Rene Reinbigler is a Director and Enterprise Architect in Software & Automation division of Merck Life Science. He has impressive 29 years experience in biopharma industry designing upstream and downstream equipment and supporting customers around the world in setting up, qualifying and troubleshooting production process of monoclonal antibodies. Rene is the co-author of 25+ patents in area of automation and bioprocessing. His passion for technology makes him a visionary leader. Rene's main areas of expertise are Automation, IoT, AR and digitalization in general. He is currently working on innovative IIoT solutions which have potential to revolutionize how the bioprocess is being executed.