Christian has a passion for driving operational excellence and leveraging digital solutions to enable world class performance. He brings over 25 years of life sciences industry experience to his role at Emerson. Just prior to joining Emerson, he was Director of Manufacturing at Invitae (formerly ArcherDX) where he implemented operations management standards and initiated digital transformation to enable rapid scale-up and high-volume production of patient-specific NGS products. Prior to Invitae, Christian held multiple operations management positions at Johnson & Johnson, Genentech, and Amgen. Christian holds a BS in Biophysics and a MS in Organizational Leadership. He also has black belt certifications in Six Sigma methodology and Lean transformation.

Emerson Automation Solutions is a leader in helping manufacturers in the life sciences industry automate their production and processes through operations management, process automation, asset management, and field instrumentation. From specific technologies and services to comprehensive solutions, Emerson’s family of brands represents the myriad ways customer needs can be met. Specifically within the life science industry, Emerson’s leading Syncade™ operations management solution provides manufacturing control to optimise work processes and maximise asset utilisation. Implemented in a modular and scalable manner, thus enabling the user to address a specific function and then add extra capability as needed, Syncade provides a specific solution for: In addition, Emerson can assist customers with the implementation of creating a Process Analytical Technology based solution with data modelling, data management, and recipe configuration.