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Dany Gendre

Project Manager - Mechanical R&D Engineer

€450/day
La Roche-sur-Yon, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Dany

Having held the positions of Project Engineer, Project Manager, and R&D Manager in the home appliance and equipment goods sector, I am offering my experience in R&D and innovation to companies.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
La Roche-sur-Yon (up to 50km), Nantes (up to 50km), Cholet (up to 50km)

Experience

  • SAS DGINOV
    Freelance Research and Development Consultant
    MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
    March 2025 - Today (1 year and 3 months)
    La Roche-sur-Yon, France
    AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

    PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
    • Benchmarking and technological watch.
    • Writing specifications and technical requirements.
    • Design using CAD modeling (SolidWorks).
    • Writing invention memorandums and patent monitoring.

    MANAGEMENT
    • Project team management.
    • Establishing R&D partnerships (plastics, sheet metal, electronics, laboratories, etc.).
    • Developing project management tools: schedules, indicators, dashboards.
    • Presenting project reviews.

    DESIGN QUALITY
    • Project risk analysis and FMEA.
    • Developing certification files and providing support (EU/US standards, etc.).
    • Planning and monitoring validation (Tests, experiments, and quality controls)

    BUDGET MANAGEMENT
    • Implementing design to cost.
    • Monitoring product costs by function.
    • Techno-economic analyses of technical functions.
    • Estimating investments and calculating ROI.
  • NOVVEN
    Research and Development Manager
    January 2022 - March 2025 (3 years and 2 months)
    Co-founder of the NOVVEN brand. Responsible for the development of products in the NOVVEN Range: drying, disinfection, and decontamination stations for PPE and various accessories.
  • Prod-Lab
    Research and Development Manager
    July 2019 - January 2022 (2 years and 6 months)
    La Roche-sur-Yon, France
    R&D Manager for PRODLAB and NOVVEN scopes. PRODLAB scope: Development of small home appliances and household equipment goods. NOVVEN scope: Development of products in the NOVVEN Range, including drying, disinfection, and decontamination stations.

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Education

  • Master's in Mechanical Construction Technology
    Ecole centrale de Nantes
    1987
    Maitrise de technologie de construction mécanique
  • Manager in Unit and Project Management, Professional Certification Level II
    CESI entreprise
    2010
    Responsable en management d'unité et de projet, Certification professionnelle niveau II

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