Dr. Colin Lischik

Head of Digital Design & Strategy | Global Quality Digital Transformation
Career North Star
Holistically connecting people, systems and data across big pharmaceutical organizations by leveraging my expertise in Research, Quality and Data Science.
Location: Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
Nationality: German
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/colinlischik

Professional Experience

Head of Digital Design & Strategy Sep 2026 - Present
Boehringer Ingelheim • Global Digital Quality, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
  • Leading the team establishing the digitalization strategy of Quality Control and Quality Assurance for the entire corporation, encompassing over 60 use cases.
  • Personally owning the global process target picture for the digitalization of Quality Control laboratories, managing 30+ projects annually and 30+ overarching use cases.
  • Establishing the holistic central steering of digitalization initiatives according to defined KPIs.
  • Hosting the central steering committee responsible for scope assurance across all corporate Quality projects.
  • Strategically architecting future roadmaps and IT architectures based on scoped use cases and organizational vision.
  • Designing and implementing comprehensive change and communication management frameworks to embed new strategy concepts within Quality and enabling functions.
  • Supervising program and project leads for enterprise strategic projects.
  • Actively defining data-based visualizations and decision-support systems for all 9 existing process target pictures across the organization.
Key Role Metrics
60+
Digital use cases scoped
30+
Use cases owned
2
Process target pictures steered
Global
Corporate quality scope
Head of LabAutomate Sep 2025 - Aug 2026
Boehringer Ingelheim • Global Digital Quality, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
  • Led a dedicated global team of 14 experts (10 internal and 4 external) executing the transition to a single corporation-wide LIMS platform.
  • Owned the global process target picture for QC laboratory digitalization and robotics automation.
  • Headed the global work package "Potential of Robotics" and led the LIMS stream for the enterprise program "Data Readiness for AI".
  • Participated in key strategic decisions as an active member of the Global Quality Digital Transformation (GQDT) Leadership Team.
  • Partnered cross-functionally with senior stakeholders across IT, Quality, and Global Service Functions.
Industry Guidance & Conference Talks During Tenure
  • BioPhorum Industry Guidance (May 2026): Contributor — Artificial intelligence risk guidance for the pharmaceutical industry: Harmonizing frameworks for practical implementation
  • ISPE Pharma 4.0 (Dec 2025): Invited Speaker — Integrating Large Language Models with classical ML/AI to continuously improve Quality
  • PharmaLab Congress (Nov 2025): Speaker — Large Language Models in the Service of Quality: Analysis of Documentation Quality
Key Role Metrics
14
Experts led
1
Process target picture owned
Leadership
Leadership team member
Lead
Robotics work package
Data Analyst Jan 2023 - Aug 2025
Boehringer Ingelheim • Global Digital Quality, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
  • Served as Product Owner building a strategic GenAI platform integrating unstructured text data with Large Language Models to unlock operational insights.
  • Acted as a central contact for AI in Quality, developing 5 business cases to support digitalization portfolio decisions.
  • Headed a global corporate initiative facilitating responsible AI adoption across quality and operations, leading 48 ambassadors and training over 2,000 colleagues.
  • Supported the development of validation strategies for non-deterministic AI systems and corporate AI strategy frameworks in Quality.
  • Led a global expert team as Product Owner to design a globally harmonized process for digital batch release.
  • Supported core digital GxP systems and initiatives including Continued Process Verification (CPV), APR/PQR, and Stability Studies.
Industry Conference Talks During Tenure
  • GenAI Life Sciences (Sep 2025): Speaker — Large Language Models in the Service of Quality: Practical Deployments and Impact
  • BioPhorum QUAL04 (2025): Presentation on AI adoption and business cases in Quality.
Key Role Metrics
2,000+
Colleagues trained in AI
48
Global AI ambassadors led
5
AI business cases built
PO
Enterprise GenAI platform
Senior Statistical Programmer Sep 2019 - Dec 2022
Boehringer Ingelheim • Quality Biopharmaceuticals, Biberach an der Riß, Germany
  • Managed and engineered software systems for statistical evaluation of biotechnological and bio-process data.
  • Maintained software systems and adjacent database interfaces (Oracle SQL, MS SQL).
  • Contributed to smart factory automation, online monitoring tools, and advanced analytics on big data pipelines.
Key Role Metrics
3
Core stacks (R, Python, C#)
Biotech
Large-scale bioprocess analytics

Education

Master of Pharma Business Administration (Pharma MBA) Oct 2025 - Sep 2027 (Expected)
Goethe Business School • Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Advanced executive studies focusing on pharmaceutical business management, healthcare leadership, strategy, and pharma economics.

Current Grade 1.2
Lowest 4.0 Best 1.0
Master of Business Administration (MBA) & Master in AI for Business Oct 2024 - Jul 2025
Escuela de Negocios Europea de Barcelona (ENEB), Spain

Degree type: Título Propio. 16 modules covering Accounting, Big Data Analytics, Strategic Management, HR, Operations, and Business AI.

