Hesham Kassem is currently serving as a VirtualFab Group Manager at ASML since July 2023. Previously held positions include Agile Project Manager at Philips Engineering Solutions, Project & Engineering Manager/Lead Product Owner at Volkswagen Infotainment GmbH, and Freelance Journalist at HuffPost. Hesham also worked as a TL Embedded Software Engineer and Sr Embedded Software Engineer at Valeo, as well as a Freelance Journalist for the Middle East Broadcasting Corp. Earlier in the career, a role as Software Validation Engineer was undertaken at El Sewedy Electro-meter Egypt. In terms of education, Hesham Kassem is pursuing an MBA in Business Administration, Management and Operations at the University of Warwick - Warwick Business School, scheduled for completion in January 2025, and has completed a BSc in Communications & Electronics from the Faculty of Engineering Cairo University.