J. Hinrichsen, Alcoa, Inc., Alcoa Center, PA

Summary: Mr. Jens Hinrichsen is the Director of Aerospace Product Strategy and Development at Alcoa. He has an extensive background in the aerospace industry in the areas of structural design, requirements, concepts, principles and materials used in the manufacture of aircraft. During the last 27 years, he has held several leadership positions on numerous aircraft programs at Airbus. These have ranged from structural dynamics in the Airbus A310, A320, A330, and A340 programs to responsibility for the definition of structural technologies and design concepts for the A380 aircraft. Prior to joining Airbus, he spent 7 years in a variety of Civil Engineering positions. In his last appointment at Airbus, he was Director of the A380 program where he delivered the A380 Vertical Tailplane prototype. Mr. Hinrichsen holds an Engineering degree from the Hannover Technical University in Germany, with specializations in structural engineering, fluids and structural dynamics.