Augusto Barton is an engineering leader with over 15 years of experience; he is heavily involved in different stages of product development including core research, R&D, engineering, validation, production ramp, yield improvement, and more. Augusto has developed new technologies, led projects, and worked in many from conception to reality. He has completed work ranging from Electric Vehicle Battery Module Technologies, development of electric motor and gearbox mechanical components, marking technologies, fusing systems in digital presses, grinding machines, precision positioning systems, mining-industry size pumping stations and pipelines, as well as industrial-size structures. Augusto holds technical expertise in the areas of mechanical design, R&D and validation testing, controls, precision machine design, thermals, and electromechanical systems, and he possesses a vast set of skills used to solve many challenging technical problems. He is an innate innovator with an excellent record of 50 issued US patents and patents pending