Equinoxia Smart Manufacturing Advisor & MES Lead

Welcome at Equinoxia

Smart Manufacturing & MES Consultancy

Hello, I am Aksel, a Smart Manufacturing Advisor & MES Lead with >20 years expertise across four continents.

Welcome at Equinoxia Industrial Automation!

As ISPE & MESA practitioner, I advocate GAMP5, ISA-88 and ISA-95 since the late 90’s.
Chemical Process Engineer (BSc) from Fontys Hogeschool / Technical University Eindhoven.
Active member of MESA Smart Manufacturing and ISPE Pharma 4.0 communities.
Technical University of Delft research (MSc) on Industry 4.0 readiness models.
Lean Six Sigma black belt (course) at Lean Six Sigma Academy.
Delivered MES technical leadership for corporate programs at Kite Pharma / Gilead Sciences, BioNTech, Roche, J&J > Lifescan, GSK, Merck, Sanofi, DSM, Torrent, Arla milk, etc.

Fluent in English and Dutch. French and German spoken. And most importantly…
I speak the language of the shopfloor: BioTech, Chem Ops, Formulation, Gene & Cell Therapy.

Demonstrated success in driving the full project management lifecycle … from initiation, conceptualization, business analysis, fit/gap analysis, BPMN,
validation & project planning, to execution monitoring & control, go-live, managed services, and continuous process optimization.
Possess an ability to harness talents of teams, manage projects at micro- and macro-levels, adjust to the challenges presented, and deliver on promises.
Creative communicator able to lead teams belonging to diverse nationalities, using global delivery models of on-site, near-shore & off-shore teams.
Key responsibilities include MES Lead (20 yrs), ITIL Service Management (10 yrs), Business Analysis (25 yrs) and GxP Quality Management (15 yrs).
For further information, please visit my LinkedIN profile, or the following sections:

Biotech - ChemOps - Food & Beverage

Equinoxia has >20 years MES project experience. Read more about Equinoxia's portfolio.

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Smart Manufacturing & Industrie 4.0

The fourth industrial revolution has major impact on MES and process automation. What's next?