Jon Dieringer, Ph.D. is a Sr. Research Scientist at Eli Lilly and Company in the Small Model Design & Development (SMDD) organization. He has extensive experience in experiment and instrument automation, data analysis and information management. At Lilly, his work focuses on instrument automation and systems integration to expand applications of PAT for continuous processing. To that end, he has driven the automation of HPLC for online process monitoring for continuous drug substance manufacturing, including data acquisition, result verification and communication with process control. His interests lie in how instruments integrate with Industry 4.0, specifically how instruments can leverage advanced analytics and connectivity using the Industrial Internet of Things. Prior to his role at Lilly, Jon has held roles at Northwestern University supporting experiment automation for chemistry in the Electronics and Laser Systems Core Facility as well as chemical sensor development, automation and analysis at GE Global Research.