Awad Gharib is a professional engineer, inventor, and an entrepreneur. Mr. Gharib obtained his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Hartford located in Connecticut, USA. He has taken many graduate level classes in two concentrations; one related to metal forming and its application to the forging process and the other related to system design and mechatronics. He taught a class about new product development for junior engineers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County for four consecutive years.

Mr. Gharib holds more than a dozen patents, half of which are globally recognized. He exhibited a comprehensive understanding of the Danaher Business System (DBS), a program similar to the Toyota Production System (TPS), during his tenure at Danaher Corporation. He has specializations in lean method and Six Sigma as they apply to the operation side of the business as well as the commercial. Mr. Gharib has facilitated the instruction of problem solving to over 800 engineers, marketers, managers and senior managers. He is a TRIZ practitioner, with a qualifying certificate from the Altshuller Institute.

Mr. Gharib is particularly passionate about new product development processes; from the inception of an idea to manufacturing, commercializing, and sustaining it. A recent innovation that Mr. Gharib facilitated was the Rebel Welding Platform for the ESAB company. He operates his own business in packaging and plastic film processing.