Mariana Bianchi

Responsible for leading project execution for the Floor Care product category, ensuring on‑time delivery, cost performance, and product quality throughout the development cycle. Drive cross‑functional alignment to meet business objectives and deliver successful product launches. Manage risks, timelines, and stakeholder communication while supporting strategy execution and continuous improvement initiatives.

Led the strategic development of CFD capabilities through the Technology Road Map, advancing key simulation methodologies, fostering simulation adoption, technology forums, aligning diverse stakeholders, and strengthening HPC and PLM integration. Responsible for supporting local and global projects while enabling systematic and high‑impact simulation adoption in product development. Key Responsibilities & Achievements • Coordinate the development of new CFD capabilities across all product categories (Taste, Care, and Wellbeing), aligned with the TRM • Develop and maintain the TRM, engaging stakeholders. • Managed capability‑development projects using Agile framework. • Supported local and global projects, fostering wider simulation adoption • Delivered advancements in: transient modeling for fridges, washer-dryer performance optimization, ice formation modeling, aeroacoustics, airflow and hydraulic simulations for all product categories. • Developed and reviewed Simulation Specifications, supporting systematic use in the product development process. • Organized and led Technology Forums. • Supported the development and testing of HPC infrastructure, enabling improved performance for the simulation community and ensuring synergy with PLM system. Tools: CATIA V5, Siemens STAR‑CCM+, Teamcenter, JIRA, HEEDS

Provided end‑to‑end CFD support for refrigeration product development across all lifecycle stages, working closely with Drafting, Cooling, and Lab teams. Supported both local and global projects while expanding simulation capabilities and integrating numerical and experimental data. Key Responsibilities & Achievements • Executed full CFD workflows using commercial tools • Collaborated with cross‑functional teams to optimize airflow, heat transfer, and cooling system performance • Coordinated laboratory testing for model validation and correlation • Developed new simulation methodologies and contributed to capability growth within the team Tools: PTC Creo, SpaceClaim, FluidNexus, ANSYS Fluent, FieldView, Windchill

Developed a CFD model to predict gas–oil flow through the suction muffler of a reciprocating compressor, enabling improved understanding of flow performance. Creation of a novel experimental apparatus for muffler testing, enabling validation and correlation of simulation–test results. Key Contributions • Developed detailed CFD simulations using ANSYS CFX and DesignModeler • Results validated through testing in a novel experimental test bench • Produced engineering insights that supported improved muffler design Article publication and oral presentation at the 12th International Conference on Compressors and Their Systems

Progressively promoted through field engineering roles while delivering high quality well cementing field operations across multiple onshore environments in Northeast Brazil. Key Responsibilities & Achievements • Developed end to end engineering projects for well cementing operations, including technical design, software simulations, execution planning, and post job evaluation. Worked extensively with steam-injection fields, supporting well integrity challenges and applying cutting-edge technologies designed for high-temperature, cyclic-steam environments. • Led field crews during cementing jobs, managing equipment readiness, operational parameters, risk assessments, and on site decision making to guarantee safe and efficient service delivery. • Provided technical support to major operators (Petrobras, Shell, Alvopetro, Petroreconcavo, Galp, OGX), proposing optimized solutions aligned with operational challenges. • Prepared technical and commercial proposals for services and chemicals, contributing to business development and ensuring alignment with client requirements and project objectives. • Ensured crew competency, delivering technical training, coaching, and continuous qualification programs on Quality, Health, Safety & Environment (QHSE) standards. • Worked across diverse locations in Brazil’s Northeast region, interacting with varied operational and cultural contexts. Completed advanced technical training programs in the USA and Russia.

Working projects: • Technical and financial feasibility of a new set of chemicals. Responsible for new chemicals laboratory test plan. • Optimization of tracking and control of high pressure equipment. Responsible for compliance to Brazilian (NR-13) and own company standards.

Project of a system to reuse cooling water from distillers of 11 laboratories in the Food Science and Technology Department - Federal University of Santa Catarina. Collection and analysis of laboratory equipment data. Technical report issued with detailed description of the proposed system and cost analysis for implementation. Project executed in partnership with another external consultant.

Thesis: Numerical and experimental analysis of liquid slugging in suction mufflers of refrigeration reciprocating compressors

Conducted laboratory experiments, data analysis and reporting for EPS production optimization projects.