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Odair Ferro

North Andover,MA

Summary

Thirty-five years of experience in Footwear manufacturing and development, engineering, and innovation I started in March 1989, as a box Folder, and I worked through the years in the manufacturing process, since 2001 developing products as a material developer working in all development experiences, as a developer, pattern engineer, designer, prototype, sample maker and technical manufacturing.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Footwear Pattern Engineer

Hilos_studio
03.2023 - 12.2023

Last developer and library owner.

Concept Creation of new methods of making sustainable processes.

Technical developer, transcript of a sketch and 3D designs to 2D pattern engineer Grading process.

Manufacturing process, automatic cutting, skiving, and sewing prototype.

Create and maintain BOM and fulfill development requirements with technical information.

Assembly process development 3D parts assembly.

Luxury Product Assembly Process, Stich Down, Sidewall Stich. String Assembly no Glue.

Senior Product Developer

RDI Footwear
02.2021 - 02.2022
  • The Senior Footwear Developer will primarily be responsible for driving the "USA consumer-driven" Leather Footwear product creation process and timeline to ensure all design, development, and production timelines of new products are met. Specifically, they will be responsible for converting the product opportunities, designs/ideas to commercially viable products. This includes managing all technical specifications, material, and vendor communication related to, mold/tool creation, product confirmation process, and product costing.

Footwear Pattern Engineering, Concept Creation

Marluvas
08.2008 - 12.2020

Key responsibilities:

Create safety footwear lines for the national market and export technical modeling and shoe design.

Technical monitoring of the product in the production process

Provide the Marketing team with technical information about the product.

Provide information for research and development.

Provide information for pricing and product engineering.

Main Results:

Improvement of the production process

Improved shoe appearance

Development of the Premier and Premier Plus Lines as an added-value product, attracting a differentiated target audience and reaching the outdoors market with approximately 138,000 pairs/year, representing 8% of the annual sales in 2018.

International and National Awards for the company.

Pattern Engineer, Product Developer

Fujiwara
03.1989 - 09.2007

Pattern engineer, Product Developer

R&D materials for shoe export projects qualify suppliers and material library.

Technical manager of the production process UK, USA footwear export project.

Responsible for developing products for bidding processes in the national market and U.S. Army projects.

Main Results:

Supply of Combat Boots to the British Army: over 100,000 pairs/year

Supply of shoes to the British Royal Mail: over 10,000 pairs/month

Supply of boots for the British Navy: approximately 30,000 pairs

Supply of the American Military Boot Xforce Project: 20,000 pairs developed for Wellco Enterprises

Education

Course - Cad Shoemaster

Torielli
Brazil
06.2006

High School Diploma -

Cerevalo Account Technical
Brazil
12.1994

Skills

    Cad Footwear Engineer

    Innovation and Prototype

    Sustainable process

    Product Engineer

    Color design views

    Great eyeball

    Collaborative design

    Work Planning and Prioritization

    Relationship Building

    Process Improve

    Footwear Construction

    Adaptability

Languages

English
Full Professional
Spanish
Professional Working
Portuguese
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Lead Footwear Pattern Engineer

Hilos_studio
03.2023 - 12.2023

Senior Product Developer

RDI Footwear
02.2021 - 02.2022

Footwear Pattern Engineering, Concept Creation

Marluvas
08.2008 - 12.2020

Pattern Engineer, Product Developer

Fujiwara
03.1989 - 09.2007

Course - Cad Shoemaster

Torielli

High School Diploma -

Cerevalo Account Technical
Odair Ferro