Senior Product Engineer

Curriculum Vitae

Name

Kevin Phillippe Giang Barrera

Born

Single or Married

25thJanuary 1980 - Venezuelan

Civil Union

Position

Senior Product Engineer

Area

Chassis Engineering & Project Management

Project experience

Sep/2015 – Present

Aug/2014 – Sep/2015

General Motors do Brasil LTDA, São Caetano do Sul-Brazil

Vehicle Systems Engineer

Project Manager of eight Chassis Engineers responsible to control suspension, steering, chassis structures, fuel systems, brake systems, powertrain integration and powertrain mounts developments with local and global suppliers.

Responsible to control Chassis Program Budget of tooling investment for components development

Responsible to link Chassis Department and Program Engineering Team to function as communication channel and address Marketing and Product Planning Requirements

Engage Chassis Engineers to support project timing and program deliverables

Support Chassis Engineers to address project development quality issues

Chassis focal point and responsible to link Program Chassis Engineers with other Product Engineering cross functional teams and Chassis senior management to address requirements and support issue resolution process.

Support and participate in vehicle drive sessions and virtual and physical vehicle evaluations at proving ground.

Chassis Senior Product Engineer (Suspension/Steering)

Perform Design Engineering Release activities and assure supplier development and industrialization according to localization plan and program timing requirements and drivers

Work together with CAD Team to guarantee math data and component design attends corporate best practices and fits package environment.

Work together with CAE Team to perform FEAs as prevention actions for potential product development issues.

Work closely with component validation engineers to guarantee parts compliance according to corporate validation and local regulatory requirements.

Work closely with vehicle dynamics and performance integration teams to optimize vehicle performance through parts design optimization as a result of tuning activities.

Coordinate Product Development Team (PDT) to assure development is put in place according to program timing requirements working closely with cross functional areas such as purchasing and supplier quality.

Perform subsystems integration DFMEA and coordinate Supplier DFMEA/PFMEA reviews

Work closely with Supplier Quality Engineering to review/execute APQP planning

Administrate Change Management process to implement product cost optimizations and improvements

Plan purchasing of prototype parts with suppliers to support integration vehicle builds for vehicle validation

Feb/2013 – Jul/2014

Jul/2007 –Jan/2013

General Motors de Venezuela C.A., Valencia-Venezuela

Experimental Vehicle Engineering and Regulations Supervisor

Engage Vehicle Testing Technicians and Validation Engineers to support execution of vehicle testing process with quality.

Perform Vehicle Validation and Performance Integration Planning.

Coordinate Vehicle Testing execution to verify Vehicle Technical Specifications compliance

Coordinate execution of Buy Off Rides and “In Country Verification” activities to guarantee vehicle performance compliance with regional market performance requirements.

Responsible to control vehicle fleet for parts and accessories evaluation.

Coordinate Vehicle prototyping builds for CNG and Telematics system integration.

Coordinate and supervise General Vehicle durability activities to support vehicle validation for localization content and support issue reporting and resolution.

Manage new equipment acquisition and control measuring and testing equipment calibration maintenance according to ISO9001 requirements.

Support Technical Standards discussion with National Automotive Technical Chamber.

Support maintenance and update of Global Legal Technical database with local legal requirements.

Perform and support execution of Vehicle certification and homologation process.

Advanced Projects Engineering and Regulations Supervisor

Engage Product Engineers to perform product engineering activities with passion and quality in a timely manner.

Coordinate Product engineers to execute product development and component validation with local suppliers according to localization plan.

Lead OEM product development and implementation of CNG system in vehicles with CNG suppliers to achieve compliance with local regulatory requirements. Projects achieved Optra CNG, Aveo Hatchback CNG, Luv D-Max CNG and Silverado CNG.

Work closely with corporate technical experts to support validation and development of local components according to Purchasing and Supply Chain localization plan.

