerning vehicle and engine certification and regulation themes Coordination and animation of transversal project activities |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 1998 | Employer: Honda Automóveis do Brasil Ltda. | Title: Undisclosed | Department: Product Engineering and After Sales |
Responsibilities:Product Engineering : Test vehicles instrumentation, durability tests, performance tests, field problems study and official vehicle certificationAfter Sales : Technical support to dealership in operation and/or implementation phase, technical literature, warranty analysis, dealer training, preparation of vehicles for exposition and evaluation tests and support to commercial area on vehicle launching, expositions and auto shows. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 1993 | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Engineer | Department: undisclosed |
Responsibilities:Implementation of ISO 9001 Quality System. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 1993 | Employer: Mitsubishi Motors do Brasil Ltda. | Title: Undisclosed | Department: After Sales |
Responsibilities:Maintenance schedule, technical literature and parts and accessories development. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1991 to 1992 | Employer: Scania do Brasil Ltda. | Title: Undisclosed | Department: After Sales |
Responsibilities:Support to vehicle and engine durability tests, engine application development and field problems study. |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| He worked with vehicle regulation and official homologation for 15 years in great multinational companies. Has an excellent relationship with official homologation organisms. Also has a very good network developed in Latin America to collect regulatory information and to give assistance on vehicle and components official homologation in Latin America countries. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| AEA - Brazilian Automotive Engineers Association. Affiliated to Fisita. - Since 2009 : Member of AEA Advisory Council - 2009 to 2011 : Reelected member of AEA Director Council - 2008 to 2009 : President of AEA Director Council - 2006 to 2008 : Elected member of AEA Director Council - Since 1998 : Member of AEA Technical Committees SAE Brasil. Affiliated to SAE International - Since 2007 : Member of SAE Brasil Regional Council for PR/SC Section - Since 1997 : Associate of SAE Brasil ANFAVEA - Brazilian Association of Vehicle Manufacturers - Since 1999 : Representative of Renault do Brasil in the Technical Committees - 1997 to 1998 : Representative of Honda Automoveis do Brasil in the Technical Committees |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| With two classmate colleagues, he developed a project of a 2 wheel drive motorcycle. It was made as final project of his specialization in automotive engineering and obtained the 2nd place in a classification of 7 projects. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Has 3 international technical publications. A SAE Paper comparing the American and European emissions test procedurers, an AEA Paper concerning the same theme and a Harts Paper concerning the impact of fuel quality and specification on vehicle emissions. |
Fields of Expertise
automobile, automotive emission control, automotive emission product, automotive emissions-control technology, automotive engineering, automotive regulatory compliance, automotive safety, automotive technology forecasting, compliance engineering, Society of Automotive Engineers, Homologation, offshore engineering, automotive combustion, automobile reliability testing, automotive catalytic converter, automotive emissions catalyst, ethanol-fueled automobile, automotive emission monitoring, automotive fuel, engineering project management, automobile gas emissions analyzer, automotive test facility, diesel fuel injection, heavy truck engineering, alternative fuel vehicle, automobile safety system, development engineering management, automobile driving, automotive research and development, compressed natural gas vehicle, automotive fuel-economy technology, diesel engine exhaust, air pollution process, fuel injection, engineering management, automotive power train, automotive exhaust