Use the automation pyramid as a roadmap to navigate the transition from lab-scale ATMP manufacturing to a cGMP facility that’s compliant, optimized, and future-ready.
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Senior Specialist, Industry 4.0
Jacksonville, FL
Ryan brings more than 17 years of experience successfully leading companies and projects through their digital transformation. He leverages a unique combination of technical expertise, strong leadership, and clear communication to drive meaningful, scalable Industry 4.0 strategies and roadmaps. ROI is front of mind as Ryan seeks continual process improvements through tools, technology, and innovation to achieve big-picture, sustainable solutions. He believes the purpose of Industry 4.0 is to achieve more with less.
Ryan’s experience spans the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and consumer packaged goods industries. He specializes in process and batch automation, data modeling and infrastructure, MES platforms, ERP integrations, FDA regulations such as 21 CFR Part 11 and a vast net of automation platforms and smart manufacturing tools and technologies.
“What excites me about Industry 4.0 is scaling it. Doing something once to show a concept is great but the tools and strategies of Industry 4.0 allow us to take that isolated improvement and make changes across an entire business. That delivers the order of magnitude improvements we expect of an industrial revolution.”
Ryan is a Certified Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI) Assessor with The International Centre for Industrial Transformation, or INCIT. Ryan is also Six Sigma Green Belt certified and a Google Cloud certified Cloud Digital Leader. He received his Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto.
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How to leverage Industry 4.0 to reduce manufacturing costs in your pharma and biotech operations.
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