Martin Provencher is global industry principal for mining, metals, and materials at AVEVA. He has more than 30 years of experience in operations, maintenance, and information technology.  He is also Vice-Chair of CIM’s Maintenance Engineering and Reliability Society. He has acquired his industry knowledge through different positions, such as production director for casthouse and production dervices at Aluminerie Alouette in Quebec, Canada, managing operations and maintenance for seven production areas. Before that, he was the information technology & automation manager for Aluminerie Alouette.  

Martin Provencher has also been an active Industry 4.0 speaker and influencer for IBM as Canada's Quebec Mining and Metals Leader.  He also worked with Norda Stelo, a Canadian engineering company, as director for manufacturing and processing plants.  He holds a B.Sc. in computer science with a focus on artificial intelligence from the University of Quebec in Montreal.