Claudio Catafesta

• Managed a product development team of ten designers and served as the company’s technical representative to CREA-PR. • Organized and distributed activities, approved projects, reviewed deliverables, and issued technical reports. • Led cost reduction initiatives, supplier development, machine element sizing, product improvements, and non-conformity reduction. • Monitored prototypes and products to ensure quality, cost targets, deadlines, and customer satisfaction.

• Managed teams for new product development, industrial planning, and R&D projects. • Led engineering support for manufacturing processes, including injection mold and fixture development. • Implemented Engineering Change Notification (ECN) and Specification Deviation Control processes. • Improved internal procedures for ISO 9001 compliance and introduced schedule based project control. • Supported ERP implementation • Established integrated product development procedures and managed Capex and Opex.

• Projects that stood out due innovation: 1st floor stove with glass hob in the national market, 1st stove with electronic control and touch technology in the national market, 1st stove with electric oven of the brand in the national market, 1st steam cooking system of the brand applied to a gas oven cavity. 1st stove with Wi-Fi connection of the brand • Coordinated the renovation project of 23 stove models: cost reduction of several million BRL$ / year. • Responsible for the project team mobilization

• Consulting in product development / project management. • At Electrolux: Coordinated development projects of new microwave oven assembled at the Manaus plant, in partnership with aa Asian supplier. Responsible for developing, among others, the first model of microwave with glass panel and touch technology of button activation. • Consulting in industrial facilities. Projects of automated machines and equipment. Prospecting and sales of equipment for industrial automation (reducers, valves, etc.)

• Coordination of multidisciplinary project team. • Encharged of a new vertical freezer refrigeration system development, focusing on efficiency improvement, cost reduction and aesthetic improvement. • Responsible for the development of an innovative refrigeration system for two-door refrigerators that improved product efficiency and reduced production costs • Coordinated the internal and external refrigerator aesthetics renovation project.

• Project team coordination for automotive vehicles air conditioning systems development (Fiat, VW, Volvo, Toyota). • Interface and technical negotiation between client (car maker) and project group. Responsible for bringing customer needs into the company and ensuring that the project complies with customer requirements. • Participation in the development of the air conditioning for the VW/Gol model. Implementation of the FMEA of the project in partnership with the competing client and supplier.

Automotive air conditioning system designer.