Carolina Costa Teixeira

Work History

Pinecrest Academy

Cumming, United States

10.2020 - Current

Rhodia- Solvay Brazil

Sao Paulo, SP

01.2017 - 12.2018

Responsible for customer new development and current business on technical and quality area.
Responsible for interface between customers and production site (new developments, quality, technical).
Responsible for tryouts and process improvements.
Elaboration of lab, technical and quality reports to customers.
Manage projects and developments with R&D Team and production (Scale up).
Participation on core quality documents with customers and Rhodia team.

DuPont Do Brazil

Sao Paulo, SP

01.2012 - 01.2017

Built and strengthened long-lasting client relationships based on strong technical support and customer-centric focus.
Responsible for technical and commercial support to customers on automotive and other markets (Total U$15MM revenue- elastomers and thermoplastics).
Market Prospects with a global team for different business.
Responsible to elaborate technical reports using CRM tools (Sales Force) and forecast spreadsheet.
Development of new thermoplastics compounds, tryouts and process improvements.
Development of rubber compounds based on AEM and Fluor elastomers.

Sabó USA Inc.

Lincolnton, NC

07.2007 - 02.2011

Responsible for the development and implementation of a new zinc-phosphate line capable of treating 1.5 million Bonded Piston Seals and 3.5 million Oil Seals per year, including development of control plans, procedures and job instructions, training and capacitating employees, chemical suppliers development and line maintenance.
Responsible for the development of local suppliers for rubber compound, managing suppliers’ and customers’ validation tests, developing control plans, performing process audits and implementing continuous improvement suggestions.
Responsible for developing adhesive application processes for new parts.
Participation on process development team, establishing injection molding parameters, running DOE’s for process optimization and researching / developing new processes.
Responsible for failed parts analysis to determine root cause and corrective actions (Microscope Analysis, SEM/EDX analysis).

Sabó Indústria E Comércio De Autopeças - Brazil

Sao Paulo, SP

10.2002 - 04.2006

Participated on the development of new adhesion technologies (i.e., plasma), developing partnerships with local universities and specialized companies.
Participated on the development and implementation of a new aluminum treatment line (aluminum/rubber bonding for edge-bonded gaskets), working with treatment line supplier, developing chemicals suppliers, developing control plans, procedures and job instructions, training and capacitating employees.
Participated on the development of new rubber compounds (mainly Vamac, ACM and FKM compounds), working on the entire rubber manufacturing process and testing. Magnetic rubber compound mixing and molding process development.
Development of injection process for new plastic compound parts.