Oscar Rivera

Enthusiastic and committed with high sense of responsibility, results oriented and inspiring leader, continually looking for personal and professional challenges and growth. Strong adaptability and able to promote teams enhancement and development. Enjoy practicing sports, interacting with nature and divers arts (music, theatre, cinema, museums).

25 years’ experience and background by executing and leading new products and technology
development, NPI, NBO and PLM portfolio management, corporate strategy (KPIs, P&L, CAPEX),
engineering guidelines/best practices deployment (DFM, Lean Sigma). Projects, budget & teams
management (PMP, SCRUM-JIRA, AGILE). Diligent to apply expertise, skills, lessons learned,
experience and aptitudes to support company priorities, engineering initiatives by capitalizing
innovative ideas & concepts, driving results, achieving goals and profitability. Inspiring leader for
teams enhancement and professional development but also pursuing professional development
through a full and professional commitment aligned to organization values.
40+ New Product Families successfully certified, industrialized and launched to global market for
the Solid-State Relays Leader (Crydom/Crouzet-ST), Position Sensors (BEI-ST) and Pressure
Sensors (Kavlico/Impress-ST) for Industrial, HVOR, Medical and Aerospace applications.

• Masters   
  • Instituto Tecnológico de Puebla: “Mechanical Engineering Master in Science Degree, specialization in Design”, Puebla, Pue. (2002-2006).
  • Background: Materials Science & Mechanics, Advanced Mechanical Design, Machines Dynamics Design, Experimental Mechanics, Mechanisms Synthesis & Analysis, Mechanical Vibrations, Finite Element Analysis 
• Degree
  • Instituto Politécnico Nacional / Mechanical & Electric Superior School “Aerospace Engineering”, Mexico City (1995-1999). 
  • Background: Aircraft Design, Structural Design, Aerodynamics, Thermal Design, Thermodynamics, Machines Design, Composed Materials, Engines Design (Internal Combustion, Turbojets & Propulsion Engines), Flight Mechanics (Stabilization & Control), Flight Operations, Airports Design and Control, Basic Avionics. 

Courses

• Finite Element Analysis “Advanced Structural Nonlinearities”, at ANSYS headquarters Pittsburgh, PA. U.S.A. March 2006. 
• “Course of GD&T, ASME Y14.5M-1994”, internal certification at Honeywell Aerospace, October 2007. 
• “DFSS (Design for Six Sigma)” Training and Certification as Green Belt at Honeywell Aerospace Learning Center. February 2008. 
• “Design of Experiments (DOE)” University of California, San Diego Extension, February 2010.
• Additional Training: “DMAIC”, “DFMEA and PFMEA”, “ISO 9000/2000 Quality System”, “Lean Manufacturing”, “EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Basics Aspects and Test Methods”, “Poka-Yoke Methodology”, “Kaizen Methodology”, “Seven Habits of Very High Performance People”, “Project Management and Administration”, “Project Financial Evaluation”, “Instructors Formation”, “Presenter Skills”, “Enterprise Leadership”, “Conflict Management”, “Administration per Objectives”, “Project Management, The Fundamentals”, “Pro-E Advanced Modules”.