Dr. Stephan Kutzer is co-founder and principal of AKDYS LLC, a data led pharma and biotech boutique advising firm, supporting its clients throughout their product and services life cycle. Dr. Kutzer has over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry, building and managing successful CDMO/CMO service enterprises. Prior to AKDYS, Dr. Kutzer was CEO of Alcami and COO of Lonza’s Pharma and Biotech division. Dr. Kutzer earned a master’s degree in chemical engineering and a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in engineering sciences from the Technical University of Munich, Germany.