Thomas Halfmann is a long-time industry veteran and an advocate of digitalization in Pharmaceutical Production and Supply Chain with more than 30 years of experience in manufacturing IT and automation. After various management positions at Novartis, including Head Global Project Office, Global MES Program Manager and Global Head Biopharmaceutical Operations IT, Thomas co-founded the international life sciences consulting group HGP in 2008. HGP was acquired by NNIT in 2019. From October 2019 Thomas was the Global Head Production & Laboratory for NNIT. Since March 2023 he is focusing on research of how digitalization can improve pharmaceutical manufacturing in a fully integrated IT and automation landscape. Thomas is a frequent speaker at international life sciences conferences, author of various publications and member of various industry associations and working groups.