Meet the Organisation
The Paperless Lab Academy® is operated and organised by NL42 Consulting.
The Paperless Lab Academy® project was launched in 2013 with the aim of creating an ideal platform to first discuss paperless processes and then more and more about new concepts, technologies, compliance and people. but always about data!
The PLA® conferences, webinars and training courses are aimed at anyone thinking about consolidating, integrating and simplifying scientific data management systems.
20 years’ experience in multinational companies serving life science laboratories in regulated markets. EMEA leader of application specialists’ teams. Founder of NL42 Consulting, owner of Paperless Lab Academy®
I have a Master in Molecular Biology at Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid.
I initially started my professional career at PerkinElmer as application specialist of the DNA solutions. When the life science division became Applied Biosystems (now a division of ThermoFisher Scientific), I have progressed through a series of promotions as leader of multinational technical teams and as partner of European and Global Business Directors. My primary objectives have always been to provide the most adequate support to the business and to the customers. When the company decided to focus on providing turnkey solutions of rapid DNA identification to the most regulated industries like Pharma, Forensic and Food, I built an international technical teams (+ 20 persons over EMEA countries), design new services in alignment with customers´ market requirements (laboratory workflow automation, GLP process validation, IS017025 accreditation) and collaborate closely with the corporate R&D and product development teams in providing adequate solutions to the market.
30 years’ experience in the laboratory informatics markets. EMEA leader of sales & services teams. Founder of NL42 Consulting.
I have a University degree in Computer Science from Milan University
I have worked almost thirty years in the area of laboratory information management and built a large experience in managing complex sales and services organizations to provide solutions at international level. I had the opportunity to work for several years in multi-cultural and global environments, spending a large portion of my time travelling throughout Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and United States. During the majority of my professional career I have been dealing with complex environments, partnering with product managers, marketing team, R&D and quality at global level.
I have been responsible for the implementation of the project management methodology in the services team I was the European Director. The team was formed by more than 50 consultants and outsourcing partners. The methodology was based on the standards of the Project Management Institute. I have covered the role of European Sales Director of the forensic Business Unit delivering more than 100M$ revenues to the company I have worked for.
I had continuous interactions with the Senior Management of the company both at European and global level, providing information about the financial and operational performance of the Business Units I have been responsible for.
When, together with Isabel Muñoz-Willery, we decided to found NL42 we were looking for combining our technical and managerial knowledges and expertises to support customers in the digitisation of their laboratory and quality processes.
Meanwhile, we launched the Paperless Lab Academy® initiative as a platform for our customers to find more information about the offering of the Lab informatics industry, discuss and share experiences about digitalisation projects, learn about newest technologies and methodologies.
ADVISORY BOARD
My education started off by studying chemistry, followed by a PhD in bioinorganic chemistry. Entered the pharma industry in the Quality Control department at Takeda in Ireland, changed over to Lonza in Switzerland where I started in the Quality Control department. After a year at Paxvax leading the QA Release activities I re-joined Lonza and I was during three years in charge of the digitalization of QC activities at Lonza Visp. During the last two years I have worked on automating/robotizing different QC lab activities. I also finished back in 2017 an MBA in general management.
Andy Steinle has worked in several roles with increasing responsibility and complexity for the development and implementation of digital strategies and systems at Roche (incl. roadmaps and project portfolio) since 2005.
His current responsibility in Technical Development at Roche includes global Product Ownership for Device Integration and Strategic Workforce Planning for the future. In his role in Germany he is responsible for the whole Technical Development and Gene Therapy system and platform landscape.
Kumar Subramanyan, Head of Modelling & Analytics, at Unilever R&D, leads a global team of data scientists, focused on delivering analytics capabilities and solutions to enable data driven decision making to drive product innovation across Unilever’s multiple product categories. This team works closely with the R&D teams in the major business categories along with relevant functional teams such as IT and Marketing and an eco-system of external partners to deliver leading edge analytic solutions and capabilities to the business.
Sergio has been in the laboratory informatics business since year 2000 and worked predominantly in the Laboratory Information Management Systems domain ever since, in several companies and under various roles: developer, consultant, business analyst, project manager and team lead. Having a passion for cats and technology, Sergio thinks that an innovation-driven pharmaceutical corporation and top player in the Animal Health business just seems the right place to be.
He is recently retired from the Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences consulting practice within the Accenture Scientific Informatics Services business unit. He has delivered strategic advisory services to many of the world’s top life sciences organizations. Prior to joining Accenture, he was Partner, Pharma & Life Sciences Practice at LabAnswer. Pat served as the Chief Operating Officer for LabVantage Solutions, and prior to joining LabVantage, he served as the General Manager of the LIMS business unit within Applied Biosystems.
Adam began his career in Scientific Informatics consulting implementing technology solutions for laboratory clients to optimize workflow, productivity, and use of data to drive key decisions. He has decades of experience working with several informatics vendor platforms across multiple industries including life sciences pharma and biotech, consumer packaged goods, chemicals, public health, forensics, and government research. A career veteran with LabAnswer, he joined Accenture via acquisition in 2017 to bring scientific informatics fully into Accenture’s Digital Transformation agenda, thereby making Digital Lab Transformation a strategic imperative for clients’ C-suites. In the past six years, Adam and the Scientific Informatics Services leadership team at Accenture have shaped strategies for top clients across the globe. Adam currently serves as the North America practice lead for Accenture Scientific Informatics, leading over 200 consultants in US and Canada and shaping global strategy alongside informatics leaders in Europe and Southeast Asia.