Thomas Halfmann is an advocate of digitalization in Life Sciences Production and Supply Chain with more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing IT and automation in the life sciences industry. 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. Since HGP was acquired by NNIT in 2019, Thomas is the Global Head Production & Laboratory for NNIT. He is a frequent speaker at international life sciences conferences, author of various publications and active member of various industry associations. As process efficiency and quality improvement in pharmaceutical production by process automation and digitalization has been Thomas’s passion throughout his entire career in the life sciences industry, he is always looking for innovative ideas and solutions.

Whether it is the incremental improvements or the radical re-thinking of IT technology required to achieve advantage, innovation matters. In the German speaking countries, NNIT is based in Frankfurt (Germany) and Basel (Switzerland), thus in the center of a flourishing Life Sciences industry. We are well-known for our ability to bring inspiration and vision to life and to work with both IT and business groups to help them connect and transform data into valuable information. ​ We are not just service providers and advisors; we are project managers, scientists, engineers, digital and data experts. We work in lab environments, clinical operations, regulatory affairs, manufacturing and supply chain and on system validation across the value chain. It is in this diverse mix, where we bring people and technology together, ideas are created, nurtured and delivered and the future of our Life Sciences clients is refined.