Marcelo Parada is the R&D Program Manager at Lenovo in Brazil has has been in this role since 2021. He has over 16 years of experience in consumer electronics research and development, focusing on hardware development, digital signal processing, and telecommunications. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Centro Universitário FEI, where he also earned a Master’s degree in Microelectronics in 2011 and a PhD in Digital Signal Processing in 2018. From 2012 to 2021, Marcelo worked as engineering undergraduate professor and taught courses in Audio and Video Systems, Digital Communications, and Digital Signal Processing at FEI University. He previously worked as a Field Application Engineer for DiBcom (2010-2011) and as a hardware engineer at CCE (2008-2010).