About
Bernardo
Bernardo is an accomplished Aerospace Engineer and serial entrepreneur. Currently, as the Group CEO, he leads the Morse Group, specialising in high-end applications, and providing state-of-the-art machinery for multiple industries, such as Oil & Gas, Mining, Energy, Materials, Food, and other industrial sectors.
Bernardo is also a shareholder of the Morse Group, and a major owner of one of the entities, that serves as the Australian distributor for JP Balancing Machines and Equipment. His company offers a comprehensive range of services including calibrations, commissioning, personnel training, vibration analysis, and engineering consulting.
With a track record of successful projects in the aerospace, racing car, oil & gas, and mining industries, Bernardo has also worked as a private consultant, helping companies achieve national innovation awards, and scale and grow in a short period, through systems and business development strategies. His expertise approach has made significant contributions across various high-tech fields with outstanding project deliverables and companies’ revenue and EBITDA CAGR.
Bernardo’s Achievements
Aeronautical
Homologated key project regarding a major modification of a CESSNA 208 & 208B aircraft. The project was homologated at the Civil Aviation Authority of Brazil (ANAC) and later became a patent sold for AUD$ 15M.
This was a success because it took minimal changes with the modular design completely bolted, following a lean design manufacturing philosophy and ease of installation and removal.
Innovative engineering principles were used to double the capacity of occupants in the aircraft, while modified to operate for parachute launching purposes, all within a lean budget. This increased the revenue of primary parachute clubs, with small seed capital investment and quicker ROI.
Formula Car Racing
Winner of two national awards - 1st place between 64 teams in the Formula 3 SAE category:
Award One:
Best design of a power drive system.
23% reduction of weight, leading to the 1st place in acceleration test (4.127s).
Reduction of assembly time from 106 to 18 minutes, by applying lean manufacturing philosophy.
During the design of mechanisms, reducing the bolting connection from 49 to 17un.
Award Two:
Best impact attenuator design (IAD) - Championship sponsored by ALTAIR Brasil.
Additional award for innovative design was received, for reducing the weight of the component from 2.9kg to 0.740g.
These results were achieved by using state-of-the-art engineering composite materials (aramid fiber - Kevlar®), which led to a partnership with a professional Stock Car racing team.
23% weight reduction, for 1st place in acceleration test (4.127s).
Efficiency improvements resulting in reduced man power and minutes per tank.
Private Consultant
Increase of 30% in performance and profit.
Family Business:
Developed critical procedures and processes for the business, during expansion and growth periods. This included the automation of a financial system and project traceability, leading to an increase of 30% in performance and profit in the first year.
Strategic investments in software development, marketing campaigns, and customer journey, tripling the previous operation and revenue while growing the team from 70 to 120 employees in three years.
Third-Party Company:
Designed, developed, and prototyped an automatic fish feeder machine, to improve the production of a fish control system. This was engineered and designed by CADOMA tracking the environmental conditions in the water.
In addition, a table of fish separation per size with an integrated counting cloud system was developed through the sensitivity of an electric pulse. This project went on to win the National Award of Innovation from the Fishing Minister of Brazil and allowed large-scale production lakes (over 100 tanks) to have a live overview of their production by separating fish by size.
This work was performed manually by 5-10 employees, in about 10-30 minutes per tank, which was changed to a solo operator and reduced time to 5 minutes per tank.
Qualifications
Aerospace Engineering
(UFMG/Brazil - Bachelor)
Aerospace Engineering
(RMIT/AU - Master: Honors 1st Class)
Professional Member of
Engineers Australia
(MIE Aust Professional - Aeronautical & Mechanical Engineer)
Additional Skills
MATLAB programming, ANSYS, SolidWorks, Data Acquisition for Racing Cars, Aircraft Performance (TU Delft), Applied Aerodynamics (Aeronautical Eng Portal), FEA Course (iESSS, ALTAIR, Timoschenko), Excel Advanced with VBA Programming Proficient in multiple engineering software: SolidWorks, DraftSight, ANSYS, MATLAB, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Word.
Interests
Formula 1 & Racing
Sports
Music
