Thomas Freudemann

Life Science Consultant

Thomas Freudemann
Kiefersfelden, Germany

Experience

Apr 2024 - May 2024
2 months
Wasserburg am Inn, Germany

Operational Excellence Consultant

amedes GmbH

Operational Efficiency Assessment (with McKinsey)

Aug 2023 - Jan 2024
6 months
Berlin, Germany

Interim Head of Quality Control

Advance Pharma GmbH

Interim Head of Quality Control (AMG/AMWHV §12) Interim Management of QC Department (30 FTE) Interim Management of Analytical Development (5 FTE) Execution of plant efficiency roadmap for QC lab Start-up and Leadership of OOS Improvement Program

Jan 2022 - May 2023
5 months
Zug, Switzerland
On-site

QC Strategy Consultant

Genioo

04/23-05/23: Interim QC Readiness Project Lead, Biopharma CDMO Client, Heidelberg, Germany (on-site) Define & execute QC Readiness workstream in site commercial manufacturing readiness Program.

01/23-03/23: PMO for Global QC team, Global Vaccine Biopharma Client, Basle, Switzerland (remote) Establish progress monitoring & reporting; design and introduction of reporting format, process and governance

Feb 2022 - Dec 2022
11 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

QA Consultant

Actylis

Project Lead for 1. eQMS Implementation project (MasterControl; modules doc & training) and 2. QMS harmonization project of legacy QMS for 5 sites/QMSes in European countries Creation of SOP's for new harmonized QMS Trainer & SysAdmin for MasterControl Go-live Market release of Nutraceuticals, Fine Chemicals and API's

Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
4 months
Bad Aibling, Germany

Head of Quality Unit

Swiss Caps GmbH / Aenova Group

Leadership of Site Quality Unit (50+ FTE in QA & QC) Ad-interim Head of QA (vacant) Ongoing Site Quality Remediation Project Management Ongoing Quality Agreement Remediation Project Initiation and management of Overdue CAPA Remediation Budgeting for Quality Unit Lab capacity planning tool introduction Quality KPI reporting for local and global organization Conduct of Quality Board and follow-up on action items Assessment of compliance gaps and uplift of GMP level

Jan 2019 - Aug 2021
2 years 8 months
Munich, Germany

Technology Consulting Principal

Accenture GmbH

06/21-08/21: Project Leader for biopharmaceutical manufacturing IT/OT assessment and strategy project, Global Biopharma Client

02/21-05/21: SME for pharmaceutical manufacturing in Project "Digital Performance Boards" – Design and digital roadmap for a Continuous Manufacturing Line Digital Dashboard; Global Pharma Client

11/20-01/21: Consulting services: Establishment of a Global MES System Technical Change Management process & SOP; Global Biopharma Client

08/20-10/20: SME for pharmaceutical quality business processes (QA, QC, QMS) in internal Project "Digital Pharma Greenfield Reference Plant"

05/19-07/20: Project Manager for workstreams Design Transfer, Design Changes (CCB), Service Tools in a complex, international MedTech R&D Project (approx. 180 FTE); Global MedTech Client

01/19-04/19: Consulting services: Ad-interim Project Governance for a Global MES Implementation Project in a pharma manufacturing plant; Global Biopharma Client

Business development, sales support and solution selling

Aug 2016 - Dec 2019
2 years 5 months
Munich, Germany

Senior Consultant

Altran S.A.S. & Co. KG

09/18-12/18: Senior Quality Systems Engineer – CAPA Backlog & Audit OBS Remediation for Global MedTech Client, Tuttlingen. Introduction of LEAN Kanban Board and Process for Management of CAPA's and OBS

09/16-08/18: Quality Systems Engineer for DePuy Synthes, Plant Salzburg, Austria: Responsible for local QMS system maintenance and continuous improvement; Quality Team Lead Inspection and Test (5 FTE); audit readiness and audit observation / CAPA coordination; investigation and escalation of quality issues

08/16-09/16: Consulting services for Utilities Qualification Project; Global Biopharma Client, Vienna

Sales support in business closing and solution selling German coordinator for Altran-internal international knowledge sharing transfer program PULSE SPOC (single point of contact) for Biopharmaceutical Industry client (interviewing, staffing and placement of consultants)

