Haresh Malkani

Haresh Malkani was appointed Chief Technology Officer of CESMII The Smart Manufacturing Institute in March 2018. Haresh oversees the technology mission, roadmap and objectives of CESMII and is responsible for development and demonstration of Smart Manufacturing technologies spanning advanced sensors, controls, modeling, analytics and platforms for manufacturing, exemplified through a diverse portfolio of R&D and application projects. In addition, he serves as the Institute’s primary technical liaison for the US Department of Energy.

Haresh's Background

Haresh has over 35 years of experience in industrial RD&E covering development and deployment of Smart Manufacturing technologies. Prior to joining CESMII, he was the Director of Digital Manufacturing & Automation Technologies at Arconic/Alcoa where he was responsible for developing the organization’s strategy for smart manufacturing and deploying solutions that drove productivity across the company’s discrete and hybrid operations. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Maharaja Sayajirao University (India).