With over 15 years of dedicated service at Bayer, Bianca Brenner currently holds the esteemed position of Global Director of MES Projects, overseeing the successful implementation of Manufacturing Execution Systems on a global scale. Prior to assuming this pivotal role, Bianca Brenner served as the Digital Lead for Product Supply within the Pharma sector and as a Transition and Transformation Program Manager, demonstrating exceptional leadership and strategic acumen. Before joining Bayer, Bianca Brenner contributed over four years at Convestro, cultivating invaluable expertise in project management and process optimization. Bianca's proficiency lies in MES implementation and SAP configuration, ensuring the seamless integration of technologies to drive efficiency and innovation within manufacturing operations.

Philip Hamm is the Global Director Manufacturing Systems at Merck Healthcare. He is responsible for the digital transformation of manufacturing at Merck while ensuring compliance to the relevant GxP and quality guidelines together with establishing a Centre of Expertise for efficiency and support of MES. Prior to his position with Merck he consulted in the area of Digital transformation and worked at various enterprises in global technology and innovation management roles.
This blend of product and technology expertise coupled with a solid program management foundation gives him the unique ability to match underlying technologies with product requirements as well as executing the needed transformation to drive efficiency and innovation in the enterprise landscape.

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