Dr Cecile Pera
Founder and Director of OROVEL Ltd
Automotive professional recognised and featured many times on LinkedIn as trendy in Automotive, emobility and many more, Dr Cecile Pera has more than 21,000 followers and generates original technical and business content with a global visibility of 4 million views / year.
Passionate about Engine, e-Mobility and Automotive Industry in general, her objectives are:
To promote business and innovative technologies in Powertrain and Automotive Industry
To use technical knowledge to bridge the gap between customer need and business development
To provide technical and decision-making support to stakeholders
To influence the future of Engine, Powertrain and Mobility
To succeed, she has built up strong technical knowledge in Engines, Powertrains and electrification that she has earned from many R&D programs with various partners. She has developed a unique network gathering OEMs, Tier One suppliers, Energy companies, Engine development Labs and Universities all over the world.
After a PhD in Combustion in the CORIA laboratory at INSA / University of Rouen in France, Cecile Pera joined IFP Energies nouvelles in Paris where she worked from upstream research on combustion to industrial engine development. Most of her activity was dedicated to novel combustion concepts and Fuel/Engine matching (including commercial, racing, and renewable Fuels). Her research led to a methodology to take into account real fuel complex chemistry in CFD software by tabulation approaches.
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In 2015, she joined Infineum in England, a Joint Venture between ExxonMobil and Shell. Infineum develops, formulates and manufactures lubricants for Automotive applications. Performance Testing Leader, she was supporting and delivering proof of in-engine performance to key customers. She developed several Engine tests and has been working on a large spectrum of Engine issues such as cleanliness (turbocharger and piston deposits, sludge); wear; scuffing; superknock and LSPI; after-treatment (SCR, GPF, DPF).
In 2018, she became Business Development / Key account at Convergent Science, mainly for French and German customers. She actively promoted the software CONVERGE CFD thanks to her strong technical knowledge and high visibility on LinkedIn.
In her career, Cecile has managed multi-million portfolio projects with numerous customers and partners: OEMs (Daimler, BMW, Volkswagen, PSA, GM, Maruti, MAN, etc.), Tier One Suppliers (Continental, MAHLE, etc.), Engine Labs (AVL, FEV, APL, SwRI, CERTAM, BOSMAL, etc.) and Petroleum companies (Shell, Exxon, Total, etc.) as well as Universities all over the world. She dealt with complex research programs from the technical design to the responsibility of delivery including quotation, cost, stewardship, customer interface and communication. These research programs involved advanced CFD and modelling as well as advanced diagnostics (Telemetry techniques supported by 3D printing, radio-activity tracer, optical diagnostics).
As customers’ support, she has developed a unique knowledge of current and future Powertrain development, including in electrification. She has been invited as an expert in several Engine Labs, Petroleum companies, OEMs and Tier One Suppliers, as a Keynote speaker in international Engine Conferences as well as a lecturer at Universities.
Cecile has 21 articles in peer-review journals, over 30 works in international congresses, and a patent. Her work, as captured by Google Scholar, includes over 960 citations and her H-index is 17. A selection of her publications:
- C. Pera. From Battery (cell) to Battery (pack) - Italy, 2022
- C. Pera. How Engine Technology and Fuel Properties can be Optimised thanks to CFD. VIII International Congress of Combustion Engines - Karkow, Poland, 2019
- C. Pera. Advanced Lubricant Formulation and Technology to Manage LSPI and Super-knock. 5th International Conference on Knocking in Gasoline Engines - Berlin, Germany, 2017
- C. Pera. Driving Fuel Economy through Lubricant Technology. Invited Keynote at AVL PDiM17 - Product Development in Motion – Gothenburg, Sweden, 2017
- C. Pera. LSPI – Lubricant Formulation Effect on Fuel Pre-ignition in Engines. Invited presentation at UNITI - Mineral Oil Technology Congress, Stuttgart, Germany, 2017
Cecile is very active on LinkedIn and produces original technical content on Auto Industry strategy, Engine technologies, e-motor & Battery as well as motorsport. Her posts have 17,000 views on average with peak views of more than 4 million views.