LEONARDO PINTO

 

R&D / Product Development & Engineering / Innovation

Portafolio: https://leonardodi.wixsite.com/portafolio 

 

Phone: +1(813)368-0025

Mail: leonardodi@me.com

 

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

 

With 10 years of experience in design and engineering of sustainable products, leading development and innovation projects in countries of America and Europe focused on the automotive industry, agro industrial, educational among others; generating innovation in technology, efficiency in production and costs for a more demanding current market. Experience managing production plants with creative, professional and technical work teams of up to 25 people. I have led the intervening production processes for the automation and generation of efficiencies in costs, times, ergonomics and implementation of new technologies translating this into quality and better products in the market.

 Experience and solidity in: 

 

Leader in creative, professional and technical teams.

Development and presentation of sustainable products contemplating its entire cycle.

Research and development of new technologies.

Innovation and implementation in new markets.

Experience and knowledge in plastics and metalworking.

Modeling 2D and 3D CAD software.

Engineering analysis, stress and mold flow.

Agility in spatial and mechanical reasoning.

Practical and fast solution of problems.

Planning strategies and business.

Experience in robotics projects.

 

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EXPERIENCE

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Product Designer, General manager

WOW DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENT llc - Tampa, FL                                                       September 2019 to Present

Advertising agency in digital market with new investment in printing solutions and promotional items.

• Develop 87 new products on the company to take advantage on the new investment, contemplating all

• services and methods to produce with innovation and fast response.

• Create a new portfolio on-line and physically for a sales team and the new marketing department,

• generating 45% more possibilities to increase sales.

• Design and create new corporate identity with a manual to shear to new designers and marketing

• dept.

• Research and develop new suppliers on the area with re seller accounts to respond on the new

• products offered.

 

Co-Founder, manager and product developer

WATERCITY WATERPROOF CO.                                                                                                    June 2013 – March 2019

Factory of waterproof clothing and accessories for cycling and motorcycling.

• Research and develop from the need of the market a product with innovation in designs and an efficient production system, reducing waste of raw material up to 3% and increasing the speed of labor by 50% of the traditional. From these new schemes develop the family of products with more than 20 references for the use of the new installed plant and thus make it sustainable.

• Develops an innovation in a market with materials not traditionally used in the clothing industry with new production methods for greater efficiency and resistance, making a more economical product for the current consumer market.

• Specialize in one of the family of products in cycling accessories generating responses in 40% cheaper products in the market.

• Increase sales by 15% instantly developing new products with rapid response within the trend to a demanding and specialized market.

• Manage the growth of a company that increased its sales exposure 5 times higher and went from a production of 20 weekly units to 650 units developing new products, business lines and opening in new markets.

 

Head of research and development design department

MICRO MOTORES                                                                                                             April 2015 - October 2016

Security equipment factory, Ultra and Thunder Alarms

• Reformed the research and development of the company implemented technologies such as 3D printing to increase the speed of response in product design by 50%.

• Manage CNC equipment in a budget of 1.5M USD with a team of specialized operators training us to increase the efficiency in 30% in the manufacture and maintenance of injection molds.

• managed the production and maintenance of plastic injectors, planning in Microsoft Project with an increase in the production of plastic parts by 25%.

• Design and coordinate the manufacture and maintenance of a stock of plastic injection molds of more than 100 different products updating validation of plans, virtual 3D solids, states and inventory in virtual and physical library for ISO certifications.

• Redesign the packaging system, product presentation, advertising, product catalogs, and create a system of continuous product improvement with the feedback of sales personnel directly to the research and development department.

• Design and manufacture the sales and product presentation showroom for the largest technology fair in the country, a new business line with electromagnetic technology was carried out.

 

Development Engineer and Product Designer

PROGEN S.A. GENERAL PRODUCTIONS                                                                        October 2012 - June 2013

Factory of products for the agricultural sector, fumigators, chainsaws, motorized.

• Design and develop the project for the new electric fumigant presented to companies such as Husqvarna and Stihl, an iconic design of the company with international presence.

• Lead a group of engineers and designers in order to accelerate the product design process and change the methodology of the company's research and development process.

• Develop designs for improvements in plastic parts and plastic injection molds in current products of the company.

 

EARLY EXPERIENCE

2012 - 2013          PMF LTDA.                                           Colombia Designer,            Development Engineer.

2011 - 2012          COVEN GARDEN MARKET                 England                                 Staff Manager.

2008 - 2010          PRODUCTOS MIS LADRILLOS            Argentina                              Chief Design Department.

2006 - 2008          DERMOCELL TECHNOLOGIES           Colombia                              Medical equipment designer.

 

 

STUDIES

UBA, Argentina                                   Esp. Industrial automation engineering.                       2008 - 2010

Universidad Javeriana, Colombia    Professional in industrial design                                     2001 - 2006

 

Diploma course

Business Management and Marketing, European School of Management and Business. Madrid - Spain, 2012

SolidWorks and project analysis, Bournemouth University. England, 2011

Marketing and sales management, Nuevo Milenio Foundation. Colombia, 2006

 

LANGUAGES

English (advanced) C1 IELS 2011, London, England, 2012

 

DIGITAL PROGRAMS

Solidworks advanced, AutoCad, Catia,  3D max studio (vray) Design School BSAS University, Ilistrator, Photoshop/ Adobe suite, flash, corel Photopaint, corel draw, Microsoft Office. MAC and WIN platform.

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