Apr 2012 - Jul 2016
4 years 4 months
Kundl, Austria

Project Manager Operational Excellence, TechOps

Sandoz GmbH

Project Manager for MES EBR Rollout Project: Deployment of WERUM PAS-X MES system for approx. 900 TechOps end users: leading a cross-functional project team of 2-10 FTE; managing 2,4 Mio€ budget; implementing required hardware, software changes, end-user training & buy-in for electronic batch recording (paper-on-glass approach) in pharma manufacturing

Project Manager for TechOps Lean Transformation Project in Sterile FDF Production: Leading a cross-functional project team of 5 FTE for evaluation and implementation of various LEAN tools, methods and processes on the shopfloor, employee mindset change and buy-in for LEAN principles

Lean Six Sigma Program initiation & deployment in TechOps Employee suggestion system coordinator for TechOps

Nov 2010 - Mar 2012
1 year 5 months
Kundl, Austria

Head Global Process Management, Business Unit Anti-Infectives

Sandoz GmbH

Providing technical support, monitoring performance, and driving continuous improvement initiatives and projects for Sandoz Global Manufacturing Network Anti-Infectives (7 European sites, 1 Indian site)

Change Agent for Global Lean Six Sigma Program deployment in Sandoz Business Unit Anti-Infectives

Project Manager for "Theoretical Limit in Energy Management" pilot project at Sandoz Site Frankfurt 01-03/2012: hands-on feasibility study of McKinsey methodology, identification, and evaluation of yet unknown levers for energy savings (approx. 500 k€ p.a. potential identified with payback < 2 years)

Feb 2008 - Oct 2010
2 years 9 months
Langkampfen, Austria

Head IPC/ QC Analytical & Technical Process Support Labs

Sandoz GmbH

Leader of 12 lab associates in IPC/QC + Technical Process Support laboratory Technical process improvement projects Introduction of Design of Experiments for Process Optimization Troubleshooting of API manufacturing processes Analytics, QC, IPC of raw materials, intermediates, API's and FDF's; analytical methods including e.g. pharmaceutical water analysis, HPLC, GC, GPC, UV/VIS, enzymatic methods, physical characteristics, electrophoresis, Karl-Fischer Occupational Safety Coordinator; SAP business Super User

Feb 2003 - Jan 2008
5 years
Langkampfen, Austria

Head Analytical Labs

Sandoz GmbH

People lead of 8 lab associates in IPC/QC laboratory Uplift of GMP level to ongoing inspection readiness Release of raw materials, intermediate products, redistilled solvents Analytics, QC, IPC of raw materials, intermediates, API's and FDF's; analytical methods including e.g. pharmaceutical water analysis, HPLC, GC, UV/VIS, enzymatic methods, physical characteristics, Karl-Fischer Information security coordinator; SAP business Super User

Summary

Academic degrees: Dr. rer. nat. (Analytical Chemistry); Diploma in Chemistry; Diploma in Business Chemistry Competence: +20 years of experience in cGMP, Quality, Manufacturing, Operational Excellence, Project Management and Digital Transformation in the API, Pharmaceutical and MedTech Industry

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Advanced
Spanish
Elementary

Education

Sep 2018 - Dec 2019

University of Vienna

Pharmaceutical Quality Management · Vienna, Austria

Apr 2006 - Jan 2013

Distance University of Hagen

Diplom-Wirtschaftschemiker · Business Administration and Economics · Hagen, Germany · 2,5

Jan 1998 - Nov 2002

University of Tübingen

Dr. rer. nat. · Analytical Chemistry · Tübingen, Germany · 1,0 (magna cum laude)

Certifications & licenses

Applied Data Management

CMQ/OE

CPGP

CQA

Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence CMQ/OE

ASQ

Certified Pharmaceutical GMP Professional CPGP

ASQ

Certified Quality Auditor CQA

ASQ

Diploma Applied Data Management

e-Learning Group

ISO 13485 Lead Auditor

Exemplar Global

ISO 13485:2016 Lead Auditor

ISO 17025 Lead Auditor

Exemplar Global

ISO 17025:2017 Lead Auditor

LSSBB

Manager Regulatory Affairs

Manager Regulatory Affairs (Medical Devices)

TH & Uni Lübeck

PMP

Project Management Professional PMP

PMI

QMR ISO 9001:2015

QP

Austria

Qualified Person Austria (§ 7 AMBO) 2009

AGES

Quality Management Representative (QMR) ISO 9001-2015

OTL Akademie