Raphael Castro

Experience

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  INDUSTRIAS MACHINA ZACCARIA S/A

  Jan 1998 - Jan 1999

  Trainee - Product Development Engineering
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  CCS

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

  Manufacturing Processes Analyst
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  Alstom Power

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2006

  Capital Expenditures (CapEx) Project Manager

  - Project management related to industrial equipment and machine tools retrofitting and transferring among the company units worldwide.- Elaboration of the annual investment plan.- Assessment of investments feasibility and projects financial control.- Physical-financial schedules, projects’ scope definition and selection of vendors.- Leadership of meetings with the board of directors for projects’ progress reporting.- Coordination of technical consultants activities, as well as physical assets’ sale processes.- Leadership and implementation of continuous improvement projects in accordance with Six Sigma methodology, acting as Green Belt. Show less

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  Embraer

  Nov 2006 - now

  - Technical management of multi-million-dollar business jets purchase agreements, interfacing with Production Team to ensure aircraft built and ready per customer specification and contractual timeline, establishing a strong communication channel with customers during the pre-delivery phase.- Leadership of the delivery program of new aircraft, performing the technical presentation of the aircraft to the customer and being present on the acceptance flight for systems familiarization and verification, as well as coordinating the fixing of all squawks found during the acceptance process, in concert with Production / Quality / Engineering and Sales teams.- Management of spec sessions with business jets owners for the definition of aircraft optional equipment, interior layout and materials, and external painting scheme.- Coordination of product change requests to implement special modifications as requested by customers.- Sales team technical support on sales campaigns, providing accurate information to decision-makers. Show less

  • Contracts Account Manager

    Mar 2021 - now

  • Aircraft Delivery Engineer

    May 2014 - Mar 2021

  • Customer Support Engineer

    Jun 2011 - May 2014

  • Aircraft Interiors Designer

    Nov 2006 - Jun 2011