
Ali El-Hebbazi
Verified Expert in Engineering
PLM Consultant and Software Developer
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Toptal member since April 3, 2026
Ali is a CAD and product lifecycle management (PLM) senior consultant and project leader with extensive experience deploying CAD and PLM solutions to meet customer expectations. He drives improvements in existing CAD/PLM processes and manages benchmarking for tools, CAD quality, and viewers. Ali also leads data migration projects, ensuring seamless transitions and optimized system performance.
Portfolio
Experience
- Project Consultancy - 20 years
- Technical Expertise - 20 years
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) - 20 years
- CAD - 20 years
- Design - 20 years
- Manufacturing - 15 years
- ENOVIA V5 Lifecycle Application (LCA) - 15 years
Preferred Environment
Windows CE
The most amazing...
...achievement has been optimizing PLM processes for the development of a new multirole helicopter, including configuration and compatibility management.
Work Experience
Senior Program Manager | Strategical Senior Consultant
Wabtec Corporation
- Negotiated contracts with suppliers and subcontractors, ensuring favorable terms and clear agreements.
- Supervised engineering, scheduling, resources, costs, and technical parameters while coordinating a global strategic program, facilitating communication across divisions, and managing governance and committee processes.
- Managed program organization, oversaw deployment follow-up, and coordinated configuration management.
Project Manager | PLM Senior Consultant
Kopter Group AG
- Streamlined PLM processes for a new multirole helicopter, including configuration and compatibility management, lifecycle oversight, collaboration, common procedures and standards of work, DMU, data exchanges, and SLM for retrofit management.
- Led a CAD/PLM migration project, coordinating with external onshore and offshore partners.
- Coordinated with global stakeholders and oversaw worldwide deliveries of data, documents, and CAD, ensuring on-time delivery and high quality.
PLM/SLM Senior Project Manager | PLM/SLM Senior Consultant (D&IS)
Alstom Transport
- Served as PLM project manager, overseeing cost, schedule, organization, resources, and deliverables. Managed contracts and negotiations, coordinated and executed activities, built teams, drove change management, and provided regular reporting.
- Conducted SLM audits and engineering activities, gathering requirements for curative and preventive maintenance as well as retrofit hardware and software.
- Managed compatibility, resources, timing, and spare parts in close collaboration with procurement, occasionally leveraging augmented reality (AR) tools.
- Spearheaded data migration from multiple source databases into the 3DExperience target system.
PLM Senior Consultant
CEA France
- Conducted CAD/PLM audits for all CEA installations across France.
- Collected needs and requirements, provided strategic consulting, and analyzed existing processes and tools.
- Proposed deployment and change management strategies, estimated costs, and identified pilot projects.
PLM Project Leader | Technical Expert
ECA GROUP
- Managed the end-to-end PLM project for internal digital transformation, including benchmarking, coordination with software editors and integrators, requirements gathering, resource management, planning, budgeting, and contract administration.
- Oversaw configuration management, PLM migration, and DMU optimization.
- Provided technical consulting in a multi-CAD, multi-site environment, including SLM engineering and implementation, and gathering requirements for curative and preventive maintenance as well as retrofit hardware and software.
- Managed compatibility, spare parts, and after-sales service, including the use of AR tools.
PLM Senior Consultant | Program Leader
L'Occitane
- Guided the PLM database migration from the LSI solution to Teamcenter (Siemens), including requirements gathering, writing specifications and methods, customization, technical discussions, and deployment planning with the Siemens team.
- Led the program for the workbench and deployment of supplier relationship management and documentation database tools.
- Directed a team, ensured knowledge transfer, and assessed compliance needs and PLM tools.
PLM Senior Consultant | Engineering and Technical Expert | Trainer
ITER Organization
- Served as CAD/PLM team leader, facilitating knowledge transfer and analyzing compliance between requirements and the ENOVIA solution. Managed team workload and oversaw contract follow-up.
- Developed and delivered engineering training, deploying an e-learning approach tailored to different audiences, such as designers, engineers, service managers, and diverse needs, including design, monitoring, consultation, and analysis.
- Provided Level II technical support for proper application of PLM methods and CAD design rules, such as CATIA, ENOVIA, 3DVIA Composer, 3DLive, and Cadenas. Built CAD/PLM training materials and animations, including CATIA V5, ENOVIA V5, and 3DLive.
- Performed CAD and PLM engineering (CATIA V5, ENOVIA V5) to develop new methodologies based on client requirements, and oversaw offshore CAD/PLM development for new applications to meet expectations.
Experience
Wabtec Corporation
ITER Organization
I provided Level II technical support to ensure the proper application of PLM methods and CAD design rules across tools, including CATIA, ENOVIA, 3DVIA Composer, 3DLive, and Cadenas. I also created CAD/PLM training animations for CATIA V5, ENOVIA V5, and 3DLive.
I designed and deployed e-learning training programs tailored to diverse audiences—designers, engineers, and service managers—and addressed a range of needs, including design, monitoring, consultation, and analysis. This approach improved knowledge sharing and supported consistent adoption of PLM methodologies across the organization.
Education
Diploma of Advanced Technician (Industrial Product Design) in Design and Manufacturing
Raspail School - Paris, France
Certifications
TOEIC C1
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Skills
Tools
CAD, CATIA, Optimal IdM, Aras PLM
Platforms
Enovia PLM, Dassault 3DEXPERIENCE (3DX), Windows CE
Languages
Visual Basic
Other
Design, Project Consultancy, Project Leadership, Technical Design, Organization, Benchmarking, Technical Expertise, ENOVIA V5 Lifecycle Application (LCA), Engineering, Enovia V5, Project Management Consulting, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Manufacturing, Simulations, Teamcenter, English, QA Process, Document Management, Q-Checker, Windchill PLM, Data Migration, Training
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