Wolfgang Winter

Agilent Technologies Deutschland GmbH
Software Framework R&D Director
Software R&D Director • Current Function: R&D Director, Lab Informatics Frameworks, in the Software & Informatics Division at Agilent Technologies, based in Waldbronn, Germany. My teams focus on reusable components and development frameworks, multi-vendor connectivity and data standards to enable the digital lab, a critical element of Pharma 4.0. • Joined the industry in 1989 as a software engineer with a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering / Biomedical Devices, and held positions in software development, support engineering, product management, services R&D management and requirements analysis for analytical laboratory systems. • Co-chair on the Pharma 4.0 Steering Committee together with Christian Wölbeling, Yvonne Duckworth and Josef Trapl and currently co-lead the Pharma 4.0 Plug and Produce workgroup together with Josef Trapl (Memo3). • Co-author and chapter lead in the Pharma 4.0 Baseline Guide released in December 2023. In 2024, the Pharma 4.0 Plug & Produce workgroup published several whitepapers on Plug & Produce connectivity, architecture and pilot implementations.

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