Implement Product Development Team (PDT) philosophy in Application Engineers to assure development was put in place according to program timing requirements working closely with cross functional areas such as purchasing, supplier quality and manufacturing.

Engage Application engineers to work closely with Supplier Quality Engineering to review/execute APQP planning

Administrate Change Management process to implement product cost optimizations and improvements in localized components and coordinate changes and breaking points with CKD content.

Support Technical Standards discussion with National Automotive Technical Chamber.

Support maintenance and update of Global Legal Technical database with local legal requirements.

Perform and support execution of Vehicle certification and homologation process.

Lead latest Venezuelan VIN regulation implementation at GM Venezuela. Provided all technical & legal requirements to cross functional areas as Manufacturing, IT, Planning, and Product Engineering itself in order to execute the project. Provided details to VIN,Labels and Literatures GSSLT to spread Venezuelan VIN regulation globally. Work together with Government Relationships Department to minimize regulation impact at GMV operations.

Jun/2005 – Jul/2007

May/2004 –Jun/2005

Ford Motor de Venezuela S.A., Valencia-Venezuela

Product Engineer

Execute product development and component validation with local suppliers according to localization plan work closely with Supplier Quality Engineering to review/execute APQP planning.

Assure development was in place according to program timing requirements working closely with cross functional areas such as purchasing, supplier quality, manufacturing and validation team.

Execute Change Management process to implement Cost Reduction initiatives and product improvements in localized components and coordinate changes and breaking points with CKD content.

Support material supplier’s homologation process according to corporate global specification.

Support ISO9001 implementation in product engineering department and contribute as Internal Auditor for QS certification.

Implement SOX compliance within product engineering department.

Parts Inventory Control Analyst

Control stock of CKD parts to support production according to production scheduling requirements.

Work closely with Engineering Change Analyst to control parts inventory while coordinating change breaking point.

Support production scheduling to perform production mix according to parts availability.

Control CKD material importation and work closely with logistics/customs to prioritize shipping/custom clearance according to critical parts required for production.

Work closely with engineering to submit temporary engineering changes in order to avoid production loss.

Control inventory during production build out to avoid material excess while assuring parts to support production builds without creating “vehicles on wheels”.

Education / Course

Universidad Tecnológica del Centro (UNITEC) - Venezuela

Master Science in Management (8 semesters completed)

Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira (UNET) - Venezuela

Bachelor Science in Mechanical Engineering (1997-2003)

Teacher Assistan in Thermodynamics II

Additional Qualifications

Other Trainings

General Motors – Brazil - 2015

DFMEA/DRBFM/PFMEA/Supplier DFMEA Review

General Motors – Venezuela - 2013

Design for 6-Sigma – Black Belt Certification

General Motors – Venezuela - 2013

Design for 6-Sigma – Green Belt Certification

IESA-GM – Venezuela - 2011

Managerial Education Program (Programa de Formación Gerencial – General Motors)

Bureau Veritas – Venezuela - 2007

ISO/TS 16949 Implementation

Bureau Veritas – Venezuela - 2007

FMEA – Failure Mode and Effect Analysis

Ford Motors – Venezuela - 2006

Consumer Driven 6-Sigma – Green Belt Certification

Ford Motors – Venezuela - 2006

ISO9001/ISO14001 Internal Auditors Education Program

SETEC Consulting Group – Venezuela - 2006

APQP v3.2 – Advanced Product Quality Planning

GOLDRATT-CEPROCA – Venezuela - 2004

Supply Chain & Buffer Management – Theory of Constrains

Boston School of Modern Languages – USA - 1998

Certificate of Achievement for an Advanced II Course in English

Languages

-Spanish – Native

-English – Advanced. (TOEFL iBT Score 93 – Nov/2014)

-Portuguese – Advanced. (CELPE-Bras Score 4.08 – Oct/2014)

References

Rafael Eizaga – ****@*******.*** / +58-414-***-****

Luisana Andueza – ********@*******.*** / +58-412-***-****

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