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Anant, over the last 14 years, has been leading teams in supply chain across multiple geographies and has delivered transformative results focusing on process, people development, innovation and advancing use of technology. He is passionate about technology, supply chain and its intersection with business enabling accelerated value creation. He is a mentor and angel investorRead more

Rudi Thiel is currently Head of Quality Systems & Compliance and Senior Manager Quality Assurance at Biogen. On the latest steps in his career, he was leading the Operational Technology Operating Model – Program for Novartis Technical Operations. This program included all activities required in both IT and OT space in order to address theRead more

Shannon Ostendorff leads the Lonza Asset Management Program as Head of Global Maintenance Excellence at Lonza. Based out of Bend, Oregon (USA), she leads an integrated global program which realizes value from assets by optimizing maintenance and calibration processes , reducing downtime to maximize utilization and optimizing lifecycle cost of assets. Shannon has over 20Read more

Michelle Janas has more than thirteen years’ experience in biologics, API, medical device and pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining MasterControl as a Regional Account Executive, she held a variety of roles across quality and manufacturing including serving as Grünenthal Group’s Global GxP & eCompliance Director. From releasing production records to implementing software at manufacturing sites allRead more

Maintenance Supervisor in at J&J, in the lead of maintenance & calibration technicians – Calibration Site Owner / Sub Execution Process Owner „Calibration Oversight / Reference Equipment – eStream SAP / Business Owner and Key-User – eSTREAM in Engineering&Maintenance Schaffhausen – Data Analytics Specialist – Smart Maintenance Innovation Lead SHRead more

Sam, originally from Belgium and currently residing in Marburg, Germany, graduated as an Engineer with an additional Master’s degree in General Management from Vlerick Business School. Throughout his career, he has been involved in the Life Science industry, focusing on large-scale digital transformation projects. These projects included significant mergers and acquisitions. Following his consulting work,Read more

With 25 years of experience and numerous roles Carsten is a true master of digital manufacturing in pharma and biotech industries. He has worked in depth with all major production modalities and application types. With a background in biochemical engineering and software development he has been leading development of advanced automation and PAT solutions beforeRead more

Beginning in Life Sciences by helping MAHs in fulfilling serialization requirements on the shop floors globally, his recent activities consisted of supporting transformational programs to enhance patient centricity within the medical device industry, including wearables and implants. Since 2023, he is spearheading NNIT’s customer engagement across strategic accounts’ IT departments and line of business. HisRead more

Neil Wetherall is the Managing Director of BatchLine UK. He supports industry and our clients mainly in Europe and the Americas. Neil has extensive experience in operations and supply chain management in a top tier pharma company and has also led the IT strategy for supply chain and manufacturing, implementing enterprise wide technology programmes acrossRead more

David Margetts is the CEO and co-founder of BatchLine, and focuses his advice, consulting, and technical experience for our clients in the Pharmaceutical and Biotech industries on quality, technology capability, and process performance. David has lived in Asia since 2004, has worked extensively across the globe on key assignments to build businesses, ideas, client relationsRead more