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Cedric Khayat

Senior product developer - Goal : link R&D to sales

Cedric Khayat
38 years old
Driving License
Clermont-Ferrand (63100) France
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
Passionate about engineering, I love to understand what customers need and to bring the best answer to it.

The best answer does not always mean top edge technology, but rather rightsizing, at a competitive price, in a sustainable way, which is a big challenge.

The complexity is that "rightsizing" does not mean the same for each customer ! And this is where marketing and sales come into play.

Today I really feel how marketing, sales and engineering should really be bond together to steer product development and propose the most attractive (and sustainable as well !) offer on the market. Unaffordable technology, or low price ineffective products are rarely profitable in B2B.

After 8 years of product development, answering product expectations with industrial, market and cost constraints, I feel ready and highly motivated to make the link with marketing and sales ! took the challenge on my own with Mesk once and I learned a lot. But it was just the beginning...
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Innovation tyre developer (senior) : earthmovers

Michelin
Since January 2016
Full-time
Clermont-Ferrand
France
  • Develop major performance gaps on earthmover tyres (RDTs, ADTs, Loaders) : new building blocks and prototypes
  • Bring these innovations to maturity through a demanding product development process.
  • Create and capitalize expert knowledge on key performances.
  • Expert FEA analyst : large strains, puncture, crack propagation
  • Internal representative for new CAE tools : Definition, validation and deployment.
  • Animate innovative workshops

Parallel activity : Freelance mechanical analyst

Mesk
October 2015 to December 2016
Freelancer
Clermont-Ferrand
France
  • Finite Element Analysis (FEA) with Midas NFX
  • Trainer in FEA
  • Official distributor of Midas NFX solution

Tyre developer & maintenance : loaders and industry machines

Michelin
May 2010 to December 2015
Full-time
Clermont-Ferrand
France
  • Development of tyres from product specification to the serial launch : project management & technical studies
  • Projects for loaders and port machines : XTXL, X-Straddle2, etc.
  • Responsible for the small industry tyres segment : XZM, XZR. Development, maintenance and optimization
  • Expertise reference for under casing rubbers in the business unit
  • Development of energy consumption and comfort test methods
  • Extra : recruitment of young graduates

Development project manager - automotive hoses

Hutchinson
October 2008 to December 2009
Full-time
Mannheim
Germany
  • Project Management and product development for new air transfer systems in cars (Mini N47 & BMW L7 motors).
  • In charge of the pressure drop test bench (measurement, treatment of the data and reports)
  • Technical support: short experimentation plans to converge to the root cause of the problems on a machine

Process engineer - intern

Valeo Electrical Systems
May 2008 to August 2008
Internship
Etaples sur Mer
France
  • Conduct the industrialization of new alternators in the plant : project management
  • Improvement of the means of production: analysis of different solutions to improve the product traceability which ended in the recommandation of data matrix.

Engineer (Master II)

Ecole Centrale de Lille

September 2005 to October 2008
General engineering sciences, with final year specialization in mechanics and materials science.

Undergraduate program

Lycée Chaptal

September 2003 to July 2005
Extensive maths and physics to prepare the competitive exams to French engineering schools
  • Product Development
  • Tyre mechanics
  • Mechanical design
  • Finite element analysis
  • CAD / CAE
  • DFMEA - risk analysis
  • Cause searching methods
  • English (C2)
  • French (native, C2)
  • German (C1)
  • Arabic (A2)
  • Project management
  • Technical risk management
  • Innovation management
  • Innovative workshop animation
  • Quality standarts
  • CATIA
  • Midas NFX
    FEA software
  • Salome Meca
    open source FEA software
  • Matlab
  • Python
  • Volunteer teacher for young people from modest background
  • Competitive running (1h27 Semi-marathon)
  • Competitive tennis (rank 30/1)
  • Cycling