Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Paraná (1989), Master's degree in Computer Science and Systems Engineering from Muroran Kogyo Daigaku (1993), Japan, PhD in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2003), PhD in Advanced Production Systems Engineering from Muroran Kogyo Daigaku (2016), and post-doc in Production Engineering with emphasis on Integrated Manufacturing Systems at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (2010 and 2013), USA . Currently, he is a professor at the Federal Technological University of Paraná and an external member of the faculty of the "Enzo Ferrari" PhD Program at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. He works sporadically as a technical expert at the Court of Justice of the State of Paraná, Federal Justice and Federal Revenue of Brazil in Curitiba. He is editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Product: Management and Development. He has gathered significant experience in the areas of Mechanical, Production and Computing Engineering, with emphasis on Project and Product Management and interest in the following topics: Concurrent Engineering, Integrated Product Development, Lean Product Development and Information Technology applied to Product Development. He has more than 170 articles published in scientific journals, magazines and books.