Dr. Hans-Peter Kapprell

Led R&D Product & Process Optimization, a multi-disciplined team of experts with scientific, technical, and quality expertise. Mission ensured that product designs are of high quality, safe and effective, met customers’ expectations and provided a competitive advantage. During the entire product life-cycle used as a LSS BLACKBELT state-of-the-art analysis techniques such as Lean Six Sigma principles for R&D product & process improvements.

Leads Assay Development Process Integration within the R&D Systems Engineering. Encourages and creates a disciplined, interdisciplinary, and collaborative approach to systems engineering for ADD diagnostic systems. Further responsibilities are not limited to the development of new systems/assay products, continuous process improvements, creation of BI Solutions for efficiency assessments and the creation of an integrated and domain inclusive engineering approach.

Leads and manages the R&D Data Analytics Design and Processes organization for ADD assay research & development across multiple sites. Responsible for supporting design quality assessments for new products using data analytics and business intelligence solutions to influence and support design decisions. Contributes to the continuous development and execution of the Product Development Process (PDP) and supports the ADD assay R&D teams including TPD products in the areas of Design Control.

Leads the Research and development QA organization for ADD diagnostic reagents. Responsible for designing quality into new products to meet customers' needs and expectations. Encourages and promotes focus on the customer and a culture of continuos improvement.

R for: (1) Multiple R&D programs & on time and budget completion of assay launches (2) Strategic Pl. & Portfolio Mgtm (3) Leadership, guidance, monitoring of R&D project team activities & Design Transfers to Manufacturing (4) Maintenance of Design Control System (5) Leadership of cont.Product Improvements (6) Maintenance of effective external R&D Collaborations (7)Talent Mgtm – establish, maintain effective & motivated R&D project teams (8) Market support:Presentations and chairing at int'l conf.

Tasks included responsibility for development projects i.e. research and development activities for immunoassays on different instrument platforms for the following markers: HIV, HBV, HCV, and HEV, the maintenance and adherence to design control procedures, the lead of development teams and direct reports as well as budgetary functions.

Tasks included the management of multiple products transfer activities between different affiliates e.g. Abbott USA, Germany, Japan, Ireland and external OEM partners, the lead of several cross-function teams (functions included: research, development, regulatory, quality, labeling, marketing, medical affairs and manufacturing) and the management and lead of direct reports as well as budgetary management.

Responsibility included product support & manufacturing of enzyme immunoassays for Hepatitis (HCV and HEV), the lead of a technical team(s), leading and coaching of direct reports as well as budget management.

Responsibility included development of enzyme immunoassays (HIV), the lead of cross-functional team(s) and direct reports as well as management of budgetary.

Function included (1) Technology Transfers (purification & conjugations) from Abbott, USA to Germany, (2) Fermentation, manufacturing and purification of recombinant HIV and HCV proteins which served as targets for immunoassay development activities and (3) Management of a “rare reagents lab group”.

Proteases, worked on cardiac biomarkers (calpain and calpastatin) which have been recently thought to play a role in Alzheimer disease. The study was granted by the American Heart Association. 4 publications and muttiple presentation at int'l meetings/conferences.

Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology.

Thesis: Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg. The thesis was rated as outstanding.

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology (Genetics), Organic Chemistry and Plant Physiology. All disciplines were rated as outstanding

Zoology, Botanic, Organic Chemistry and Physics All disciplines wwere rated as outstanding