Sara Riera

Scientific collaborator and part-time lecturer in the Accounting & Control Department. Subjects: Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting.

Strategy, business models and customer portfolio for electric vehicle ecosystem. Business development and launch of e-mobility ecosystem: infrastructure, charging, battery & energy. Partnerships and cooperations in the energy and charging sector. Innovation and trends in energy, electrification and decarbonisation. Charging infrastructure and services deployment under SEAT ownership. Studies in decarbonisation and sustainability for mobility and energy sectors

Definition and implementation of the company’s corporate strategy. Strategic research, trends scouting & insights: outside-in approach (e.g.: economic environment, industry and market analysis, social and technology-driven transformation.) Innovation and partnerships. Alternative fuels business development: compressed natural gas product plan, market activation, infrastructure, gas sector, cooperations and associations. Cross-projects with VW, Audi, Skoda and Porsche.

Product manager of new SEAT LEON vehicle’s family with 3 derivates, coordinating the simultaneous engineering activities for its development and industrialization, and managing the project timing and project decisions, as well as the funds release by the Board of Directors. Leader of the LEON multidisciplinary product team.

Transformation projects at the shopfloor level. Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, business intelligence and shopfloor management dashboards.

Internal consultant on cross-functional projects in the following areas: Production, Supply chain, Institutional and Governmental Affairs (CSR and Sustainability), General Secretary as well as in Operations Strategy in Volkswagen Wolfsburg (Germany). Reported to Senior Management and VP. Placement at dealer (customer orientation) and production line (product knowledge).

Data analytics and load balancing for electric vehicles. Elaboration of analysis and reports on the performance of electric vehicles given selected grid scenarios. Simulations with MatLab and C++ programming.

Fluorescent solar cells project (Organic nanostructured photovoltaics group).

Stages at: IESE New York (USA): Entrepreneurship, Finance in Wall Street. ISE São Paulo (Brazil): Business in Brazil, Marketing in Latin America, Intercultural Relations. CEIBS Shanghai (China): International Business and China, Global Operations, Cross-cultural Management.

Best Master's Thesis Award

Financial Mathematics and Financial Markets (with distinction grades)

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