Résumé

Rafael Scarpari Roldão
Industrial Designer

Objective
Career opportunities and challenges inside the Industrial Design and Manufacturing markets.

Experience
2004/today – Product Designer at Cormark Inc. //www.cormarkinc.com//
American Point of Purchase Company, headquarters in Chicago and Design Office in Rio
de Janeiro/Brazil. Here I’m working for the American, European and Asian Markets, in
projects for Brands and Stores like Nike, Wal-Mart, Lexmark, Target, Best Buy, Xtep, etc.
2002/2004 – Manufacturing team technician at Grapho (www.grapho.com.br)
At one of the biggest Autodesk reseller offices of Latin America I was a member of the
Mechanical Engineering Team taking care of workshops, presentations, training sessions
and sales support for the software Autodesk Inventor, Rhinoceros (and related
Autodesk/Mcneel products) working inside great Brazilian companies like Grendene,
Marcopolo, Agrale, Bettanin Group, etc.
2001/2002 – Designer trainee at Herc //www.herc.com.br//

At Herc I used to work with plastic products development, since the conception until the die
manufacturing.

Education
2005/now – Industrial Design at UniverCidade, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil.
2002/2007 – Mechanical Engineering at UFRGS, Porto Alegre/Brazil, stopped.
1996/2000 – Technical Course of Plastics at Cefet-RS, Sapucaia do Sul/Brazil, finished.

Languages
English, advanced level.
Italian, advanced level.
Spanish, basic level.
Portuguese, mother tongue.

Software Applications
Advanced knowledge of software programs like:
CAD: Autodesk Inventor, Solid works, Solid Edge and AutoCAD;
Graphic 3D software: Autodesk 3DS Max and Rhinoceros;
Graphic 2D software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe In Design, Macromedia
Freehand, Corel and Macromedia Flash;
Intermediate knowledge of software programs like:
CAD: Autodesk Alias Studio and Autodesk Mechanical Desktop;
Reverse Engineering: Geomagic.
CAM: Edge CAM, Open Mind Hyper mill.
Sheet development: Copra Roll form and Copra Metal Bender.
Application Languages: PHP, C+

Workshops and Special Projects
2007 – Rio Casa Antistress project at SaloneSatellite’07, Milan/Italy.
2006 – Cabin Design at Embraer (Brazilian Aircraft Company), Sao Jose dos Campos/Brazil
2005 – Conceptual design with matali crasset, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil.
2005 – Automotive Rendering with Nelson Lopes (Volkswagen-AG), Rio de Janeiro/Brazil.
2004 – Automotive Rendering with Ricardo Pimenta (GM-Brazil), Porto Alegre/Brazil.
2004 – Starting new companies at Sebrae, Porto Alegre/Brazil.
2004 – Retail Design at ABA, São Paulo/Brazil.
2003 – Thermoplastics recycling at Senai, Esteio/Brazil.
2002 – Advanced 3D Modeling with Rhinoceros at McNeel/Grapho, Porto Alegre/Brazil.
2000 – Injection Molding Die Design at Cefet-RS, Sapucaia do Sul/Brazil.

Personal Projects
2005/today – Pimenta Design Courses
Since 2005 I’ve producing Automotive Sketch courses around all Brazil with great success.
Some examples are cities like Porto Alegre, Caxias do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Joinville,
Campinas, etc.
2004/today – Autostyling group (http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/autostyling/)
Brazilian discussion group for automotive design, founded by me and actually with more
than 200 members.

Personal Info
Address: Rua Francisco Otaviano, 55. Apto 207.
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro – RJ. Brazil. ZIP Code: 22080-040
E-mail: rafaelroldao@yahoo.com.br
Mobile: +55 21 8886.7191
Home: +55 21 2513.3930
Office: +55 21 2586.6123