With over 15 years of dedicated service at Bayer, Bianca Brenner currently holds the esteemed position of Global Director of MES Projects, overseeing the successful implementation of Manufacturing Execution Systems on a global scale. Prior to assuming this pivotal role, Bianca Brenner served as the Digital Lead for Product Supply within the Pharma sector and as a Transition and Transformation Program Manager, demonstrating exceptional leadership and strategic acumen. Before joining Bayer, Bianca Brenner contributed over four years at Convestro, cultivating invaluable expertise in project management and process optimization. Bianca's proficiency lies in MES implementation and SAP configuration, ensuring the seamless integration of technologies to drive efficiency and innovation within manufacturing operations.

David is Manufacturing Systems Global Lead in the Life Science Business Unit of Merck. He has more than 20 years experience in all facets of program and project management, enterprise-wide software deployment and professional services covering the entire deployment cycle, from business process re-design and project implementation, through validation and roll-out. His enterprise software specialties are Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Product Lifecycle management (PLM).

His software and chemical engineering background coupled with economics gives him a unique perspective to accomplishing goals while managing the bottom line. He strives to build successful teams and set up sites for success.

David has over 15 years experience working with companies in FDA regulated industries. Companies he has helped range from medical device manufacturers to food and consumer packaged goods companies to chemical and now pharmaceuticals and biotech.

Bayer is a global company with core competencies in the life science fields of health and nutrition. We develop our products and services for the benefit of people and the planet, helping to address the global challenges of an ever-growing and aging world population. At Bayer, we are committed to promoting sustainable development and making a positive contribution through our business. With bold ideas and insights, we are paving the way for new possibilities that improve life for all of us. This means rethinking the way we care for ourselves and each other. We do this by strengthening personal health, improving patient care and finding better ways to feed everyone, everywhere in the world.

Our passion for science and technology is what drives our more than 64,000 employees across 66 countries to find solutions to some of today’s toughest challenges and create more sustainable ways to live. We are here for people at every step, helping create, improve and prolong life. We deliver personalized treatments for serious diseases and enable people to achieve their dream of becoming parents. We empower the scientific community. Our tools, services, and digital platform make research simpler, more exact, and help to deliver breakthroughs more quickly. We provide progressive treatment solutions that help improve access to health thanks to the accuracy of our tests and the reliability of our medicine. As a company, we are at the forefront of digital living. Our science sits inside technologies that change the way we access, store, process, and display information. Our innovative technology drives human progress and opens new possibilities to transform life on Earth as we know it. Thanks to the constant curiosity of our employees, we are making discoveries that can change the landscape of entire industries. For more than 350 years, we’ve been pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, and we’ll continue to do so in the years to come.