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Danilo Favero Gomes




                                           MAKES A DIFFERENCE




                                           Engineer Tech
                                           Pemko Manufacturing, Memphis




        Having a Positive Attitude Towards Adversity


        Creating an elite product requires the eyes    Working with a nice team makes the job
        of artists and the hands of craftsmen. So,     more interesting, by being able to share
        when you can find someone who happens          different experiences and opinions. It is
        to have both, you have a great opportunity     really interesting to have the opportunity to
        to take your process to the next level.        make an idea into a prototype, working on
        Pemko Manufacturing in Memphis, TN             improvements, and having some results in
        trusts Engineer Tech Danilo Favero Gomes       a short period of time.”
        to do just that, an opportunity he’s made      Danilo also attributes his design successes
        the most of.                                   to his attitude and approach to both taking

        “I’m in charge of new product design, design   on and completing daily tasks.
        validation, preparing custom drawings,        “I believe that being positive helps in all the
        providing quality support, and design          areas of our lives. Some activities may be
        improvement of current products.”              boring, but if you start them complaining,
        In such a creatively and technically           they can only get worse. Having a
        demanding role, it can be easy to experience   positive attitude helps me to improve my
        creative block and lose focus. So, what        relationship with others, and by the end
        keeps Danilo content and focused enough        of the day even that small piece of paper
        to do his best work?                           that somebody dumped on the floor, and

        “In my job, I have the opportunity to work     you picked up to put in the trash, helps
        on ideas to try the make people’s lives        to move everybody towards that ‘mission
        better, whether by developing a product        accomplished’ feeling.”
        with better performance/quality, or by         In his spare time, Danilo enjoys riding
        creating an easier manufacturing solution.     bicycles and listening to music.








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