Michelangelo Canzoneri, PhD, serves as the Global Head of Group Smart Manufacturing at Merck KGaA, based in Darmstadt, Germany. A seasoned leader in digital transformation, he acts as the key business interface across the Life Science, Healthcare, and Electronics sectors. His leadership is not only instrumental but transformative, as he fosters cross-sectoral collaboration and crafts unified strategies and roadmaps that are shaping the future of the manufacturing industry.