Dr. Hakeem Hammad is an internationally recognized thought leader and expert in developing and implementing operational excellence programs with undisputed break-through improvement results. Dr. Hammad knows what it takes to create a world-class enterprise in today’s competitive economy. He gained this knowledge through more than 20 years of industry experience and as president and CEO of Xi Horizons Consulting, an internationally recognized consulting firm for its capability to deliver sustainable business results as well as develop high performing teams. Dr. Hammad has trained/coached teams worldwide to design and implement world-class production systems, six sigma programs, high performance labs, as well as visual management factory. During the course of his career, Dr. Hammad served as the global business excellence director at Boston Scientific, business process improvement senior manager at Dell Computers, as well as Lean champion for Dell worldwide.