Co-Founder
CurrentApprentice provides a cloud-native enterprise software platform purpose-built for regulated industries to replace paper and traditional Manufacturing Execution Systems & Electronic Batch Records. Tempo surpasses Industry 4.0 & Pharma 4.0 accelerating the end-to-end drug product lifecycle by connecting distributed teams/sites, to improve shop floor execution & optimize operations through enterprise-wide visibility. Apprentice’s origins lie in enhanced MES/EBR functionality for clinical/commercial manufacturing areas within Biologics or Cell & Gene Therapy (& their CMO/CDMO contract manufactuing suppliers), as well as hands free in-suite collaboration. Use cases are now diverse, including CRISPR, Mrna, solid dose, CGT MES, CGT training, instruments & injectibles. Beyond the robust expectations for MES in commercial manufacturing, Tempo LES also has components for R&D clinical manufacturing like Clinical MES, eLogBook & LES-LIMS – breaking down traditional Mfg & Lab silos. R&D teams get MES functionality with the flexibility they need in an LES. With the addition of the Tempo AI OpsBot, pharma teams have natural language processing AI chatbot like on-demand referenceability, specific to life science processes & operations.Paper can struggle to match today’s speed/efficiency demands, while the path to heavy legacy MES is resource intensive. Over the last decade Apprentice has proven Tempo MES can provide the required process, structure & compliance resulting in simplification, error reduction & improved people productivity. The operator-centric mobile platform makes it easy to use/configure – with full Tempo MES deployments taking only a few months. Apprentice eases the burden going from paper to digital, or legacy MES to Tempo MES by modifying the Validation approach (FDA approved/audited guidelines), shortening deployments, necessitating less resources & showcasing demonstrable ROI with a reasonable starting point – new SaaS based grow-with-you pricing.