Douglas Casagrande

About Douglas Casagrande

Engineering Executive with 20+ years of solid and progressive experience working with product development, design and validation of advanced engineering systems and components for the Commercial and Automotive Vehicle Industries. • Strong Product Design and Project/Program Management skills, with Purchasing, manufacturing and quality background. Experienced dealing with OEM customers on new product development and launch.• 5+ years of experience working on development of Electric Vehicle Powertrains for commercial vehicles (On and Off-highway) including e-motors, inverters, and controls system integration.• 14+ years of experience working with development of braking systems: foundation brake, actuation and ABS/EBS.• 5+ years of experience with development of Engineering systems for Off-Highway, Specialty and Defense vehicles (Axles, Suspensions, Transfer-cases, Brakes, etc.) • International work experience in North America (EUA), South America (Brazil) and Europe.• Experienced leading diverse teams and executing global programs within Asia-Pacific Market (China, India, Singapore, Japan and Thailand) coordinating product development activities.Specialties- Product Design and Validation- Design for cost- Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Engineering- Braking Systems- ADAS- Vehicle Electrification- Product Development- Program Management- Problem Solving- Team leadership and team building

Experience

1. Global Director of Advanced Engineering, R & d and Innovation

   Cummins Inc.

   Nov 2022 — Present · Troy, MI, US

   Global Director of Advanced Engineering, R&D-Innovation @ Cummins Drivetrain & Braking Systems (Meritor acquired by Cummins).Leader of a multi-disciplinary global team with 50+ team members in 5 engineering locations with responsibility for- Product Incubation; Innovation to Proof of Concepts, including design conceptualization, definition & execution of design verification test plan, and reliability- New Product Development and Introduction (NPD & NPI)- Technology Roadmap (capture and translation of voice of customer, regulations, market trends and product benchmarking analysis, into Technology RoadMap- Program Management (Incubation and NPI)- New Technology StrategyKey focus areas- Advanced Controlled Systems- Chassis Controls- Software & Electronics- Smart Technologies across all segments (Axles, Brakes, Suspensions, Differentials, Wheel-Ends, Transfer-Cases, etc)- Sensors, Electronics, Data Analysis and Digital products across all segments- eMobility for Specialty, Off-Highway and Defense Markets (Electrification)- Advanced Mechanical Design (Light weight materials and optimization)- Fuel Efficiency, low emissions, Energy improvement

Education

• CETEC

  Business Administration

  1999 — 2001

• Produttare - Tecnologia e Soluções para Gestão

  Post-Graduation, Innovation on Product and Process Engineering

  2010 — 2012

• UCS - University of Caxias do Sul

  BS, Mechanical Engineering

  2002 — 2009

Skills

• Quality Assurance
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (Apqp)
• Global Business Development
• Team Leadership
• Vehicle Dynamics
• Program Management
• Automotive
• Ptc Creo
• Rfq Development
• Supplier Development
• Finite Element Analysis
• Dfmea
• Poka Yoke
• Dvp&R
• Pro Engineer
• Ppap
• Global Strategy
• Production Part Approval Process (Ppap)
• Automotive Design
• Project Management
• Automotive Engineering
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
• Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (Dfmea)
• Apqp
• Product Design
• Brake
• Differentials
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Geometric Dimensioning
• Supplier Quality
• Engineering Management
• Voice of the Customer
• Fmea
• Geometric Dimensioning
• Fmvss
• Six Sigma
• Components
• Gd&T