The road here
A Japanese schooling
Trained in industrial automation at a technical school that was part of a Japanese-Turkish pilot programme, established with JICA, Japan's development agency. Japanese machines, Japanese instructors and above all the Japanese conviction that precision is a form of respect.
The engine room of a factory
Control-systems team leader at a pharmaceutical manufacturer: building management and climate systems, fully automated warehouses, production control and fault-finding down to PLC level. Once you have brought a production line back to life at three in the morning, you never look at technology carelessly again.
Traceability for pharma
As project manager and consultant, responsible for serialisation and traceability projects: the systems that make every box of medicine in Europe verifiable. Projects for Teva (thirteen plants), Gilead, Biogen, Pfizer and others: complex technology, strict validation, no room for nearly-right.
Leading implementations
Ultimately responsible for global software implementations and strategic client relationships at an international vendor, including the serialisation project for COVID-19 vaccines at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Final role: deputy CEO for technology. Fine work, but the hands started itching.
Drebbel Automation
The conviction behind this practice is simple: a home deserves the same care as a cleanroom. Designed as a whole, built on open standards, documented as if an audit were coming, and so self-evident that you never have to think about it.