Matteo

Innovation and New product development director
Male52 y/oProduct Director/Product Manager/Chief Production Engineer/Deputy Chief EngineerLive in ItalyNationality Italy
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Work experience

Innovation and New product development director

KONI/ITT
2023.09-2023.09
• Responsible of development of new product features and product lines for Defense, Railway, BTT applications. • Rebuilding New Product Development Team and integrate with new competences • Started the development of a new branch of products and features in the field of Hydropneumatic suspensions. • Sustainability and Circularity: scouting of new partnerships for use of new materials, surface treatments and solutions to increase sustainability of the product. Strategy to lower CO2 emissions through the life cycle of the product.

R&D TECHNICAL DIRECTOR RAILWAY

ITT KONI
2019.01-2023.01(4 years)
Responsible fro Railway Application Engineering and New prodcut development

R&D and Application Engineering director

KONI/ITT
2019.02-2019.02
• Performed a full rebuild of technical team and bring back enthusiasm for innovation and change • Realized VAVE and product re-design leading to 3M€/year saving in purchased material • Set KONI as benchmark in customer service, problem solving and leader in the market • Developed a new range of products with reduced cost and weight (-40%) • Explored many innovation projects linked to new product, sustainability and disruptive solution • In China (2016-2019) built a strong and motivates R&D local team. • In China Assured the homologation on major High Speed train platforms (CRC, Sifang, TRC) • In China launched innovative automotive product in the market

R&D TECHNICAL DIRECTOR CHINA

ITT KONI
2016.01-2019.01(3 years)
Responsible of Technical dapartment R&D and Application for KONI China : Railway, Bus and Truck and Automotive

APAC CTO

Magneti Marelli Shock Absorbers (Automotive)
2017.02-2017.02
• Recruiting, training, and coaching of local Indian and Chinese R&D Teams to set up local Research centers • Lead the technical development of the division in APAC coordinating efforts with local JVs (China and India) • Opened Japanese OE market to our company from zero exposition to the point of testing our product with major OEMs and participate to tenders. • Customer focal points for technical review and discussions • JV interface point

CTO APAC

MAGNETI MARELLI SHOCK ABSORBERS
2014.01-2016.01(2 years)
Technical responsible of the coordination of Chinese and Indian Joint Venture Technical departments. Technical business development in Japan.

Head of R&D Europe

MAGNETI MARELLI SHOCK ABSORBERS
2011.01-2014.01(3 years)
Responsible for R&D (Design and FEA) and Project managers

Educational experience

University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Mechanical Engineering
1992.10-1999.12(7 years)
Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering with Power machines specialisation.

Languages

Italian
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English
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