Final Grade 10
Lowest 0.0 Best 10.0
Dr. rer. nat. (Doctor of Sciences, Developmental Biology) Oct 2015 - May 2019
Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg, Germany

Magna cum laude — Dissertation: Combining in vivo imaging and mechanistic approaches to investigate Wnt regulation of retinal stem cells.

Final Grade 1.0
Lowest 4.0 Best 1.0
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Molecular Biosciences Oct 2013 - Sep 2015
Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg, Germany

Major in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology. Combined quantitative biological imaging with molecular assays.

Final Grade 1.2
Lowest 4.0 Best 1.0
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Molecular Biology Apr 2010 - Feb 2013
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Focus on Developmental Biology, Bioinformatics, and Cardiology. Thesis involved computational 3D reconstruction of proteins.

Final Grade 1.5
Lowest 4.0 Best 1.0
Computer Science Studies (University Courses) Mar 2014 - Sep 2015
FernUniversität in Hagen (Distance Learning), Germany

Passed curriculum: Mathematics Basics, Imperative Programming, Object-Oriented Programming, Database Fundamentals, Computer Systems.

Skills, Leadership & Qualifications

Leadership & Strategic Management

Cross-functional team leadership, digital transformation steering, stakeholder alignment, and change management.

Cross-Functional Leadership Data-driven decisions Strategic Roadmapping Change & Communication Management Stakeholder Management KPI Steering & Governance Portfolio & Scope Assurance Agile / Scrum Product Ownership Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Artificial Intelligence & Data Science

Generative AI architecture, LLM / RAG platforms, quantitative evaluation, and GxP AI validation strategies.

GenAI & LLMs RAG Platforms AI Validation in GxP Python (scikit-learn, keras) GNU R (ggplot2, Shiny) Big Data Analytics Online Process Monitoring
Software & Lab Automation

Enterprise software architecture, laboratory automation, LIMS harmonization, and database design.

LIMS Strategy Robotics & Lab Automation C# / .NET Python (Flask) Oracle SQL & MS SQL OpenDevStack & Git LaTeX Java
Languages & Core Certifications
Languages
German (Native), English (Full Professional Proficiency, TOEFL iBT: 112/120)
Key Certifications
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Agile Software Development (Extreme Programming), Software Test Management, Patent Law in Life Sciences

Academic & Research Portfolio

Scientific Publications
  • PLOS ONE (2019): Enhanced in vivo-imaging in medaka by optimized anaesthesia, fluorescent protein selection and removal of pigmentation. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212956
  • eLife (2017): Neural stem cells induce the formation of their physical niche during organogenesis. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.29173
  • Development (2016): Identification, visualization and clonal analysis of intestinal stem cells in fish. DOI: 10.1242/dev.134098
Academic Talks & Posters
  • Talks: GfE School Günzburg (2018), LSFM Singapore (2017), Janelia Undergraduate Symposium USA (2015).
  • Posters: GfE Meeting Vienna (2019), Wnt Meeting Heidelberg (2018), LSFM Dresden (2018), ISDB Singapore (2017), FishMed Warsaw (2016).
Teaching & Research Experience
  • First Semester Dissection Course (2015 - 2019): Annual biological dissection instructor at Heidelberg University.
  • TReND Genome Editing Course (2015 - 2017): Co-organized curriculum and biological material logistics for training courses in Kenya.
  • CRISPR/Cas9 Workshops (2015 - 2016): Instructed doctoral students in practical genome editing theory and applications.
  • HHMI Janelia Undergraduate Scholar (2015): Developed GPU-accelerated on-the-fly 3D projection tools in Java for large light-sheet microscopy datasets (Ashburn, VA, USA).
  • Scientific Assistant (2011 - 2013): Molecular cardiology research and clinical data organization for the ThrombEval study (University Medical Center Mainz).

Community Engagement & Volunteering

Organizational & Academic Representation
  • COS PhD Student Speaker (2016 - 2017): Represented PhD candidates at the Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, improving institutional seminar cohesion.
  • Major Student Representative (2013 - 2015): Represented the Developmental and Stem Cell Biology cohort in Heidelberg, optimizing curriculum modules.
  • Official Mensa Journal Editorial Staff (2013 - 2015): Coordinated, edited, and published articles across Germany.
Community Volunteering & Activities
  • English Speaking Circle (2019 - 2022): Organized and hosted the internal corporate language exchange circle in Biberach.
  • Mensa University Network / MHN (2015 - 2018): Regional coordinator organizing interdisciplinary exchange meetings in Heidelberg & Mannheim.
  • Competitive Ballroom Dancing & Board Member (2008 - 2019): Competitor in Latin dances; served as 1st Assessor on the board of TSC Ingelheim (2010 - 2012).
  • Civil Service (2009 - 2010): Supported the rehabilitation and reintegration of psychologically disabled individuals at Zoar Heidesheim.
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