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Antonio Mercado currently serves as the Director of Operations and Systems Improvements at Kocer Consulting + Engineering, PLLC, and as the BIW Manufacturing Engineering Manager at Lucid Motors. With extensive experience in various leadership positions, Antonio has held roles such as Automation Engineering Manager at Knapheide and Head of NPI and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering at Amazon, where Design for Excellence principles were implemented. Previous positions include Body Engineering Manager at Nikola Motor Company and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Manager at Karma Automotive, focusing on process optimization and productivity improvements. Antonio's career began at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, where responsibilities included managing significant budgets and leading process design and implementation. Antonio holds a Master’s degree in Welding Engineering from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Institute of Technology of Sonora.