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.

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.

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.