With over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Hernan is a healthcare digital leader driving innovation and transformation across diverse domains. From site operations to global programs, he has successfully navigated increasingly challenging roles, leveraging his expertise in Manufacturing Operations Management (MES/MOM), Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI), Shop Floor integration, Process Automation, and more.
His comprehensive knowledge extends to areas such as Supply Chain Serialization, Quality Assurance, Laboratory systems, Digital Tech Transfer, Cloud adoption in a GxP environment, and AI/ML implementation. This expertise enables him to achieve operational excellence and optimize processes while prioritizing the needs of users and patients.
By staying attuned to industry trends, disruptive technologies, benchmarks, and best practices, Hernan empowers his teams to generate fresh ideas and embrace innovative problem-solving approaches. He proactively assesses the potential impact of emerging trends on his company's strategic direction.
Throughout his career, Hernan has successfully led and delivered company-wide transformational programs, streamlining the IT/OT landscape and harmonizing processes. His dedication to driving digital business transformations is unwavering as he passionately harnesses digital technologies and innovative business models to elevate performance and create sustainable value.

Philipp Kläsle is the Vice President of MES & Process Management at Körber Pharma Consulting. Previously, he served as the Director of Körber Pharma Consulting's business in Switzerland.

With over twelve years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Philipp has collaborated with various clients in different capacities. He possesses practical knowledge of MES implementation on the shop floor, having supported operators firsthand. He has led MES programs as both a project manager and functional lead, representing both customers and suppliers. In his role as VP of MES & Process Management, Philipp focuses on developing the consulting portfolio, defining digital transformation strategies, and analyzing business cases for emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence.

Philipp is currently a co-author for the Maturity Assessment chapter of the ISPE Pharma 4.0 Baseline Guide. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Sciences from the University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe, as well as an M.Sc. in Business Information Technology from the University of Applied Sciences Konstanz.

The MODA™ Platform, by Lonza, is a comprehensive solution for paperless product release. The Next generation electronic batch record - Bringing The Lab and Manufacturing Data Together - One Record, One Platform, Actionable Information. The MODA™ solution combines flexible routine and batch-based scheduling, workflows enforcing SOP compliance, mobile data acquisition and device integration at the point of sampling, and advanced visual analytics, trending and alerts. Paper-based tasks are removed, errors are prevented, and trends are analyzed in seconds, saving time and money while improving compliance. MODA™ delivers on the goal of paperless, automated and integrated QC and manufacturing workflows.

Körber is an international technology group with around 10,000 employees and more than 100 locations worldwide. At the Business Area Pharma we deliver the difference along the entire pharmaceutical value chain by offering a unique portfolio of integrated solutions. Based on in-depth experience spanning consulting, inspection, transport systems, packaging machines and materials, track and trace and software, we understand the challenges in pharmaceutical processes and regulation that our customers face day to day, from the beginning to the end of their production. For them, we deliver the difference to unlock the potential of global pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing.