Marlon Cunico

General Manager · IBEG — Erasto Gaertner Bioengineering Institute

Marlon Cunico

I turn technology into a product that can be sold, manufactured and cleared by regulators. Twenty years between R&D and the factory floor — healthtech, consumer goods and heavy industry — with results measured in P&L, not in papers.

Ph.D. & two post-docs — USP ~20 years of experience 18 countries PT · EN · FR

Marlon Cunico

Where I built it

  • Electrolux
  • Dexco (Duratex)
  • Altran
  • Concep3D
  • Zirconium
  • Infant.ID
  • IBEG
  • US$ 25M

    saved in global platform modularization

    Electrolux

  • BRL 7M/yr

    in production losses eliminated — Cpk from 0.15 to 1.63

    Dexco (Duratex)

  • 25 people

    and 9 areas under direct management, with full P&L ownership

    IBEG

  • 8 patents

    filed with the Brazilian PTO between 2012 and 2024, plus one registered trademark

    Additive manufacturing & AI

Where I create value

Three problems I solve well

Turning a prototype into a product line

Engineering that ships: hardware, software, firmware, AI and UX under one roadmap, one product file and one release cadence — from proof of concept to a manufacturable, certifiable product.

Infant.ID · Zirconium · Concep3D

Recovering industrial cost and quality

Scrap, rework and process capability attacked with data and with the line running. Recurring loss becomes margin, and the gain holds after I leave.

Dexco · Electrolux · Altran

Structuring technology in a regulated environment

Medical devices, regulatory affairs, IP governance, PLM and quality management built so that innovation survives audit — and so that the company can sell abroad.

IBEG · Infant.ID · Senzo Health

Track record

What changed after I took it on

US$ 25M

Global platform modularization

Redesign of the product architecture into shared modules across the global portfolio, cutting part count, tooling and development cost.

Electrolux · 2010–2015

BRL 7M/yr

Production losses eliminated

Process capability lifted from Cpk 0.15 to 1.63 on the critical line, turning recurring scrap into recovered margin.

Dexco (Duratex) · 2017–2018

NPS 23 → 52

Product experience rebuilt

SUS score up from 43 to 77 alongside NPS, after a full review of hardware, software and service journey.

Infant.ID · 2026

−83%

Customer tickets

From 42 to 7 tickets a month, by fixing the root causes in engineering instead of scaling the support team.

Infant.ID · 2026

2 → 11

Products from the same platform

Modular product line plus a systems overhaul (PLM, CRM, project management) that cut roughly BRL 820k a year in systems cost.

Infant.ID · 2026

9 areas

Business unit under full P&L ownership

Product, systems, industrial, regulatory, commercial, finance, research, quality assurance and technical pre-sales — 25 professionals, one governance model.

IBEG · 2026–

Career

Twenty years between R&D and the factory floor

  1. 2026 — present

    General Manager, Business Unit

    IBEG — Erasto Gaertner Bioengineering Institute · Curitiba, Brazil

    End-to-end responsibility for P&L, product, industrial operation and regulatory affairs across nine areas and 25 professionals. Rolling out corporate PLM, CRM and portfolio governance.

  2. 2026

    Head of Product, Technology and Research

    Infant.ID · neonatal identification healthtech

    Product, engineering, IP governance and customer experience. NPS 23→52, tickets down 83%, line modularized from 2 to 11 products.

  3. 2020 — 2026

    Founder and CEO

    Zirconium · deep tech in additive manufacturing

    From fundraising to deep tech product development and international homologation in Europe and Asia. Two invention patents filed in the period.

  4. 2024 — present · part-time

    President

    Instituto Zirconium · science and technology institute (ICT)

    Research portfolio, partnerships with universities and research institutes, funding and IP governance.

  5. 2017 — 2018

    Industrial engineering and quality leadership

    Dexco (Duratex) · Hydra Corona division

    BRL 7 million a year in production losses eliminated; process capability from Cpk 0.15 to 1.63.

  6. 2013 — 2020

    Engineering and innovation consulting

    Concep3D · two periods (2013–2017 and 2018–2020)

    Product development and additive manufacturing projects for industrial clients, including five patents drafted on their behalf.

  7. 2010 — 2015

    Global product and platform engineering

    Electrolux

    US$ 25 million saved through global platform modularization across the product portfolio.

  8. 2007 — 2010

    Engineering consulting and industrial projects

    Altran · ZM S.A.

    Start of the career in automotive and capital goods engineering, between design, manufacturing and cost reduction.

Foundations

Academic background and intellectual output

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering — Additive Manufacturing USP — University of São Paulo
Post-doctorate in Biomedical Engineering USP · CNPq fellow · research period in the United States
Post-doctorate in Mechanical Design and Robotics USP · CNPq fellow · research period in France
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering UTFPR
B.Tech. in Mechanical Technology — Mechatronics UTFPR, 2006 · basis for the M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Intellectual output

8 invention patents filed Brazilian PTO (INPI), 2012–2024 · metal and ceramic additive manufacturing, surface treatment and applied AI · plus one registered trademark
6 technical books, 13 editions Additive manufacturing, product engineering and applied research methods
40+ scientific publications Journals and conferences in Brazil and abroad
3rd place overall — BRICS Young Innovator Prize 2023 Advanced manufacturing category
University teaching PUC-PR (adjunct professor), UniSenai and FEITEP — where I also coordinated the Mechanical Engineering programme

Sectors

Medical devices & healthtech Consumer goods Heavy industry Additive manufacturing Industry 4.0 & applied AI Deep tech & ICT research

Contact

Let's talk

I speak with headhunters, boards and companies about product, industrial operations and technology in regulated environments. Every conversation is treated as confidential.

Base and mobility Curitiba, Brazil · remote · open to working internationally
Languages Portuguese (native), English (fluent), French
Experience abroad 18 countries, including the United States, China, the United Kingdom and France