Alexandre Silva

- Responsible for all Upperbody, Underbody, Sealing, Heat Shields, Hood and Fender development for entry vehicle lines. - Lead team of 11 engineers (development components for B car vehicles programs) - Responsible for BIW development for Ecosport and KA, both global programs. - Black Belt

I have worked on upperbody development on Ford Ka program as sheet metal development specialist. Team leader during the 2 prototypes phased for 3 months held on Germany on which I had the opportunity to improve the international experience. Team leader during the second prototype phase in England (Coventry) as a resident engineer inside a prototype company. High skilled engineer on sheet metal development

Responsible to lead team on deliveries working as as local program management.

Professor for Body in White on the automotive engineering course.

- Product Development - Strength of Materials

Responsible for the underbody of the new KA, which was launch on january of 2008. Parallel to this I have worked on the cost reduction and quality team.

At Ford Motor Company I have passed Through the Body Shop field, working together to the launching of the Ecosport 4x4 (2003) and Fiesta Sedan (2004) as manufacturing engineer. After 2004 I have moved to Product Development team (Body Structures).

Development of shock abosrber and gas spring mainly for Brazilian market. - Responsible for new technologies - Gas spring development not only in the automotive industry

Industry 4.0 Innovation

Holistic and strategic vision of business activities, focused on creating value for the company. Technical knowledge and skills to become a leading manager in your company and / or business Analytical thinking and ability to work in teams and make decisions

Mechanical Engineering - emphasis on automotive systems. Internship at Slovenjia (Maribor University), working and learning about tolerances and measurement systems (from September 2001 to November 2001)