Hicham is the Director of Manufacturing Intelligence and Smart Manufacturing at Howmet Aerospace. Hicham has 24 years of collective experience in Manufacturing Operations, Continuous Improvement, Smart Manufacturing/Industry 4.0, and Business and P&L Management. In addition to his full-time job at Howmet Aerospace, Hicham has been an adjunct faculty at Cuyahoga Community College since August 2013, where he has been teaching courses in Statistical Quality Engineering and Additive Manufacturing New Product Development. Hicham has a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a MBA from the University of Georgia.