Stefano Fornara

R&D Director Powertrain (North America) @ MAGNETI MARELLI

Country

United States

City

Rochester Hills

Industry

Automotive

Skill

Interpersonal Skills, Quality Control, Continuous Improvement, Plastics Engineering, Concept Development, Time management, Lavoro di squadra, Competenze organizzative, Comunicazione orale, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Comunicazione, TS16949, Powertrain, DFMEA, PPAP, APQP, Automotive

Experience

R&D Director Powertrain (North America)

MAGNETI MARELLI

2018-11 - Present · 7 yrs 11 mos

Greater Detroit Area

Responsible for design and development of automotive powertrain mechatronic components (Intake manifolds, throttle bodies, ECU and DI/PFI fuel systems) for North American customers. Lead a Team for supporting programs for components for hybrid (power inverters, motor generators and battery management systems) developed in Europe for North America Customers Lead a team of department managers and design, Development Engineers, Testing and Proto Labs over 2 locations in the US. Responsible for department KPIs, budget, training and resource plans, as well as roadmap for North American products and investment plan for R&D labs.

Mechatronic Component R&D Manager - Powertrain (North America)

MAGNETI MARELLI

2010-7 - 2018-11 · 8 yrs 5 mos

Greater Detroit Area

Lead Development Team of Product Engineers /D.R.E. and CAD Design Engineer for development of Mechatronic Components (Intake Manifolds, Fuel Rails, Throttle Bodies) for North America Customers

Intake Air Fuel Modules/Manifolds R&D Manager

Marelli

2005-3 - 2010-6 · 5 yrs 4 mos

Bologna Area, Italy

Lead and Manage a team of Project Leaders, CAD Design Engineer, and Testing Engineer, for the development of Intake Air Fuel Modules/Manifold for European Customer and global support to the Overseas Engineering Departments

Mechatronic R&D Manager - Powertrain (China)

Marelli

2002-6 - 2005-3 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Shanghai - China

Established, organized from ground a complete Engineering Department (CAD dept., Testing and Proto Labs) Leaded a Team able to develop in full autonomy (Design, Prototyping, and Testing) Air Intake Manifolds, Fuel Rails, Throttle Bodies, and Exhaust Systems. Leaded the ISO-TS 16949 Certification of the Mechatronic Engineering Center. Supported the marketing strategy to acquire new Customers and businesses, and helped the Purchasing Dept. to create a strategic suppliers network.

Project Leader and Program Manager

Marelli

1992-7 - 2002-7 · 10 yrs 1 mo

Bologna Area, Italy

Program Manager of the Intake Manifold and Fuel Rails Modules Business Line for the Chinese Market. Main tasks were to guarantee the Timing, Profit, and Quality of the projects/products for that market supervising the Teams managed by the assigned Project Leaders. From October 1992 until November 2001 Intake Manifold and Fuel Rails Project Leader. Main task was to lead the assigned Team made of CAD Designer, Testing Engineer, Quality Engineer, Buyer, Process Engineer, and Commercial

SENIOR DESIGN ENGINEER

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.

1989-1 - 1992-7 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Modena Area, Italy

FORMULA 1 RACING CARS-ENGINE-GEARBOX-SUSPENSION SYSTEMS R&D

R&D CONSULTANCY

Villa Motori

1988-1 - 1992-5 · 4 yrs 5 mos

Crespellano

KART AND MOTORBIKE ENGINE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

ASSOCIATE

G.S. MOTO - GENOVA

1988-5 - 1988-12 · 8 mos

HIGH PERFORMANCES MOTOR BIKE FINE TUNING

TECHNICIAN

TEAM BURSI

1986-5 - 1988-10 · 2 yrs 6 mos

MOTORBIKE ENGINE DEVELOPMENT AND MOTORBIKE RACING SERVICE AT GRAN PRIX

DESIGN ENGINEER

Ferrari

1986-5 - 1988-5 · 2 yrs 1 mo

FORMULA 1 AND FORMULA INDY RACING CARS-ENGINE-GEARBOX-SUSPENSION SYSTEMS R&D TESTING & ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL (CARBON/KEVLAR) & GLUED SOLUTION FOR COMPLEX STRUCTURES